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HOUSE BILL NO. 472

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H0472............................................................by HARWOOD
CITY ELECTIONS - Adds to existing law to authorize a city council to adopt
an extension of the qualification to vote in city elections to individuals
who reside in the county and own property in the city.
                                                                        
01/23    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
01/24    Rpt prt - to St Aff

Bill Text

                                                                        
                                                                        
  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-sixth Legislature                  Second Regular Session - 2002
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                                     HOUSE BILL NO. 472
                                                                        
                                         BY HARWOOD
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS; AMENDING CHAPTER 4, TITLE 50, IDAHO CODE,  BY
  3        THE  ADDITION  OF  A  NEW SECTION 50-413A, IDAHO CODE, TO AUTHORIZE A CITY
  4        COUNCIL TO ADOPT AN EXTENSION OF  THE QUALIFICATION TO VOTE IN CITY  ELEC-
  5        TIONS.
                                                                        
  6    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  7        SECTION  1.  That  Chapter  4,  Title  50, Idaho Code, be, and the same is
  8    hereby amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and  des-
  9    ignated as Section 50-413A, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
                                                                        
 10        50-413A.  ADDITIONAL QUALIFIED ELECTORS. A city council may, by ordinance,
 11    elect  to extend the qualification to vote in city elections to any person who
 12    is a resident of the county in which the city is located and who owns property
 13    within the city limits. A person who registers to vote pursuant to  this  sec-
 14    tion shall thereafter be a qualified elector as that term is used in law regu-
 15    lating municipal elections.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact

                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                            RS 11762

This bill gives cities, by ordinance of city council, the OPTION
of allowing any person who meets certain qualifications to vote
in any regulated municipal city election.  To qualify , the
resident must own property within the city limits, pay taxes to
said city, and live in the county in which the city is located. 
 
                          FISCAL IMPACT

No fiscal impact.

Contact
Name: rep. R. J. Dick Harwood 
Phone: 332-1000




STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                     H 472