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S1069......................................by LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND TAXATION
PORT DISTRICTS - Amends existing law to include the provision of economic
development facilities among the purposes for which port districts are
authorized; to provide that a port district may finance, construct,
condemn, purchase, acquire, add to, equip, maintain and operate certain
facilities incident to the operation of a port together with industrial and
economic development facilities which maintain or increase employment
opportunities in a port district; and to include industrial and economic
development facilities and port properties and facilities within the
purposes for which port district revenue bonds may be issued.
02/06 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/07 Rpt prt - to Loc Gov
02/22 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/23 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/26 3rd rdg - PASSED - 34-0-1
AYES -- Andreason, Boatright, Branch(Bartlett), Brandt, Bunderson,
Burtenshaw, Cameron, Danielson, Darrington, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure,
Geddes, Goedde, Hawkins, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, King-Barrutia, Lee,
Lodge, Noh, Richardson, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Sims, Sorensen,
Stegner, Stennett, Thorne, Wheeler, Whitworth, Williams,
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Davis
Floor Sponsor -- Stegner
Title apvd - to House
02/27 House intro - 1st rdg - to Loc Gov
03/13 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/14 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/15 3rd rdg - PASSED - 61-0-9
AYES -- Barraclough, Barrett, Bedke, Bell, Bieter, Boe, Bolz,
Bradford, Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Chase, Clark, Collins, Crow,
Cuddy, Denney, Ellis, Ellsworth, Eskridge, Field(13), Field(20),
Gould, Hadley, Hammond, Harwood, Henbest, Higgins, Hornbeck, Jaquet,
Kellogg, Kendell, Lake, Langford, Loertscher, Mader, Marley, McKague,
Montgomery, Mortensen, Moss, Pearce, Pischner, Pomeroy, Raybould,
Ridinger, Robison, Sali, Schaefer, Sellman, Shepherd, Smith, Smylie,
Stevenson, Stone, Swan, Tilman, Wheeler, Wood, Young, Mr. Speaker
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Black, Deal, Gagner, Jones, Kunz, Meyer, Moyle,
Roberts, Trail
Floor Sponsor -- Mader
Title apvd - to Senate
03/16 To enrol
03/19 Rpt enrol - Pres signed
03/20 Sp signed
03/21 To Governor
03/26 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 189
Effective: 01/01/01
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-sixth Legislature First Regular Session - 2001
IN THE SENATE
SENATE BILL NO. 1069
BY LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND TAXATION COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO PORT DISTRICTS; AMENDING SECTION 70-1101, IDAHO CODE, TO INCLUDE
3 THE PROVISION OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FACILITIES AMONG THE PURPOSES FOR
4 WHICH PORT DISTRICTS ARE AUTHORIZED; AMENDING SECTION 70-1501, IDAHO CODE,
5 TO PROVIDE THAT A PORT DISTRICT MAY FINANCE, CONSTRUCT, CONDEMN, PURCHASE,
6 ACQUIRE, ADD TO, EQUIP, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE CERTAIN FACILITIES INCIDENT
7 TO THE OPERATION OF A PORT TOGETHER WITH INDUSTRIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOP-
8 MENT FACILITIES WHICH MAINTAIN OR INCREASE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN A
9 PORT DISTRICT; AMENDING SECTION 70-1802, IDAHO CODE, TO INCLUDE INDUSTRIAL
10 AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FACILITIES AND PORT PROPERTIES AND FACILITIES
11 WITHIN THE PURPOSES FOR WHICH PORT DISTRICT REVENUE BONDS MAY BE ISSUED;
12 DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING RETROACTIVE APPLICATION.
13 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
14 SECTION 1. That Section 70-1101, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
15 amended to read as follows:
16 70-1101. PORT DISTRICTS AUTHORIZED -- OBJECTS AND PURPOSES. Port dis-
17 tricts are hereby authorized for the acquirement, construction, maintenance,
18 operation, development and regulation of harbor improvements, land and water
19 transfer and terminal facilities, industrial and economic development, and
20 other development, facilities, and services, reasonably incident to a modern,
21 efficient and competitive port, and may be established under this act in any
22 county bordering upon any continuous waterway system, limited to the port
23 area, which will float commercial tug and barge vehicles to ports handling
24 transoceanic traffic, as in this act provided.
25 SECTION 2. That Section 70-1501, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
26 amended to read as follows:
27 70-1501. ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY AND FACILITIES -- OPERATION. A port dis-
28 trict may finance, construct, condemn, purchase, acquire, add to, equip, main-
29 tain and operate any and all facilities and services reasonably incident to
30 the operation of a modern, efficient and competitive port, including by way of
31 illustration and not of limitation, sea walls, jetties, piers, wharves, docks,
32 marinas, boat landings and other harbor improvements, public park facilities,
33 recreation facilities or areas, warehouses, storehouses, elevators, grain
34 bins, coal storage plant, terminals, icing plants, bunkers, oil tanks, fer-
35 ries, dredges, tugs and other waterborne vehicles, canals, locks, tidal
36 basins, bridges, subways, tramways, cableways, conveyors, belt line railroads,
37 administration buildings, fishing terminals, facilities for the freezing or
38 processing of goods, agricultural products, meats or perishable commodities,
39 rail and motor vehicle transfer and terminal facilities, water transfer and
40 terminal facilities, improvements relating to industry and manufacturing and
41 to commercial transportation, together with all modern appliances and facili-
2
1 ties for the economical handling, packaging, storing and transportation of
2 freight and passengers, and/or any combination thereof together with indus-
3 trial and economic development facilities of any kind or nature which maintain
4 or increase employment opportunities in a port district. In connection with
5 its operations, a port district may perform all customary services including,
6 but not limited to, the handling, weighing, measuring, reconditioning and
7 storage for hire, processing and/or holding for transshipment of all commodi-
8 ties.
9 SECTION 3. That Section 70-1802, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
10 amended to read as follows:
11 70-1802. REVENUE BONDS -- PURPOSES. All such revenue bonds authorized
12 under the terms of this act may be issued and sold by the port district from
13 time to time and in such amounts as is deemed necessary by the port commission
14 to provide sufficient funds for the carrying out of all port district powers
15 and, without limiting the generality thereof, shall include the following:
16 acquisition, construction, reconstruction, maintenance, repair and operation
17 of industrial and economic development facilities and port properties and
18 facilities, including the cost thereof, engineering, inspection, accounting,
19 fiscal and legal expenses, the cost of issuance of bonds, including printing,
20 engraving and advertising and other similar expenses, the establishment of
21 bond reserves, and the payment of interest on bonds issued for any project
22 during the period of actual construction and for not exceeding twelve (12)
23 months after the completion thereof.
24 SECTION 4. An emergency existing therefor, which emergency is hereby
25 declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after its
26 passage and approval, and retroactively to January 1, 2001.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 10939
This legislation would broaden the authorized purposes of a port
district to include economic development and would change the
definition of the activities that port districts may undertake.
The legislation allows port districts to finance and participate in
activities that stimulate economic development and foster job creation
and retention.
FISCAL IMPACT
No fiscal impact
Contact
Name: Joe Stegner
Phone: 334 1340
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE S 1069