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H0191aa....................................................by STATE AFFAIRS
SCHOOL DISTRICT TRUSTEE ZONES - Amends existing law to require that school
district trustee zones be redefined following the decennial census.
02/09 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/12 Rpt prt - to St Aff
02/20 Rpt out - to Gen Ord
02/22 Rpt out amen - to engros
02/23 Rpt engros - 1st rdg - to 2nd rdg as amen
02/26 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg as amen
02/27 3rd rdg as amen - PASSED - 58-8-4
AYES -- Barraclough, Bedke, Bell, Bieter, Black, Boe, Bolz, Bradford,
Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Chase, Clark, Collins, Crow, Cuddy,
Deal, Denney, Ellis, Ellsworth, Eskridge, Field(13), Gagner, Gould,
Hadley, Hammond, Harwood, Higgins, Hornbeck, Kellogg, Kunz, Lake,
Loertscher, Mader, Marley, McKague, Meyer, Montgomery, Mortensen,
Moss, Moyle, Pearce, Pischner, Raybould, Ridinger, Roberts, Robison,
Sali, Schaefer, Sellman, Shepherd, Smith, Smylie, Stevenson, Tilman,
Wheeler, Young, Mr. Speaker
NAYS -- Barrett, Field(20), Henbest, Jaquet, Kendell, Langford,
Pomeroy, Wood
Absent and excused -- Jones, Stone, Swan, Trail
Floor Sponsor -- Kunz
Title apvd - to Senate
02/28 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to St Aff
03/15 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg as amen
03/16 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg as amen
03/20 3rd rdg as amen - PASSED - 18-13-4
AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Danielson, Deide, Frasure, Geddes,
Goedde, Hawkins, Ingram, Keough, Lodge, Richardson, Risch, Schroeder,
Sims, Sorensen, Wheeler, Whitworth
NAYS--Branch, Brandt, Burtenshaw, Cameron, Darrington, Davis, Ipsen,
Lee, Noh, Sandy, Stegner, Stennett, Williams
Absent and excused--Bunderson, Dunklin, King-Barrutia, Thorne
Floor Sponsor -- Frasure
Title apvd - to House
03/21 To enrol
03/22 Rpt enrol - Sp signed - Pres signed - to Gov
03/23 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 163
Effective: 03/23/01
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-sixth Legislature First Regular Session - 2001
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE BILL NO. 191
BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO SCHOOL DISTRICT TRUSTEE ZONES; AMENDING SECTION 33-313, IDAHO
3 CODE, TO REQUIRE THAT TRUSTEE ZONES BE REDEFINED FOLLOWING THE DECENNIAL
4 CENSUS; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
5 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
6 SECTION 1. That Section 33-313, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
7 amended to read as follows:
8 33-313. TRUSTEE ZONES. Each elementary school district shall be divided
9 into three (3) trustee zones and each other school district shall be divided
10 into no fewer than five (5) or more than nine (9) trustee zones according to
11 the provisions of section 33-501, Idaho Code. Any proposal to define the
12 boundaries of the several trustee zones in each such school district shall
13 include the determination, where appropriate, of the number of trustee zones
14 in such district, and the date of expiration of the term of office for each
15 trustee. The boundaries of the several trustee zones in each such school dis-
16 trict shall be defined and drawn so that, as reasonably as may be, each such
17 zone shall have approximately the same population.
18 Whenever the area of any district has been enlarged by the annexation of
19 all or any part of another district, or by the correction of errors in the
20 legal description of school district boundaries, any such additional territory
21 shall be included in the trustee zone or zones contiguous to such additional
22 territory until such time as the trustee zones may be redefined and changed.
23 Trustee zones may be redefined and changed, but not more than once every five
24 (5) years in the manner hereinafter provided.
25 A proposal to redefine and change trustee zones of any district may be
26 initiated by its board of trustees and shall be initiated by its board of
27 trustees at the first meeting following the report of the decennial census,
28 and submitted to the state board of education, or by petition signed by not
29 less than fifty (50) school electors residing in the district, and presented
30 to the board of trustees of the district. Within one hundred twenty (120) days
31 following the decennial census or the receipt of a petition to redefine and
32 change the trustee zones of a district the board of trustees shall prepare a
33 proposal for a change which will equalize the population in each zone in the
34 district and shall submit the proposal to the state board of education. Any
35 proposal shall include a legal description of each trustee zone as the same
36 would appear as proposed, a map of the district showing how each trustee zone
37 would then appear, and the approximate population each would then have, should
38 the proposal to change any trustee zones become effective.
