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HOUSE BILL NO. 127 – Bean Comm, dist, members

HOUSE BILL NO. 127

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H0127...............................................by AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS
BEAN COMMISSION - Amends existing law to revise the number of districts and
the geographical makeup of districts of the Bean Commission; to increase
the compensation for members of the Bean Commission; and to decrease the
number of members of the Bean Commission from nine to eight.

01/27    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
01/29    Rpt prt - to Agric Aff
02/03    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/04    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/08    3rd rdg - PASSED - 66-0-4
      AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bell, Bieter, Black, Boe,
      Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Chase, Clark, Crow, Cuddy, Deal,
      Denney, Field(13), Field(20), Geddes, Gould, Hadley, Hammond,
      Hansen(23), Hansen(29), Henbest, Hornbeck, Jaquet, Jones, Judd,
      Kellogg, Kempton, Kendell, Kjellander, Kunz, Lake, Limbaugh, Linford,
      Loertscher, Mader, Marley, McKague, Meyer, Montgomery, Mortensen,
      Moyle, Pischner, Pomeroy, Reynolds, Ridinger, Ringo, Robison, Sali,
      Schaefer, Sellman, Smith, Stevenson, Stoicheff, Stone, Tilman,
      Tippets, Trail, Watson, Wheeler, Wood, Zimmermann, Mr Speaker
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- Ellsworth, Gagner, Taylor, Williams
    Floor Sponsor - Bell
    Title apvd - to Senate
02/09    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Agric Aff
02/22    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/23    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/04    3rd rdg - PASSED - 27-0-8
      AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Branch, Bunderson, Cameron, Crow,
      Danielson, Darrington, Davis, Dunklin, Frasure, Geddes, Hawkins,
      Ingram, Keough, Lee, Richardson, Riggs, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder,
      Sorensen, Stegner, Stennett, Twiggs, Wheeler, Whitworth
      NAYS--None
      Absent and excused--Burtenshaw, Deide, Ipsen, King, McLaughlin, Noh,
      Parry, Thorne
    Floor Sponsor - Sandy
    Title apvd - to House
03/05    To enrol
03/08    Rpt enrol - Sp signed - Pres signed
03/09    To Governor
03/15    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 63
         Effective: 07/01/99

Bill Text


H0127


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

                             IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                                    HOUSE BILL NO. 127

                            BY AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

 1                                        AN ACT
 2    RELATING TO THE IDAHO BEAN COMMISSION; AMENDING SECTION 22-2912,  IDAHO  CODE,
 3        TO  DECREASE  THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS, TO REVISE THE NUMBER OF DISTRICTS AND
 4        THE GEOGRAPHICAL MAKEUP OF DISTRICTS AND TO INCREASE COMPENSATION FOR MEM-
 5        BERS OF THE BEAN COMMISSION.

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

 7        SECTION 1.  That Section 22-2912, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 8    amended to read as follows:

 9        22-2912.  BEAN COMMISSION CREATED. There is hereby created and established
10    in  the department of self-governing agencies the Idaho bean commission, here-
11    inafter called the commission. It shall be composed of  nine  (9)  
12      eight (8)  men or women engaged in the bean industry. The commis-
13    sion shall be appointed by the governor, and each member must have been a res-
14    ident of the state of Idaho for a period of three (3) years immediately  prior
15    to his appointment, shall have had active experience in growing, processing or
16    shipping  of  beans  produced  in  the state of Idaho, and at least  five
17      four  ( 5  4 ) members of the commis-
18    sion shall be growers actually engaged in production of beans, but who are not
19    handlers, dealers or processors. One (1) grower member of the commission shall
20    be appointed from each of the districts provided for by this section. The four
21    (4) remaining members of the commission may be engaged in  the  processing  or
22    shipping  of beans, at least one (1) of whom must be engaged in the processing
23    or shipping of snap bean seed. The processor or shipper members of the commis-
24    sion shall be appointed at large, keeping in mind  insofar  as  possible  geo-
25    graphic  locations  representative  of the Idaho bean industry. The qualifica-
26    tions for membership on the commission shall continue throughout  the  respec-
27    tive  terms  of  office of the commissioners. Upon recommendation of organiza-
28    tions of producers and shippers of beans,  one  (1)  grower  commissioner
29    shall  be  appointed  from district No. 1, which district shall be composed of
30    the following counties: Boundary, Bonner, Kootenai, Benewah, Shoshone,  Latah,
31    Clearwater,  Nez  Perce,  Lewis  and Idaho;  one (1) grower commissioner
32    shall be appointed from district No.  2  1 , which  dis-
33    trict shall be composed of the following counties: Adams,  Valley, Lemhi,
34    Custer, Boise,   Boundary, Bonner, Kootenai, Benewah, Shoshone, La-
35    tah,  Nez  Perce,  Clearwater,  Lewis, Idaho,  Washington, Payette, Gem,
36    Canyon and Ada; one (1) grower commissioner shall be appointed  from  district
37    No.  3  2 , which district shall be composed of the fol-
38    lowing counties:  Valley, Lemhi, Custer, Boise,  Twin Falls, Owyhee
39    and  Elmore;  one (1) grower commissioner shall be appointed from district No.
40     4  3 , which district shall be composed of the  follow-
41    ing counties: Cassia, Oneida, Power, Bannock, Caribou, Bear Lake, Franklin and
42    Minidoka;  one  (1)  grower  commissioner shall be appointed from district No.
43     5  4 , which district shall be composed of the  follow-


