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H0688...............................................by REVENUE AND TAXATION
COUNTY FAIR BOARDS - Amends existing law to increase the population
threshold, used to determine how county fair board members are appointed,
from 75,000 persons to 200,000 persons.
02/24 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/25 Rpt prt - to Loc Gov
03/09 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/10 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/14 3rd rdg - PASSED - 62-0-8
AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bell, Bieter, Black, Boe,
Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Chase, Cheirrett, Clark, Crow, Deal,
Denney, Ellsworth, Field(13), Field(20), Gagner, Gould, Hadley,
Hansen(23), Hansen(29), Henbest, Hornbeck, Jaquet, Judd, Kellogg,
Kendell, Kunz, Lake, Linford, Loertscher, Marley, Meyer, Montgomery,
Mortensen, Moss, Moyle, Pearce, Pischner, Pomeroy, Reynolds,
Ridinger, Ringo, Robison, Sali, Schaefer, Sellman, Shepherd, Smith,
Smylie, Stevenson, Stoicheff, Stone, Taylor, Tilman, Trail, Wheeler,
Wood, Zimmermann
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Cuddy, Geddes, Hammond, Jones, Kempton, Mader,
McKague, Mr Speaker
Floor Sponsor - Meyer
Title apvd - to Senate
03/15 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Loc Gov
03/23 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/24 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
04/04 3rd rdg - PASSED - 32-0-3
AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron, Crow,
Darrington, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure, Geddes, Hawkins, Ingram, Ipsen,
Keough, King-Barrutia, Lee, McLaughlin, Parry, Richardson, Riggs,
Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Sorensen, Stegner, Stennett, Thorne, Walton,
Wheeler, Whitworth, Williams
NAYS--None
Absent and excused--Danielson, Davis, Noh
Floor Sponsor - Thorne
Title apvd - to House
To enrol - rpt enrol - Sp signed
04/05 Pres signed - to Governor
04/14 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 347
Effective: 04/14/00
H0688
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-fifth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2000
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE BILL NO. 688
BY REVENUE AND TAXATION COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO COUNTY FAIR BOARDS; AMENDING SECTION 22-202, IDAHO CODE, TO
3 INCREASE THE POPULATION THRESHOLD FROM SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND PERSONS TO
4 TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND PERSONS AND TO MAKE A TECHNICAL CORRECTION; AND
5 DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
6 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
7 SECTION 1. That Section 22-202, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
8 amended to read as follows:
9 22-202. HEARING OF OBJECTIONS -- ORDER CREATING BOARD -- APPOINTMENT AND
10 SELECTION OF MEMBERS. The board shall meet on the day fixed, at which time any
11 voter or taxpayer residing within the county may appear and object to the form
12 of the petition, the genuineness of the signatures, or may make any other
13 objection as to the legality of the proceedings of the board; or, any perti-
14 nent objection or objections to the creation of the county fair board.
15 After hearing and considering the objections, if any, made to the proceed-
16 ings or to the creation of a county fair board, the board shall, if it deems
17 it for the best interests of the county that a county fair be conducted by the
18 county, create a county fair board by an order duly spread upon its minutes.
19 (A) If the board in a county with a population of seventy-five two hun-
20 dred thousand (75200,000) persons or less orders the creation of a county fair
21 board, it shall immediately appoint either five (5) or seven (7) persons to
22 membership thereof, and shall fix the place within the county at which such
23 fair shall be held, and make its action a matter of record. The members shall
24 as nearly as possible be selected from the different industries and localities
25 of the county. If seven (7) persons are appointed on January 18, 1988,
26 appointments shall be made as follows: four (4) members shall be appointed for
27 a term of two (2) years and three (3) members shall be appointed for a term of
28 three (3) years. Thereafter, each appointment shall be made for terms of four
29 (4) years. Appointments shall expire on the third Monday in January.
30 If five (5) persons are appointed on January 18, 1988, appointments shall
31 be made as follows: three (3) members shall be appointed for a term of two (2)
32 years and two (2) members shall be appointed for a term of three (3) years.
33 Thereafter, each appointment shall be made for terms of three (3) years.
34 Appointments shall expire on the third Monday in January. Any vacancy occur-
35 ring on such county fair board shall be filled by appointment by the county
36 commissioners at their first regular meeting after the occurrence of such
37 vacancy.
38 (B) In a county with a population of seventy-five two hundred thousand
39 one (75200,001) or more persons, the board, if it orders the creation of a
40 county fair board, shall immediately appoint either five (5) or seven (7) per-
41 sons to membership thereon, in the manner provided herein.
42 If seven (7) persons are appointed on January 17, 1977, appointments shall
43 be made as follows: four (4) members shall be appointed for a term of two (2)
2
1 years and three (3) members shall be appointed for a term of three (3) years.
2 Thereafter, each appointment shall be made for terms of four (4) years.
3 Appointments shall expire on the third Monday in January.
4 If five (5) persons are appointed on January 17, 1977, appointments shall
5 be made as follows: three (3) members shall be appointed for a term of two (2)
6 years and two (2) members shall be appointed for a term of three (3) years.
7 Thereafter, each appointment shall be made for terms of three (3) years.
8 Appointments shall expire on the third Monday in January.
9 County fair boards created after the effective date of this act shall be
10 appointed for staggered terms assuming that the appointments are made on the
11 third Monday in January.
12 SECTION 2. An emergency existing therefor, which emergency is hereby
13 declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after its
14 passage and approval.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 09898C1
The purpose of this legislation is to increase the population threshold from
seventy-five thousand persons to two hundred thousand persons and to make a
technical correction; and declaring an emergency.
FISCAL IMPACT
None
Contact
Name: Rep. Wayne R. Meyer
Phone: 332-1000
Rep. Hilde Kellogg
Phone: 332-1000
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE H 688