39 Within sixty (60) days after it has received the said proposal the state
40 board of education may approve or disapprove the proposal to redefine and
41 change trustee zones and shall give notice thereof in writing to the board of
42 trustees of the district wherein the change is proposed. Should the state
43 board of education disapprove a proposal that had been initiated at the
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1 request of petitioners, the board of trustees shall within forty-five (45)
2 days submit a revised proposal to the state board of education. Should the
3 state board of education approve the proposal, the board of trustees shall
4 within sixty (60) days after notification of the approval of such proposal
5 submit to the school district electors residing in the district, in an elec-
6 tion to be held not less than thirty (30) days prior to the date of the next
7 ensuing annual election of school district trustees, the question of approving
8 or disapproving the proposal to change trustee zones. Notice of such election
9 shall be posted and published, the election shall be held and conducted and
10 the ballots canvassed, as provided in chapter 4, title 33, Idaho Code. If a
11 majority of the school district electors residing in the district, and voting
12 in the election, should approve the proposal, the trustee zones shall be
13 changed in accordance with the proposal.
14 At the next regular meeting of the board of trustees following the
15 approval of the proposal the board shall appoint from its membership a trustee
16 for each new zone to serve as trustee until that incumbent trustee's three (3)
17 year term expires. If the current board membership includes two (2) incumbent
18 trustees from the same new trustee zone, the board will select the incumbent
19 trustee with the most seniority as a trustee to serve the remainder of his
20 three (3) year term. If both incumbent trustees have equal seniority, the
21 board will choose one (1) of the trustees by the drawing of lots. If there is
22 a trustee vacancy in any of the new zones, the board of trustees shall appoint
23 from the patrons resident in that new trustee zone, a person from that zone to
24 serve as trustee until the next annual meeting. At the annual election a
25 trustee shall be elected to serve during the term specified in the election
26 for the zone. The elected trustee shall assume office at the annual meeting of
27 the school district next following the election.
28 SECTION 2. An emergency existing therefor, which emergency is hereby
29 declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after its
30 passage and approval.
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-sixth Legislature First Regular Session - 2001
Moved by Kunz
Seconded by Loertscher
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE AMENDMENT TO H.B. NO. 191
1 AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 1
2 On page 1 of the printed bill, in line 43, delete "that had been initiated
3 at the" and on page 2 in line 1, delete "request of petitioners," and insert:
4 "that had been initiated at the request of petitioners,"; and on page 2, in
5 line 3, following "proposal," delete the remainder of the line and all of
6 lines 4 through 11, and in line 12, delete "in the election, should approve
7 the proposal," and insert: "the board of trustees shall within sixty (60)
8 days after notification of the approval of such proposal submit to the school
9 district electors residing in the district, in an election to be held not less
10 than thirty (30) days prior to the date of the next ensuing annual election of
11 school district trustees, the question of approving or disapproving the pro-
12 posal to change trustee zones. Notice of such election shall be posted and
13 published, the election shall be held and conducted and the ballots canvassed,
14 as provided in chapter 4, title 33, Idaho Code. If a majority of the school
15 district electors residing in the district, and voting in the election, should
16 approve the proposal,".
17 CORRECTION TO TITLE
18 On page 1, in line 4, following "CENSUS" insert: "AND TO STRIKE A PROVI-
19 SION TO REQUIRE AN ELECTION".
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-sixth Legislature First Regular Session - 2001
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE BILL NO. 191, As Amended
BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO SCHOOL DISTRICT TRUSTEE ZONES; AMENDING SECTION 33-313, IDAHO
3 CODE, TO REQUIRE THAT TRUSTEE ZONES BE REDEFINED FOLLOWING THE DECENNIAL
4 CENSUS AND TO STRIKE A PROVISION TO REQUIRE AN ELECTION; AND DECLARING AN
5 EMERGENCY.
6 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
7 SECTION 1. That Section 33-313, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
8 amended to read as follows:
9 33-313. TRUSTEE ZONES. Each elementary school district shall be divided
10 into three (3) trustee zones and each other school district shall be divided
11 into no fewer than five (5) or more than nine (9) trustee zones according to
12 the provisions of section 33-501, Idaho Code. Any proposal to define the
13 boundaries of the several trustee zones in each such school district shall
14 include the determination, where appropriate, of the number of trustee zones
15 in such district, and the date of expiration of the term of office for each
16 trustee. The boundaries of the several trustee zones in each such school dis-
17 trict shall be defined and drawn so that, as reasonably as may be, each such
18 zone shall have approximately the same population.
