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S1529aa,aaH................................................by STATE AFFAIRS
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION - INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION - TAX COMMISSION -
Amends existing law to provide for a three and one-half percent salary
increase on July 1, 2000, for members of the Public Utilities Commission,
the State Tax Commission and the Industrial Commission.
02/24 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/25 Rpt prt - to St Aff
03/07 Rpt out - to 14th Ord
Rpt out amen - to engros
03/08 Rpt engros - 1st rdg - to 2nd rdg as amen
03/09 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg as amen
03/15 3rd rdg as amen - PASSED - 31-4-0
AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron, Crow,
Danielson, Darrington, Davis, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure, Geddes,
Hawkins, Ingram, Ipsen, McLaughlin, Noh, Parry, Richardson, Riggs,
Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Sorensen, Stegner, Stennett, Thorne,
Wheeler, Whitworth, Williams
NAYS--Branch, Keough, King-Barrutia, Lee
Absent and excused--None
Floor Sponsor - Geddes
Title apvd - to House
03/16 House intro - 1st rdg as amen - to St Aff
03/23 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg as amen
03/24 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg as amen
04/03 3rd rdg as amen - to Gen Ord
Rpt out amen - to 1st rdg as amen
04/04 1st rdg - to 2nd rdg as amen
Rls susp - PASSED - 58-4-8
AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough(Barraclough), Bell, Bieter, Black, Boe,
Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Chase, Cheirrett, Cuddy, Deal, Denney,
Ellsworth, Field(13), Field(20), Gagner, Geddes, Hammond, Hansen(29),
Hornbeck, Jaquet, Jones, Judd, Kellogg, Kempton, Kendell, Kunz, Lake,
Linford, Loertscher(Loertscher), Mader, Marley, McKague, Meyer,
Montgomery, Mortensen, Moss, Moyle, Pischner, Pomeroy, Reynolds,
Ridinger, Ringo, Robison, Sali, Schaefer, Shepherd, Smylie,
Stevenson, Stoicheff, Stone, Taylor, Tilman, Trail, Wheeler,
Zimmermann
NAYS -- Barrett, Hadley, Pearce, Wood
Absent and excused -- Clark, Crow, Gould, Hansen(23), Henbest,
Sellman, Smith, Mr Speaker
Floor Sponsor - Loertscher
Title apvd - to Senate
Senate concurred in House amens - to engros
Rpt engros - 1st rdg - to 2nd rdg as amen
04/05 Rls susp - PASSED - 35-0-0
AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron, Crow,
Danielson, Darrington, Davis, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure, Geddes,
Hawkins, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, King-Barrutia, Lee, McLaughlin, Noh,
Parry, Richardson, Riggs, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Sorensen, Stegner,
Stennett, Thorne, Walton, Wheeler, Whitworth, Williams
NAYS--None
Absent and excused--None
Floor Sponsor - President Pro Tempore Geddes
Title apvd - to enrol
04/06 Rpt enrol - Pres signed - Sp signed
04/07 To Governor
04/14 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 359
Effective: 07/01/00
S1529
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-fifth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2000
IN THE SENATE
SENATE BILL NO. 1529, As Amended, As Amended in the House
BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO SALARIES OF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION, THE STATE
3 TAX COMMISSION AND THE INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION; AMENDING SECTION 61-215,
4 IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE FOR A THREE AND ONE-HALF PERCENT SALARY INCREASE ON
5 JULY 1, 2000; AMENDING SECTION 63-102, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE A THREE AND
6 ONE-HALF PERCENT SALARY INCREASE ON JULY 1, 2000; AND AMENDING SECTION
7 72-503, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE A THREE AND ONE-HALF PERCENT SALARY
8 INCREASE ON JULY 1, 2000.
9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
10 SECTION 1. That Section 61-215, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
11 amended to read as follows:
12 61-215. SALARIES OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSIONERS. Each member of the
13 public utilities commission shall devote full time to the performance of
14 his/her duties. and shall each receive an annual salary as follows: Commencing
15 on July 1, 1999, an the annual salary of members of the public utilities com-
16 mission shall be seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000), which amount shall
17 be increased on July 1, 2000, by three and one-half percent (3 1/2%), and
18 shall be paid from sources set by the legislature.
19 SECTION 2. That Section 63-102, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
20 amended to read as follows:
21 63-102. ORGANIZATION -- CHAIRMAN -- COMPENSATION -- QUORUM -- HEARINGS.
22 (1) A member of the state tax commission shall be appointed by the governor,
23 to serve at his pleasure, as chairman. Each member of the state tax commission
24 shall devote full time to the performance of duties. and shall receive an Com-
25 mencing on July 1, 1999, the annual salary for members of the state tax com-
26 mission shall be sixty-five thousand dollars ($65,000), which amount shall be
27 increased on July 1, 2000, by three and one-half percent (3 1/2%).
28 (2) A majority of the state tax commission shall constitute a quorum for
29 the transaction of business. The state tax commission may delegate to any mem-
30 ber of the commission or to its employees, the power to make investigations
31 and hold hearings at any place it may deem proper, and such other matters as
32 will facilitate the operations of the commission.
33 (3) The chairman of the state tax commission shall delegate to each com-
34 missioner the responsibility for policy management and oversight of one (1) or
35 more of the taxes collected and/or activities supervised or administered by
36 the commission. The state tax commission shall perform the duties imposed upon
37 it by law and shall adopt all rules by majority decision.
38 In any case in which the state tax commission sits as an appellate body
39 upon an appeal from a tax decision from one (1) of the various administrative
40 units subject to its supervision, the state tax commissioner charged with
41 responsibility for policy management and oversight of the tax in controversy
2
1 shall not vote upon the appeal but may advise the remaining members of the
2 commission on the technical aspects of the problems before them.
