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SENATE BILL NO. 1009, As Amended – Owyhee County, Murphy, cnty seat

SENATE BILL NO. 1009, As Amended

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S1009aa....................................by LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND TAXATION
OWYHEE COUNTY - Amends existing law to provide that the town of Murphy
shall be the county seat of Owyhee County.

01/19    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
01/20    Rpt prt - to Loc Gov
01/26    Rpt out - to 14th Ord
02/02    Rpt out amen - to engros
02/03    Rpt engros - 1st rdg - to 2nd rdg as amen
02/04    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg as amen
02/05    3rd rdg as amen - PASSED - 30-0-5
      AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Branch, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron,
      Crow, Danielson, Darrington, Davis, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure, Ingram,
      Keough, King, Lee, McLaughlin, Noh, Parry, Richardson, Riggs, Risch,
      Schroeder, Sorensen, Stegner, Stennett, Thorne, Wheeler, Whitworth
      NAYS--None
      Absent and excused--Geddes, Hawkins, Ipsen, Sandy, Twiggs
    Floor Sponsor - King
    Title apvd - to House
02/08    House intro - 1st rdg as amen - to Loc Gov
02/17    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg as amen
02/18    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg as amen
02/19    3rd rdg as amen - PASSED - 60-0-10
      AYES -- Barraclough, Barrett, Bell, Bieter, Black, Bruneel,
      Callister, Campbell, Chase, Clark, Crow, Cuddy, Deal, Denney,
      Ellsworth, Field(13), Field(20), Gagner, Gould, Hadley, Hammond,
      Hansen(23), Henbest, Hornbeck, Jaquet, Judd, Kellogg, Kempton,
      Kendell, Kunz, Lake, Limbaugh, Mader, Marley, McKague, Meyer,
      Montgomery, Mortensen, Moyle, Pomeroy, Reynolds, Ridinger, Ringo,
      Robison, Sali, Schaefer, Sellman, Smylie, Stevenson, Stoicheff,
      Stone, Taylor(Taylor), Tilman, Tippets, Watson, Wheeler, Williams,
      Wood, Zimmermann, Mr Speaker
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- Alltus, Boe, Geddes, Hansen(29), Jones,
      Linford, Loertscher, Pischner, Smith, Trail
    Floor Sponsor - Field(20), Sellman
    Title apvd - to Senate
02/22    To enrol
02/23    Rpt enrol - Pres signed
02/24    Sp signed
02/25    To Governor
03/03    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 35
         Effective: 03/03/99

Bill Text


S1009


                                                                        
 ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
Fifty-fifth Legislature                 First Regular Session - 1999
                                                                        

                                      IN THE SENATE

                             SENATE BILL NO. 1009, As Amended

                        BY LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND TAXATION COMMITTEE

 1                                        AN ACT
 2    RELATING TO OWYHEE COUNTY; AMENDING SECTION 31-139,  IDAHO  CODE,  TO  PROVIDE
 3        CORRECT  BOUNDARIES  OF  OWYHEE  COUNTY  AND TO PROVIDE THAT MURPHY IS THE
 4        COUNTY SEAT OF OWYHEE COUNTY; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.

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

 6        SECTION 1.  That Section 31-139, Idaho Code, be, and the  same  is  hereby
 7    amended to read as follows:

 8        31-139.  OWYHEE  COUNTY.  Owyhee county is described as follows: beginning
 9    on the Snake river at the mouth of Owyhee river;
10        Western boundary. Thence south along the  eastern  boundary  line  of  the
11    state of Oregon to the northern boundary of the state of Nevada;
12        Southern boundary. Thence east along the northern boundary of the state of
13    Nevada  (1  Ter.  Sess. 628) to the thirty-eighth (38th) meridian of longitude
14    west from Washington;
15        Eastern boundary. Thence north along the said meridian  to the  south
16    boundary of township 7 south range 12 east. Thence west along the south bound-
17    ary  of  township 7 south ranges 12, 11, 10 and 9 east to the southwest corner
18    of township 7 south range 9 east. Thence north  along  the  west  boundary  of
19    township  7  south  range  9  east  to  the northwest corner of said township.
20    Thence east to the southwest corner of township 6 south range 9 east.   Thence
21    north along the west boundary of said township  to the Snake river 
22    (10 Ter. Sess. 43) ;
23        Northern  boundary.  Thence down the channel of the Snake river in a west-
24    erly direction to the mouth of the Owyhee river, the place of beginning.
25        County seat --  Silver City   Murphy .

26        SECTION 2.  An emergency existing  therefor,  which  emergency  is  hereby
27    declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after its
28    passage and approval.

Amendment


AS1009


                                                                        
 ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
Fifty-fifth Legislature                  First Regular Session - 1999
                                                                        

                                       Moved by     King                 

                                       Seconded by  Thorne               


                                      IN THE SENATE
                            SENATE AMENDMENT TO S.B. NO. 1009

 1                                AMENDMENT TO SECTION 1
 2        On page 1 of the printed bill, delete lines 8 through 32, and insert:
 3        "31-139.  OWYHEE COUNTY. Owyhee county is described as follows:  beginning
 4    on the Snake river at the mouth of Owyhee river;
 5        Western  boundary.  Thence  south  along  the eastern boundary line of the
 6    state of Oregon to the northern boundary of the state of Nevada;
 7        Southern boundary. Thence east along the northern boundary of the state of
 8    Nevada (1 Ter. Sess. 628) to the thirty-eighth (38th)  meridian  of  longitude
 9    west from Washington;
10        Eastern  boundary. Thence north along the said meridian  to the south
11    boundary of township 7 south range 12 east. Thence west along the south bound-
12    ary of township 7 south ranges 12, 11, 10 and 9 east to the  southwest  corner
13    of  township  7  south  range  9 east. Thence north along the west boundary of
14    township 7 south range 9 east  to  the  northwest  corner  of  said  township.
15    Thence  east to the southwest corner of township 6 south range 9 east.  Thence
16    north along the west boundary of said township  to the Snake river 
17    (10 Ter. Sess. 43) ;
18        Northern boundary. Thence down the channel of the Snake river in  a  west-
19    erly direction to the mouth of the Owyhee river, the place of beginning.
20        County seat --  Silver City   Murphy .".

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact




                          STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                                 RS08498



 The purpose of this Legislation is to change the Owyhee County
Seat from Silver City, Idaho to Murphy, Idaho.  And to correct the legal
discription.







                               FISCAL NOTE

None






CONTACT:
Senator Robbi King 332-1339
Representative Frances Field 332-1246

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/ FISCAL NOTE                                  S1009