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H0624...............................................by AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS
DRY GRAZING LAND FEES - Amends existing law to revise procedures on the
imposition of fees upon owners of dry grazing land in Idaho.
02/05 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/06 Rpt prt - to Agric Aff
02/17 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/18 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/20 3rd rdg - PASSED - 59-7-4
AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bell, Bieter, Bivens,
Black(15), Boe, Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Chase, Clark, Crow,
Cuddy, Deal, Denney, Ellsworth, Field(13), Field(20), Gagner, Gould,
Hadley, Hansen, Hornbeck, Jaquet, Jones(9), Jones(22), Jones(20),
Judd, Kellogg, Kempton, Kendell, Kjellander, Kunz, Lake, Linford,
Mader, Marley, Meyer, Miller, Mortensen, Newcomb, Pischner, Pomeroy,
Reynolds, Richman, Ridinger, Robison, Sali, Schaefer, Stevenson,
Stubbs, Tilman, Trail, Watson, Wheeler, Zimmermann, Mr Speaker
NAYS -- Geddes, Loertscher, McKague, Stoicheff, Taylor, Tippets, Wood
Absent and excused -- Black(23), Crane, Henbest, Stone
Floor Sponsor - Stevenson
Title apvd - to Senate
02/23 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Agric Aff
03/04 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/04 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/16 3rd rdg - PASSED - 34-0-1
AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Branch, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron,
Crow, Danielson, Darrington, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure, Geddes, Hansen,
Hawkins, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, King, Lee, McLaughlin, Noh, Parry,
Richardson, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Sorensen, Stennett, Sweeney,
Thorne, Twiggs, Wheeler, Whitworth
NAYS--None
Absent and excused--Riggs
Floor Sponsor - Branch
Title apvd - to House
03/17 To enrol
03/17 Rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/18 Pres signed - to Governor
03/19 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 117
Effective: 01/01/98
H0624|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO |||| Fifty-fourth Legislature Second Regular Session - 1998IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HOUSE BILL NO. 624 BY AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE 1 AN ACT 2 RELATING TO IMPOSITION OF FEES ON DRY GRAZING LAND; AMENDING SECTION 58-1414A, 3 IDAHO CODE, TO REVISE PROCEDURES ON THE IMPOSITION OF FEES UPON OWNERS OF 4 DRY GRAZING LAND IN IDAHO; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING RETRO- 5 ACTIVE APPLICATION. 6 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: 7 SECTION 1. That Section 58-1414A, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 8 amended to read as follows: 9 58-1414A. IMPOSITION OF FEES. (1) There is hereby imposed, as of January 10 1, of each year, a fee upon owners of dry grazing land within the state of 11 Idaho for the purpose of funding the activities and obligations of the Idaho 12 rangeland resources commission. The fee shall be in the amount of two cents 13 (2[) per acre of dry grazing land. "Dry grazing land" is that category of land 14 defined by the state tax commission for property tax purposes. No later than 15 thesecondthird Monday in July, the county assessor 16 shalldeliver to the county treasurer a list of the owners of dry graz-17ing land in the county, as shown on the records of the county, together with18the number of acres owned. The county treasurer shall calculate the amount of19the fee owed and shall cause the fee to be shown on the real property tax20bill. The fee shall be collected in the manner provided in section 63-903,21Idaho Code. From the annual January remittance, the county shall retain an22amount equal to the cost of collection but not to exceed five percent (5%) in231997 and two percent (2%) for each year thereafter of the fee collected which24shall be deposited in the county current expense fund. The county auditor25shall remit monthly the balance of the fee collected to the Idaho rangeland26resources commission.provide the Idaho rangeland resources com- 27 mission, via electronic media, an alphabetic list of the owners of dry grazing 28 land in the county, as shown on the records of the county. The information on 29 dry grazing land shall be provided as follows: 30 (a) Owner name; 31 (b) Billing address; 32 (c) County; 33 (d) Parcel identification number; 34 (e) Number of acres. 35 An owner of dry grazing land shall not be assessed the fee contained herein if 36 the owner's or owners' legal representative signs an affidavit attesting under 37 penalties of perjury that the dry grazing land is not utilized for grazing. 38 The commission shallprescribeprovide the form and 39 the affidavit shall be filed with the commission prior to the second 40 Monday in July of the current year. The commission shall file a duplicate 41 copy of any affidavit received with the appropriate county assessor . 42 (2) In addition to the fees imposed in subsection (1) of this section, 43 there is hereby imposed, as of January 1 of each year a fee of ten cents (10[) 2 1 per animal unit month on all domestic cattle and sheep utilizing state grazing 2 lands in the state of Idaho. The Idaho department of lands is hereby directed 3 to collect this fee in conjunction with its annual billing for rental of graz- 4 ing lands and shall remit such collection to the Idaho rangeland resource com- 5 mittee on a monthly basis. 6 (3) In addition to the fees imposed in subsections (1) and (2) of this 7 section, there is hereby imposed, as of January 1, of each calendar year, a 8 fee of ten cents (10[) per animal unit month on all domestic cattle and sheep 9 utilizing United States forest service and bureau of land management lands in 10 the state of Idaho if a joint exercise of powers agreement or memorandum of 11 understanding has been entered into authorizing the collection of such a fee. 12 The federal agencies shall, as part of their billing process, include provi- 13 sions for the collection of this fee and remittance of the fee to the Idaho 14 rangeland resources commission. 15 (4) The fee established in subsections (1), (2) and (3) of this section, 16 shall be a debt of the owner(s), lessee(s) or permittee(s) of the dry grazing 17 land obligated to pay the fee and the fee shall be a debt owed the commission 18 and may be collected by the commission using the normal process to recover a 19 debt. 20 (5) Any person may request from the commission in writing, within thirty 21 (30) calendar days after payment thereof, a refund of all or any portion of an 22 assessment levied hereunder. The commission shall make the refund not later 23 than sixty (60) days after receipt of refund request as long as the commission 24 has received the moneys from the entity collecting the assessment. 25 (6) The commission may at its discretion, determine by a majority 26 vote of the commission the minimum fees to be assessed as described in this 27 section. Once such minimum fees have been adopted, the commission shall col- 28 lect no fee owed pursuant to this section which is equal to or less than the 29 minimum set by the commission. Prior to the adoption of minimum fees by the 30 commission as described in this subsection, the minimum fee owed the commis- 31 sion shall be five dollars ($5.00) for the owners of dry grazing land as 32 described in subsection (1) of this section. There shall be no minimum fee for 33 the assessments described in subsections (2) or (3) of this section unless 34 otherwise determined by the commission. 35 SECTION 2. An emergency existing therefor, which emergency is hereby 36 declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after its 37 passage and approval, and retroactively to January 1, 1998.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS07814
The collection process defined under the 1996 legislation
was logistically difficult to implement. The proposed
legislation will make the collection process more efficient.
In addition, by allowing the Rangeland Resource Commission
the flexibility to adopt a minimum fee, they will save money
by not having to send numerous bills for small amounts.
FISCAL NOTE
There will be no fiscal impact to state or local
government. The impact is expected to be minimal to the
Idaho Rangeland Resources Commission (IRRC). It is
anticipated that in the long run it will cost less for
the IRRC to process the bills than for the counties to do
the same. In addition, the IRRC will retain the 5% for
the first year and 2% for the years there after that
counties would have been paid.
CONTACT: Gretchen Hyde, 398-7002, Idaho Rangeland Resources
Commission. Dan Chadwick, Tony Poinelle, Lorna Jorgensen,
345-
9126, Idaho Association of Counties
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/ FISCAL NOTE
Bill No. H 624