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HOUSE BILL NO. 649

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H0649...........................................................by BUSINESS
INSURANCE GUARANTY ASSOCIATIONS - Amends existing law to provide that
meetings of the Idaho Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association, the
Idaho Insurance Guaranty Association and the Surplus Line Association are
not required to be open to the public.

02/10    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/11    Rpt prt - to St Aff
02/25    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/26    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/03    3rd rdg - PASSED - 56-10-4
      AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bell, Bieter, Bivens,
      Black(15), Black(23), Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Clark, Crow,
      Deal, Denney, Field(13), Gagner, Geddes, Gould, Hadley, Hansen,
      Henbest, Jaquet, Jones(9), Jones(22), Jones(20), Judd, Kellogg,
      Kempton, Kendell, Kjellander, Kunz, Lake, Linford, Loertscher, Mader,
      McKague, Meyer, Miller, Mortensen, Newcomb, Pischner, Pomeroy,
      Reynolds, Richman, Ridinger, Sali, Stevenson, Stone, Stubbs, Taylor,
      Tilman, Tippets, Trail, Watson, Zimmermann
      NAYS -- Boe, Chase, Cuddy, Ellsworth, Field(20), Hornbeck, Marley,
      Stoicheff, Wheeler, Wood
      Absent and excused -- Crane, Robison, Schaefer, Mr Speaker
    Floor Sponsor - Deal
    Title apvd - to Senate
03/04    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Com/HuRes
03/13    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/16    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/18    3rd rdg - PASSED - 34-0-1
      AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Branch, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron,
      Crow, Danielson, Darrington, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure, Geddes,
      Hawkins, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, King, Lee, McLaughlin, Noh, Parry,
      Richardson, Riggs, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Sorensen, Stennett,
      Sweeney, Thorne, Twiggs, Wheeler, Whitworth
      NAYS--None
      Absent and excused--Hansen
    Floor Sponsor - Andreason
    Title apvd - to House
03/19    To enrol - rpt enrol - Sp signed
    Pres signed - to Governor
03/24    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 305
         Effective: 07/01/98

Bill Text

H0649


                                                                        
 ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
Fifty-fourth Legislature                 Second Regular Session - 1998
                                                                        

                             IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                                    HOUSE BILL NO. 649

                                  BY BUSINESS COMMITTEE


 1                                        AN ACT
 2    RELATING TO THE OPEN MEETING LAW; AMENDING SECTION 67-2342,  IDAHO  CODE,   TO
 3        PROVIDE  THAT  MEETINGS  OF  THE  IDAHO LIFE AND HEALTH INSURANCE GUARANTY
 4        ASSOCIATION, THE IDAHO INSURANCE GUARANTY ASSOCIATION AND THE SURPLUS LINE
 5        ASSOCIATION ARE NOT REQUIRED TO TAKE PLACE IN A MEETING OPEN TO  THE  PUB-
 6        LIC.

 7    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:

 8        SECTION  1.  That  Section 67-2342, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 9    amended to read as follows:

10        67-2342.  GOVERNING BODIES -- REQUIREMENT FOR OPEN  PUBLIC  MEETINGS.  (1)
11    Except  as provided below, all meetings of a governing body of a public agency
12    shall be open to the public and all persons shall be permitted to  attend  any
13    meeting  except as otherwise provided by this act. No decision at a meeting of
14    a governing body of a public agency shall be made by secret ballot.
15        (2)  Deliberations of the board of tax  appeals  created  in  chapter  38,
16    title  63, Idaho Code, the public utilities commission and the industrial com-
17    mission in a fully submitted adjudicatory proceeding in which hearings, if any
18    are required, have been completed, and in which the legal  rights,  duties  or
19    privileges  of  a  party  are to be determined are not required by this act to
20    take place in a meeting open to the public. Such deliberations  may,  however,
21    be made and/or conducted in a public meeting at the discretion of the agency.
22        (3)    Meetings of the Idaho life and health insurance guaranty asso-
23    ciation established under chapter 43, title 41, Idaho Code, the  Idaho  insur-
24    ance  guaranty association established under chapter 36, title 41, Idaho Code,
25    and the surplus line association approved by the director of the Idaho depart-
26    ment of insurance as authorized under chapter 12, title 41,  Idaho  Code,  are
27    not required by this act to take place in a meeting open to the public.
28        (4)    A  governing body shall not hold a meeting at any place where
29    discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, sex, age or national origin
30    is practiced.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact

    





                           STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
    
      RS07743
    
    The purpose of this legislation is to clarify that the Idaho 
    Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association, the Idaho 
    Insurance Guaranty Association and the Surplus Line 
    Association are not subject to the requirements of the open 
    meeting law.
    
    FISCAL NOTE
    
    There is no fiscal impact. No funds will be required 
    to implement this legislation.Contact: Woody Richards (208) 385-5451 Idaho 
    Insurance and Guaranty Association 
    and Surplus Line Association
    
    
    STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL 
    NOTE
    
    H 649