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 1    ing  counties:  Camas,  Blaine, Gooding, Lincoln, Jerome, Bingham, Bonneville,
 2    Butte, Jefferson, Madison, Teton, Fremont and Clark.  Commencing on  July
 3    1,  1971  and  July  1, 1973, when the terms of the present commission members
 4    expire, the next regularly appointed grower members for districts  No.  1  and
 5    No.  2  will  hold  office  for  a  term  of  one (1) year; the next regularly
 6    appointed grower member from district No. 3 will hold office  for  a  term  of
 7    four  (4) years; the next regularly appointed grower member for district No. 4
 8    will hold office  for a term of one (1) year;  the  next  regularly  appointed
 9    grower  member  from  district  No.  5 will hold office for a term of four (4)
10    years. Also, commencing on July 1, 1971 and July 1, 1973, when  the  terms  of
11    the  present  processor or shipper members, who were appointed heretofore from
12    districts 2, 3, 4 and 5, expire, the processor or  shipper  members  replacing
13    the heretofore appointed processor or shipper members will serve the following
14    terms: the processor or shipper member who is appointed to replace the proces-
15    sor  or shipper member appointed from district No. 2 will serve a term of four
16    (4) years; the processor or shipper member who is  appointed  to  replace  the
17    processor or shipper member appointed from district No. 3 will serve a term of
18    three  (3)  years; the processor or shipper member who is appointed to replace
19    the processor or shipper member appointed from district No.  4  will  serve  a
20    term  of  four  (4) years; the processor or shipper member who is appointed to
21    replace the processor or shipper member appointed from  district  No.  5  will
22    serve  a term of three (3) years.   Commencing on July 1, 1999, the
23    governor shall appoint two (2) members for a one (1) year term, two  (2)  mem-
24    bers  for  a two (2) year term, two (2) members for a three (3) year term, and
25    two (2) members for a four (4) year  term.    Thereafter,  the  governor
26    shall  appoint  commissioners  as  their terms expire. Each commissioner shall
27    serve for a term of four (4) years. Each commissioner shall hold office  until
28    his successor has been appointed.
29        A  simple  majority of members of the commission shall constitute a quorum
30    for the transaction of business and for carrying out the duties of the commis-
31    sion. All commissioners shall take an oath of office before  commencing  their
32    duties.
33        Each  member of the commission shall be compensated as provided by section
34    59-509( j  l ), Idaho Code, provided however, that  com-
35    pensation  paid  to  members  of  the commission on and after January 1, 1998,
36    shall not be considered salary as defined in section 59-1302, Idaho Code.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                            RS08562C1

The purpose of this bill is to decrease the number of members on
the Commission Board from nine to eight. It also changes the
geographical areas to move those counties previously represented by
the ninth member into other regions for representation. It revises
the members' terms so that two members are appointed each year.
This bill also raises the member's compensation from fifteen
dollars per day to twentyfive dollars per day.

                           FISCAL NOTE

There is no fiscal impact to the general fund.

CONTACT: Idaho Bean Commission
         Rae Tway. Ex. Director
         (208) 334-3520

                                    STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/ FISCAL NOTE  Bill No.  H 127