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S1078.....................................................by TRANSPORTATION
HIGHWAY DISTRICT COMMISSIONERS - Amends existing law to increase the
maximum allowable monthly salaries of countywide highway district
commissioners; and to increase the daily salary and maximum allowable
annual salary of commissioners of all other highway districts.
02/07 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/08 Rpt prt - to Transp
02/16 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/19 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/20 3rd rdg - PASSED - 33-0-2
AYES -- Andreason, Boatright, Branch(Bartlett), Brandt, Bunderson,
Burtenshaw, Cameron, Danielson, Darrington, Deide, 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, Dunklin
Floor Sponsor -- Deide
Title apvd - to House
02/21 House intro - 1st rdg - to Transp
03/01 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/02 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/06 3rd rdg - PASSED - 42-23-5
AYES -- Bedke, Bell, Bieter, Black, Boe, Bolz, Callister, Campbell,
Chase, Collins, Crow, Cuddy, Field(13), Gagner, Gould, Hadley,
Henbest, Hornbeck, Jaquet, Jones, Kellogg, Lake, Langford, Mader,
Marley, Meyer, Montgomery, Pischner, Pomeroy, Ridinger, Robison,
Schaefer, Sellman, Shepherd, Smith, Smylie, Stevenson, Stone, Trail,
Wheeler, Young, Mr. Speaker
NAYS -- Barraclough(Barraclough), Barrett, Bradford, Bruneel, Clark,
Denney, Ellis, Ellsworth, Eskridge, Hammond, Harwood, Higgins,
Kendell, Kunz, Loertscher, McKague, Mortensen, Moss, Pearce, Roberts,
Sali, Swan(Hansen), Tilman
Absent and excused -- Deal, Field(20), Moyle, Raybould, Wood
Floor Sponsor -- Kellogg
Title apvd - to Senate
03/07 To enrol
03/08 Rpt enrol - Pres signed
03/09 Sp signed
03/12 To Governor
03/16 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 44
Effective: 07/01/01
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-sixth Legislature First Regular Session - 2001
IN THE SENATE
SENATE BILL NO. 1078
BY TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO COMPENSATION OF HIGHWAY DISTRICT COMMISSIONERS; AMENDING SECTION
3 40-1314, IDAHO CODE, TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE SALARY FOR COMMIS-
4 SIONERS OF DISTRICTS ORGANIZED UNDER CHAPTER 17, TITLE 40, IDAHO CODE, TO
5 NINE HUNDRED DOLLARS PER MONTH AND TO ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS PER MONTH FOR
6 THE PRESIDENT OR CHAIRMAN OF THE DISTRICT, TO INCREASE THE SALARY OF COM-
7 MISSIONERS OF ALL OTHER DISTRICTS TO SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLARS PER DAY NOT TO
8 EXCEED A MAXIMUM OF SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS PER YEAR, AND TO PROVIDE A CODE
9 REFERENCE; AND AMENDING SECTION 40-1404A, IDAHO CODE, TO INCREASE THE MAX-
10 IMUM ALLOWABLE SALARY OF COMMISSIONERS IN COUNTYWIDE HIGHWAY DISTRICTS IN
11 COUNTIES WITH A POPULATION OF MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND TO ONE THOU-
12 SAND TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS PER MONTH AND TO ONE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED DOL-
13 LARS PER MONTH FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE DISTRICT.
14 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
15 SECTION 1. That Section 40-1314, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
16 amended to read as follows:
17 40-1314. COMPENSATION OF HIGHWAY DISTRICT COMMISSIONERS, OFFICERS, AGENTS
18 AND EMPLOYEES. (1) The highway district commissioners may be compensated as
19 follows:
20 (a) Commissioners of a countywide highway district organized under the
21 provisions of chapter 14, title 40, Idaho Code, as provided in sections
22 40-1404 and 40-1404A, Idaho Code.
23 (b) Commissioners of a countywide highway district organized under the
24 provisions of chapter 17, title 40, Idaho Code, a salary not to exceed
25 five nine hundred dollars ($5900) per calendar month for each member with
26 the exception of the president or chairman of the highway commissioners
27 who may receive six hundred one thousand dollars ($61,000) per calendar
28 month, provided the population of the county exceeds fifty thousand
29 (50,000).
30 (c) Commissioners of all other highway districts, a salary of fifty sev-
31 enty-five dollars ($750.00) for each day in the actual performance of
32 duties, but the total amount to be received as compensation shall not
33 exceed the sum of four six thousand dollars ($46,000) per year.