3 (4) The chairman shall be the chief executive officer and administrative
4 head of the state tax commission and shall be responsible for, or may assign
5 responsibility for, all personnel, budgetary and/or fiscal matters of the
6 state tax commission.
7 SECTION 3. That Section 72-503, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
8 amended to read as follows:
9 72-503. SALARY. The Commencing July 1, 1999, the annual salary of each
10 member of the industrial commission shall be seventy-three thousand dollars
11 ($73,000), and which amount shall be increased on July 1, 2000, by three and
12 one-half percent (3 1/2%). Industrial commissioner salaries shall be paid from
13 sources set by the legislature. Each member of the industrial commission shall
14 devote full time to the performance of his duties.
AS1529
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-fifth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2000
Moved by Geddes
Seconded by Darrington
IN THE SENATE
SENATE AMENDMENTS TO S.B. NO. 1529
1 AMENDMENT TO SECTION 1
2 On page 1 of the printed bill, delete lines 34 through 36 and insert: "by
3 the amount of the overall average salary increase adopted, accepted or modi-
4 fied by the legislature for classified state employees pursuant to section
5 67-5309B(d), Idaho Code, unless the legislature designates otherwise by adop-
6 tion of a concurrent resolution by both houses by the fifty-first legislative
7 day.".
8 AMENDMENT TO SECTION 2
9 On page 2, delete lines 6 through 9 and insert: "be increased by the
10 amount of the overall average salary increase adopted, accepted or modified
11 by the legislature for classified state employees pursuant to section
12 67-5309B(d), Idaho Code, unless the legislature designates otherwise by adop-
13 tion of a concurrent resolution by both houses by the fifty-first legislative
14 day.".
15 AMENDMENT TO SECTION 3
16 On page 2, delete lines 36 through 39 and insert: "annual salary of each
17 commissioner shall be increased by the amount of the overall average salary
18 increase adopted, accepted or modified by the legislature for classified
19 state employees pursuant to section 67-5309B(d), Idaho Code, unless the legis-
20 lature designates otherwise by adoption of a concurrent resolution by both
21 houses by the fifty-first legislative day. Industrial com-".
22 CORRECTION TO TITLE
23 On page 1, delete lines 6 through 22 and insert: "SALARY OF EACH COMMIS-
24 SIONER SHALL BE INCREASED BY THE AMOUNT OF THE OVERALL AVERAGE SALARY INCREASE
25 ADOPTED, ACCEPTED OR MODIFIED BY THE LEGISLATURE FOR CLASSIFIED STATE EMPLOY-
26 EES PURSUANT TO SECTION 67-5309B(d), IDAHO CODE, UNLESS THE LEGISLATURE DESIG-
27 NATES OTHERWISE BY ADOPTION OF A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION BY BOTH HOUSES BY THE
28 FIFTY-FIRST LEGISLATIVE DAY; AMENDING SECTION 63-102, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE
29 FOR A THREE AND ONE-HALF PERCENT SALARY INCREASE ON JULY 1, 2000, AND TO PRO-
30 VIDE THAT ON EACH JULY 1 THEREAFTER, THE ANNUAL SALARY OF EACH COMMISSIONER
31 SHALL BE INCREASED BY THE AMOUNT OF THE OVERALL AVERAGE SALARY INCREASE
32 ADOPTED, ACCEPTED OR MODIFIED BY THE LEGISLATURE FOR CLASSIFIED STATE EMPLOY-
33 EES PURSUANT TO SECTION 67-5309B(d), IDAHO CODE, UNLESS THE LEGISLATURE DESIG-
34 NATES OTHERWISE BY ADOPTION OF A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION BY BOTH HOUSES BY THE
35 FIFTY-FIRST LEGISLATIVE DAY; AND AMENDING SECTION 72-503, IDAHO CODE, TO PRO-
36 VIDE FOR A THREE AND ONE-HALF PERCENT SALARY INCREASE ON JULY 1, 2000, AND TO
37 PROVIDE THAT ON EACH JULY 1 THEREAFTER, THE ANNUAL SALARY OF EACH COMMISSIONER
38 SHALL BE INCREASED BY THE AMOUNT OF THE OVERALL AVERAGE SALARY INCREASE
39 ADOPTED, ACCEPTED OR MODIFIED BY THE LEGISLATURE FOR CLASSIFIED STATE
40 EMPLOYEES PURSUANT TO SECTION 67-5309B(d), IDAHO CODE, UNLESS THE LEGISLATURE
41 DESIGNATES OTHERWISE BY ADOPTION OF A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION BY BOTH HOUSES BY
2
1 THE FIFTY-FIRST LEGISLATIVE DAY.".
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 10152
This legislation increases the annual salaries of the Public Utilities
Commissioners, Industrial Commissioners and the State Tax Commissioners by
3% percent on July 1, 2000. It also provides that on each July 1 thereafter the
annual salary of each commissioner shall be increased by the change in employee
compensation adopted by the legislature for classified state employees unless the
Legislature designates otherwise by adoption of a Concurrent Resolution by both
Houses.
FISCAL IMPACT
The fiscal year 2001 impact on the State General Fund is $11,102. Public Utilities
Commissioners and Industrial Commissioners are paid from dedicated funds.
Number Salary Change Change in
Benefits
Public Util Commissioners 3 $2,625 $577
(PUC Fund)
Industrial Commissioners 3 $2,555 $562
(Ind. Admin. Fund)
State Tax Commission 4 $2,275 $501
(General Fund)
Total Fiscal impact $30,061
Contact
Name: Robert L. Geddes (332-1300)
Allyn Dingel (343-5454 xl48)
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE S1529