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HOUSE BILL NO. 639 – Fire dist comm, elections

HOUSE BILL NO. 639

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H0639...................................................by LOCAL GOVERNMENT
FIRE DISTRICTS - Amends existing law to provide for election of fire
protection district commissioners every year for three years, with no
election to be held in the fourth year; to provide for elections following
organization of a fire protection district; and to provide for conversion
to the revised election process by an existing fire protection district.
                                                                        
02/21    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/22    Rpt prt - to Loc Gov
03/03    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/06    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/10    3rd rdg - PASSED - 62-1-7
      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, Gould,
      Hadley, Hammond, Hansen(23), Henbest, Hornbeck, Jaquet, Jones, Judd,
      Kellogg, Kempton, Kendell, Kunz, Linford, Loertscher, Mader, Marley,
      McKague, Mortensen, Moss, Pearce, Pischner, Pomeroy, Reynolds,
      Ridinger, Ringo, Robison, Sali, Schaefer, Sellman, Shepherd, Smith,
      Smylie, Stevenson, Stoicheff, Stone, Taylor, Tilman, Wheeler,
      Zimmermann, Mr Speaker
      NAYS -- Moyle
      Absent and excused -- Campbell, Hansen(29), Lake, Meyer, Montgomery,
      Trail, Wood
    Floor Sponsor - Shepherd
    Title apvd - to Senate
03/13    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Loc Gov
03/16    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/17    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/30    3rd rdg - PASSED - 35-0-0
      AYES -- Andreason, Boatright, Branch, 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, Wheeler, Whitworth, Williams
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- None
    Floor Sponsor - Bunderson
    Title apvd - to House
03/31    To enrol
04/03    Rpt enrol - Sp signed
04/04    Pres signed - to Governor
04/14    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 336
         Effective: 07/01/00

Bill Text


 H0639
                                                                        
                                                                        
  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-fifth Legislature                  Second Regular Session - 2000
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                                     HOUSE BILL NO. 639
                                                                        
                               BY LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO THE ELECTION OF  COMMISSIONERS  OF  A  FIRE  PROTECTION  DISTRICT;
  3        AMENDING  SECTION  31-1410, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE FOR ELECTION OF COMMIS-
  4        SIONERS EVERY YEAR FOR THREE YEARS WITH NO ELECTION  TO  BE  HELD  IN  THE
  5        FOURTH  YEAR,  TO  PROVIDE  FOR ELECTIONS FOLLOWING ORGANIZATION OF A FIRE
  6        PROTECTION DISTRICT AND TO PROVIDE FOR CONVERSION TO THE REVISED  ELECTION
  7        PROCESS BY AN EXISTING FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT.
                                                                        
  8    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  9        SECTION  1.  That  Section 31-1410, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 10    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 11        31-1410.  ELECTION OF COMMISSIONERS. (1) On the  first  Tuesday  following
 12    the  first Monday of November, following the organization of a fire protection
 13    district, three (3) fire protection district commissioners shall  be  elected.
 14    Every  alternate  year  thereafter,  one (1) or two (2) commissioners shall be
 15    elected, in the manner following: except for the fourth year when no  election
 16    of a fire commissioner shall occur. The board of fire protection commissioners
 17    shall  have power to make such regulations for the conduct of such election as
 18    are consistent with the statutory provisions of chapter 14,  title  34,  Idaho
 19    Code. At their meeting next preceding such election, the board of fire protec-
 20    tion  commissioners  shall  divide the district into three (3) subdistricts as
 21    nearly equal in population, area and mileage as practicable, to  be  known  as
 22    fire  protection  commissioners  subdistricts  one (1), two (2) and three (3).
 23    Thereafter, at the January meeting of the board of fire protection commission-
 24    ers preceding any regularly scheduled election,  such  subdistricts  shall  be
 25    revised  but, of the commissioners comprising the board, not more than one (1)
 26    commissioner shall be an elector of the  same  fire  protection  commissioners
 27    subdistrict.  The  revision  of  subdistricts shall not disqualify any elected
 28    commissioner from the completion of the term for which he or she has been duly
 29    elected.  At the first election following organization of  a  fire  protection
 30    district  the commissioners from fire protection subdistricts one (1) shall be
 31    elected to a term of one (1) year, the commissioner from subdistrict  and  two
 32    (2)  shall  be  elected for to a terms of four two (42) years, and the commis-
 33    sioner from fire protection subdistrict three (3) shall be elected  for  to  a
 34    term of two three (23) years; thereafter the term of office of all commission-
 35    ers shall be four (4) years. Such elections and all other elections held under
 36    this  law,  shall  be  held  in  conformity with the general laws of the state
 37    including chapter 14, title 34, Idaho Code.
 38        (2)  Upon the unanimous agreement of the existing board of  commissioners,
 39    a fire protection district may elect to convert to the election of commission-
 40    ers  as  provided  in  subsection  (1) of this section. The conversion process
 41    shall occur in the following manner: the commissioner representing subdistrict
 42    one (1) shall be elected to a four (4) year term upon the  expiration  of  the
 43    existing  term;  the  commissioner  representing  subdistrict two (2) shall be
                                                                        
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  1    elected to a four (4) year term upon expiration of the existing term; and  the
  2    commissioner representing subdistrict three (3) shall serve one (1) additional
  3    year  of  the existing term and shall then be elected to a four (4) year term.
  4    Every year thereafter one (1) commissioner shall be elected,  except  for  the
  5    fourth year when no election shall be held.
  6        (3)  In  any  election for fire protection district commissioner, if after
  7    the deadline for filing a declaration of intent as a  write-in  candidate,  it
  8    appears that only one (1) qualified candidate has been nominated for a subdis-
  9    trict  to  be filled, it shall not be necessary for the candidate of that sub-
 10    district to stand for election, and the board of the fire protection  district
 11    shall declare such candidate elected as commissioner, and the secretary of the
 12    district  shall  immediately  make and deliver to such person a certificate of
 13    election.
 14        The results of any election  for  fire  protection  district  commissioner
 15    shall  be certified to the county clerk of the county or counties in which the
 16    district is located.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


     
                           
                STATEMENT OF PURPOSE 
                      RS 10054 
                           
     This legislation provides for the election of commissioners each year for three
     years, with no election to be held in the fourth year; provides for elections
     following organization of a fire district; and provides for conversion to a revised
     election process by an existing district. Its purpose is to create stability for long
     term planning for fire protection and suppression services, and encourages
     members of the public to serve as a commissioner where candidates for office are
     frequently unavailable. This bill does not affect any aspect of the existing term
     limitation laws, which do not apply to fire district elections.
     
     
                           
                    FISCAL IMPACT 
     
     There is no fiscal impact to the general account. All other fiscal impacts are
     negligible or non-existent. 
     
     
     
     
     
     Contact 
     Name: Charles Lempesis
     Phone: (208) 777-8815 
     
     
                                             STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                              H 639