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SENATE BILL NO. 1254 – Roads/rights-of-way, clarificatn

SENATE BILL NO. 1254

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S1254......................................................by STATE AFFAIRS
ROADS - RIGHTS-OF-WAY - Amends House Bill 268 of the First Regular Session
of the Fifty-sixth Idaho Legislature, relating to roads and public
rights-of-way, to clarify the effect of certain public records on title to
real property; and to clarify application of the provisions of that act.
                                                                        
03/15    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
03/16    Rpt prt - to Transp
03/21    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/22    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/23    3rd rdg - PASSED - 34-0-1
      AYES -- Andreason, Boatright, Branch, Brandt, Bunderson, Burtenshaw,
      Cameron, Danielson, Darrington, Davis, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure,
      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 -- Geddes
    Floor Sponsor -- Frasure
    Title apvd - to House
03/26    House intro - 1st rdg - to St Aff
03/28    Rpt out - Ref'd to Transp

Bill Text


                                                                        
                                                                        
  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-sixth Legislature                  First Regular Session - 2001
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                                                                        
                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1254
                                                                        
                                 BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO ROADS; AMENDING SECTION 40-202, IDAHO CODE, AS  AMENDED  BY  HOUSE
  3        BILL  NO.  268, AS ENACTED BY THE FIRST REGULAR SESSION OF THE FIFTY-SIXTH
  4        IDAHO LEGISLATURE, TO PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN PUBLIC  RECORDS  SHALL  NOT  BE
  5        DEEMED  TO  IMPART  CONSTRUCTIVE NOTICE OF MATTERS AFFECTING TITLE TO REAL
  6        PROPERTY; AMENDING SECTION 9 OF HOUSE BILL NO.  268,  AS  ENACTED  BY  THE
  7        FIRST REGULAR SESSION OF THE FIFTY-SIXTH IDAHO LEGISLATURE, TO PROVIDE FOR
  8        APPLICATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE ACT; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
                                                                        
  9    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
 10        SECTION  1.  That Section 40-202, Idaho Code, as amended by House Bill No.
 11    268, as enacted by the First Regular Session of the Fifty-sixth Idaho Legisla-
 12    ture, be, and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 13        40-202.  DESIGNATION OF HIGHWAYS AND PUBLIC RIGHTS-OF-WAY. (1) The initial
 14    selection of the county highway system and  highway  district  system  may  be
 15    accomplished in the following manner:
 16        (a)  The  board  of county or highway district commissioners shall cause a
 17        map to be prepared showing the general location of each highway and public
 18        right-of-way in their jurisdiction,  and  the  commissioners  shall  cause
 19        notice  to  be  given of intention to adopt the map as the official map of
 20        that system, and shall specify the time and place at which all  interested
 21        persons may be heard.
 22        (b)  After  the  hearing,  the commissioners shall adopt the map, with any
 23        changes or revisions considered by them to  be  advisable  in  the  public
 24        interest, as the official map of the respective highway system.
 25        (2)  If a county or highway district acquires an interest in real property
 26    for  highway  or  public  right-of-way  purposes, the respective commissioners
 27    shall:
 28        (a)  Cause any order or resolution enacted, and  deed  or  other  document
 29        establishing an interest in the property for their highway system purposes
 30        to be recorded in the county records; or
 31        (b)  Cause the official map of the county or highway district system to be
 32        amended  as  affected by the acceptance of the highway or public right-of-
 33        way.
 34    Provided, however, a county with highway jurisdiction or highway district  may
 35    hold  title  to  an interest in real property for public right-of-way purposes
 36    without incurring an obligation to construct or maintain a highway within  the
 37    right-of-way until the county or highway district determines that the necessi-
 38    ties  of  public travel justify opening a highway within the right-of-way. The
 39    lack of an opening shall not constitute an abandonment, and mere  use  by  the
 40    public shall not constitute an opening of the public right-of-way.
 41        (3)  Highways laid out, recorded and opened as described in subsection (2)
 42    of  this  section, by order of a board of commissioners, and all highways used
 43    for a period of five (5) years, provided they shall have been worked and  kept
                                                                        