34 (2) Actual expenses shall be paid in addition to their compensation. The
35 payment for expenses shall be paid from the funds of the highway district upon
36 the presentation of itemized vouchers, signed by the commissioners and under
37 oath made to the secretary of the district.
38 (3) When a commissioner is an officer and/or agent of the district, the
39 two (2) remaining commissioners may fix the compensation to be paid him for
40 his services as an officer and/or agent. A commissioner acting as an officer
41 and/or agent of the district shall be entitled to his necessary and actual
42 expenses in addition to his salary, but shall not be entitled to draw compen-
43 sation as a commissioner when placed upon a salary. The board shall fix the
2
1 compensation to be paid to the other officers and agents and employees of the
2 highway district, to be paid out of the treasury of the highway district.
3 (4) Commissioners are considered employees of the district. The district
4 shall be liable and responsible for the actions of the commissioners, offi-
5 cers, agents and/or employees of the district when the commissioners, offi-
6 cers, agents and/or employees are performing their duties on behalf of the
7 district.
8 SECTION 2. That Section 40-1404A, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
9 amended to read as follows:
10 40-1404A. ELECTIONS, TERMS AND SALARIES OF COMMISSIONERS IN CERTAIN
11 COUNTYWIDE HIGHWAY DISTRICTS. In countywide highway districts located in a
12 county with a population of more than two hundred thousand (200,000) persons
13 in which the voters have chosen to establish a countywide highway district at
14 a previous election, the county shall be divided by the county commissioners
15 immediately upon the effective date of this act into five (5) subdistricts
16 which shall be as nearly equal in population as practicable. No precincts
17 shall be divided. A highway district commissioner shall be a resident of the
18 subdistrict which he represents. Voters in each subdistrict shall vote only
19 for one (1) candidate seeking to represent that subdistrict. County commis-
20 sioners, mayors and city council members shall not be eligible to hold office
21 as a countywide highway district commissioner. At the election held in 1998,
22 commissioners representing subdistricts two and five shall be elected for two
23 (2) year terms and commissioners representing subdistricts three and four
24 shall be elected for four (4) year terms. Thereafter, all commissioners shall
25 be elected for four (4) year terms. Any incumbent in office on the effective
26 date of this act may complete the term to which they were elected and shall
27 represent the subdistrict in which they reside. Any incumbent in office on the
28 effective date of this act whose term expires on January 1, 2000, shall retain
29 that office until January 1, 2000, shall be assigned the subdistrict in which
30 they reside by the county commissioners, which subdistrict shall be numbered
31 one as provided in this section and that commissioner need not stand for elec-
32 tion in 1998.
33 A qualified voter of the countywide highway district shall be eligible to
34 vote for a countywide highway district commissioner residing in the elector's
35 subdistrict, and the election shall be conducted as provided by Idaho statutes
36 relating to holding general elections at the county level.
37 The highway commissioners shall take office on January 1 of the year
38 immediately following their election, and each may receive a salary not to
39 exceed six one thousand two hundred dollars ($61,200) per calendar month with
40 the exception of the president of the highway commissioners who may receive a
41 salary not to exceed seven one thousand four hundred dollars ($71,400) per
42 calendar month.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 10702
This legislation increases the daily salary provided for
highway district commissioners from $50.00 to $75.00 dollars per day,
and increases the salary expenditure cap from $4,000.00 to
$6,000.00 per annum. The salary of county-wide highway district
commissioners with a population of over 50,000 people would increase
from $500.00 per calendar month to an amount not to exceed $900.00, and
the president or chairman of the highway district would receive
$1000.00. The legislation also provides for a single county-wide
highway district commissioners to receive $1200.00 per month, with
the chairman receiving $1400.00 per month.
This legislation recognizes the additional responsibilities that
highway district commissioners are being required to undertake,
particularly in the multi-agency planning organizations. Highway
district commissioners devote many hours outside of their occupations
to the needs of the transportation community, often at their own
expense. This legislation helps offset these additional
responsibilities and costs.
FISCAL IMPACT
No fiscal impact to the general account. Minimal impact to the
local highway district dedicated account. The estimated impact of this
legislation to the 64 highway district budgets would be less than
$50,000.00 statewide.
Contact: Stuart 0. Davis, Executive Director, IAHD
Phone: 345 5176
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE S 1078
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