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HOUSE BILL NO. 653 – Confined animal feed/cnty regulate

HOUSE BILL NO. 653

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H0653...............................................by AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS
CONCENTRATED ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS - Amends existing law to provide
authority to the board of county commissioners to regulate the siting of
large confined or concentrated animal feeding operations and facilities; to
require a public hearing and consideration of comments; to provide an
exemption for counties with an existing siting process; and to provide that
exempt counties may choose to regulate siting.
                                                                        
02/21    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/22    Rpt prt - to Agric Aff
03/03    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/06    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/10    3rd rdg - PASSED - 64-0-6
      AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough(Barraclough), Barrett, Bell, Bieter,
      Black, Boe, Bruneel, Callister, Chase, Cheirrett, Clark, Crow, Cuddy,
      Deal, Denney, Ellsworth, Field(13), Field(20), Gagner, Geddes,
      Hadley, Hammond, Hansen(23), Henbest, Hornbeck, Jaquet, Jones, Judd,
      Kellogg, Kempton, Kendell, Kunz, Lake, Linford, Loertscher, Marley,
      McKague, Meyer, Montgomery, Mortensen, Moss, Moyle, Pearce, Pischner,
      Pomeroy, Reynolds, Ridinger, Ringo, Robison, Sali, Schaefer, Sellman,
      Shepherd, Smith, Smylie, Stevenson, Stoicheff, Stone, Taylor, Tilman,
      Wheeler, Wood, Mr Speaker
      NAYS -- None Total -- 0
      Absent and excused -- Campbell, Gould, Hansen(29), Mader, Trail,
      Zimmermann
    Floor Sponsor - Jones
    Title apvd - to Senate
03/13    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Agric Aff
03/21    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/22    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
04/03    3rd rdg - PASSED - 34-1-0
      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, Williams
      NAYS--Whitworth
      Absent and excused--None
    Floor Sponsor - Burtenshaw
    Title apvd - to House
04/04    To enrol - rpt enrol - Sp signed
04/05    Pres signed - to Governor
04/12    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 217
         Effective: 04/12/00

Bill Text


 H0653
                                                                        
                                                                        
  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-fifth Legislature                  Second Regular Session - 2000
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                                     HOUSE BILL NO. 653
                                                                        
                             BY AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO LOCAL LAND USE PLANNING; AMENDING SECTION 67-6529, IDAHO CODE,  TO
  3        PROVIDE AUTHORITY TO BOARDS OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO REGULATE THE SITING
  4        OF  LARGE  CONFINED  OR CONCENTRATED ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS AND FACILI-
  5        TIES, TO REQUIRE A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF COMMENTS,  TO  PRO-
  6        VIDE AN EXEMPTION FOR COUNTIES WITH AN EXISTING SITING PROCESS AND TO PRO-
  7        VIDE  THAT EXEMPT COUNTIES MAY CHOOSE TO REGULATE SITING; AND DECLARING AN
  8        EMERGENCY.
                                                                        
  9    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
 10        SECTION 1.  That Section 67-6529, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 11    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 12        67-6529.  APPLICABILITY TO AGRICULTURAL LAND -- COUNTIES MAY REGULATE SIT-
 13    ING  OF  CERTAIN ANIMAL OPERATIONS AND FACILITIES. (1) No power granted hereby
 14    shall be construed to empower a board of county  commissioners  to  enact  any
 15    ordinance  or  resolution which deprives any owner of full and complete use of
 16    agricultural land for production of  any  agricultural  product.  Agricultural
 17    land shall be defined by local ordinance or resolution.
 18        (2)  Notwithstanding  any  provision  of  law  to the contrary, a board of
 19    county commissioners may enact ordinances and resolutions to regulate the sit-
 20    ing of large confined animal feeding operations and facilities, as they  shall
 21    be  defined by the board, including the approval or rejection of sites for the
 22    operations and facilities. A board of county commissioners may reject  a  site
 23    regardless of the approval or rejection of the site by a state agency. A board
 24    of  county  commissioners  undertaking such regulation shall hold at least one
 25    (1) public hearing affording the public an opportunity to comment on each pro-
 26    posed site. Several sites may be considered at any  one  (1)  public  hearing.
 27    Only  members of the public with their primary residence within a one (1) mile
 28    radius of a proposed site may provide comment at the  hearing.  However,  this
 29    distance  may be increased by the board. A record of each hearing and comments
 30    received shall be made by the board. The comments shall be duly considered  by
 31    the  board when deciding whether to approve or reject a proposed site. A board
 32    of county commissioners with a process in place on January 1,  2000,  for  the
 33    siting  of  large  confined animal feeding operations and facilities is exempt
 34    from the requirements of this subsection but may choose to operate under  this
 35    subsection.
                                                                        
 36        SECTION  2.  An  emergency  existing  therefor,  which emergency is hereby
 37    declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after its
 38    passage and approval.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


     
     
                STATEMENT OF PURPOSE 
                      RS1005BC1 
     This legislation will clarify that county commissions do have authority to approve
     siting of large animal facilities. 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
                     FISCAL NOTE
     
     No fiscal impact 
     
     
     
     
               CONTACT:  Rep. Jones
               332-1000 
     
                                             STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/ FISCAL NOTE                          H 653