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  1    up  at  the expense of the public, or located and recorded by order of a board
  2    of commissioners, are highways. If a highway created in  accordance  with  the
  3    provisions  of this subsection is not opened as described in subsection (2) of
  4    this section, there shall be no duty to maintain that highway, nor shall there
  5    be any liability for any injury or damage for failure to maintain  it  or  any
  6    highway  signs,  until  the  highway  is designated as a part of the county or
  7    highway district system and opened to public travel as a highway.
  8        (4)  When a public right-of-way is created in accordance with  the  provi-
  9    sions  of  subsection (2) of this section, or section 40-203 or 40-203A, Idaho
 10    Code, there shall be no duty to maintain that public right-of-way,  nor  shall
 11    there  be any liability for any injury or damage for failure to maintain it or
 12    any highway signs.
 13        (5)  Nothing in this section shall limit the power of any board of commis-
 14    sioners to subsequently include or exclude any highway or public  right-of-way
 15    from the county or highway district system.
 16        (6)  By  July  1,  2005, and every five (5) years thereafter, the board of
 17    county or highway district commissioners shall have published in map form  and
 18    made  readily  available  a  map  showing  the  general location of all public
 19    rights-of-way under its jurisdiction. Any board of county or highway  district
 20    commissioners  may be granted an extension of time with approval of the legis-
 21    lature by adoption of a concurrent resolution. In aid of this  responsibility,
 22    each  highway  district  or county commission shall communicate and coordinate
 23    with all federal and state agencies administering land within the commission's
 24    jurisdiction. The commission shall seek from the federal or state agencies all
 25    available information respecting  the  current  status  of  all  federal  land
 26    rights-of-way  within the commission's jurisdiction, including any information
 27    regarding authorized or unauthorized restrictions or physical  limitations  on
 28    access and public use thereof. All such information made available to the com-
 29    mission,  whether obtained from federal agencies or otherwise, shall be deemed
 30    a part of the public record and made available pursuant to applicable law gov-
 31    erning public records; provided that such public records shall not  be  deemed
 32    to impart constructive notice of matters affecting title to real property.
 33        (7)  Nothing in this section or in any designation of the general location
 34    of  a highway or public right-of-way shall authorize the public highway agency
 35    to assert or claim rights superior to or in conflict  with  any  rights-of-way
 36    that  resulted  from  the creation of a facility for the transmission of water
 37    which existed before the designation of the location of a  highway  or  public
 38    right-of-way.
                                                                        
 39        SECTION  2.  That Section 9 of House Bill No. 268, as enacted by the First
 40    Regular Session of the Fifty-sixth Idaho Legislature,  be,  and  the  same  is
 41    hereby amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 42        SECTION  9.  An  emergency  existing  therefor,  which emergency is hereby
 43    declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after its
 44    passage and approval. The provisions of this act shall not apply retroactively
 45    to any action which has been finally decided before any  board  of  county  or
 46    highway district commissioners, nor to any public right-of-way which was aban-
 47    doned,  vacated  or validated in compliance with Idaho law prior to the effec-
 48    tive date of this act.
                                                                        
 49        SECTION 3.  An emergency existing  therefor,  which  emergency  is  hereby
 50    declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after its
 51    passage and approval.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


                      STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                          RS11259C1

This bill acts to amend section 40-202 of House Bill 268. To provide 
that certain public records will not create a conflict of title to 
real properties, provides an amended Section 9 to clarify retroactive 
application of board decisions in compliance with Idaho law in the 
provisions of this act.



                           FISCAL IMPACT


No Fiscal Impact to General Fund.





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Name:	Rep. JoAn Wood
Phone:	332-1000

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE		S 1254