19 Whenever the area of any district has been enlarged by the annexation of
20 all or any part of another district, or by the correction of errors in the
21 legal description of school district boundaries, any such additional territory
22 shall be included in the trustee zone or zones contiguous to such additional
23 territory until such time as the trustee zones may be redefined and changed.
24 Trustee zones may be redefined and changed, but not more than once every five
25 (5) years in the manner hereinafter provided.
26 A proposal to redefine and change trustee zones of any district may be
27 initiated by its board of trustees and shall be initiated by its board of
28 trustees at the first meeting following the report of the decennial census,
29 and submitted to the state board of education, or by petition signed by not
30 less than fifty (50) school electors residing in the district, and presented
31 to the board of trustees of the district. Within one hundred twenty (120) days
32 following the decennial census or the receipt of a petition to redefine and
33 change the trustee zones of a district the board of trustees shall prepare a
34 proposal for a change which will equalize the population in each zone in the
35 district and shall submit the proposal to the state board of education. Any
36 proposal shall include a legal description of each trustee zone as the same
37 would appear as proposed, a map of the district showing how each trustee zone
38 would then appear, and the approximate population each would then have, should
39 the proposal to change any trustee zones become effective.
40 Within sixty (60) days after it has received the said proposal the state
41 board of education may approve or disapprove the proposal to redefine and
42 change trustee zones and shall give notice thereof in writing to the board of
43 trustees of the district wherein the change is proposed. Should the state
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1 board of education disapprove a proposal that had been initiated at the
2 request of petitioners, the board of trustees shall within forty-five (45)
3 days submit a revised proposal to the state board of education. Should the
4 state board of education approve the proposal, the board of trustees shall
5 within sixty (60) days after notification of the approval of such proposal
6 submit to the school district electors residing in the district, in an elec-
7 tion to be held not less than thirty (30) days prior to the date of the next
8 ensuing annual election of school district trustees, the question of approving
9 or disapproving the proposal to change trustee zones. Notice of such election
10 shall be posted and published, the election shall be held and conducted and
11 the ballots canvassed, as provided in chapter 4, title 33, Idaho Code. If a
12 majority of the school district electors residing in the district, and voting
13 in the election, should approve the proposal, the trustee zones shall be
14 changed in accordance with the proposal.
15 At the next regular meeting of the board of trustees following the
16 approval of the proposal the board shall appoint from its membership a trustee
17 for each new zone to serve as trustee until that incumbent trustee's three (3)
18 year term expires. If the current board membership includes two (2) incumbent
19 trustees from the same new trustee zone, the board will select the incumbent
20 trustee with the most seniority as a trustee to serve the remainder of his
21 three (3) year term. If both incumbent trustees have equal seniority, the
22 board will choose one (1) of the trustees by the drawing of lots. If there is
23 a trustee vacancy in any of the new zones, the board of trustees shall appoint
24 from the patrons resident in that new trustee zone, a person from that zone to
25 serve as trustee until the next annual meeting. At the annual election a
26 trustee shall be elected to serve during the term specified in the election
27 for the zone. The elected trustee shall assume office at the annual meeting of
28 the school district next following the election.
29 SECTION 2. An emergency existing therefor, which emergency is hereby
30 declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after its
31 passage and approval.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS10911c2
Under existing law, school board members (trustees) are elected
from zones within each school district. The configuration of a
zone is important because the zone becomes the basic electoral unit
for selecting members of the board. The purpose of this
legislation is to ensure that trustee zones are equitably
reapportioned on a regular basis.
An emergency clause has been included to note that this legislation
will go into effect upon its adoption as law.
FISCAL IMPACT
There will be no fiscal impact on the general fund of the state.
The various school districts may incur some minor expense in their
reapportionment process.
Contact
Name: Rep. Kent Kunz
Phone: 208/332-1000
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE H 19