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HOUSE BILL NO. 580 – Hwys, animals running at large

HOUSE BILL NO. 580

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H0580...................................................by LOCAL GOVERNMENT
HIGHWAYS - ANIMALS - Amends, repeals and adds to existing law relating to
animals on open range to govern animals running at large on state highways;
to provide conditions for negligence; and to provide that there is no
presumption of negligence.
                                                                        
02/07    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/08    Rpt prt - to Transp

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  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-sixth Legislature                  Second Regular Session - 2002
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                                     HOUSE BILL NO. 580
                                                                        
                               BY LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO ANIMALS ON OPEN RANGE;  REPEALING  SECTION  25-2118,  IDAHO  CODE;
  3        AMENDING  CHAPTER  21, TITLE 25, IDAHO CODE, BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SEC-
  4        TION 25-2118, IDAHO CODE, TO GOVERN ANIMALS  RUNNING  AT  LARGE  ON  STATE
  5        HIGHWAYS,  TO PROVIDE FOR PERMITS AND TO PROVIDE THAT THERE IS NO PRESUMP-
  6        TION OF NEGLIGENCE; AND AMENDING SECTION 25-2119, IDAHO  CODE,  TO  GOVERN
  7        ANIMALS ON OPEN RANGE AND TO DEFINE A TERM.
                                                                        
  8    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  9        SECTION  1.  That  Section 25-2118, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 10    repealed.
                                                                        
 11        SECTION 2.  That Chapter 21, Title 25, Idaho Code, be,  and  the  same  is
 12    hereby  amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and des-
 13    ignated as Section 25-2118, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
                                                                        
 14        25-2118.  ANIMALS RUNNING AT LARGE ON STATE HIGHWAYS. (1)  Persons owning,
 15    or controlling the possession of, any domestic animal  shall  not  allow  such
 16    animal(s)  to  run  at  large, be pastured, staked, or tethered upon any state
 17    highway. "State highway" has the meaning specified in  section  40-120,  Idaho
 18    Code.
 19        (2)  Upon  application  by  an owner or person in charge of livestock, the
 20    department of transportation or duly authorized local representative may issue
 21    written permits, only for daylight hours, on  such  terms  as  the  department
 22    finds proper, authorizing the owner or person in charge of livestock to make a
 23    single trip across or within the boundaries of a right-of-way for a highway.
 24        (3)  In  a  civil  action  brought by the owner, operator or occupant of a
 25    motor vehicle, or by their personal assignees, or by the owner  of  the  live-
 26    stock,  for damages caused by collision with any domestic animal or animals on
 27    a highway, there is no presumption of negligence, either on the  part  of  the
 28    owner,  operator or occupant of the motor vehicle, or on the part of the live-
 29    stock owner, possessor or controller.
                                                                        
 30        SECTION 3.  That Section 25-2119, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 31    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 32        25-2119.  OWNER  OR  POSSESSOR OF ANIMALS NOT LIABLE FOR ANIMAL ON HIGHWAY
 33    ON OPEN RANGE. No person owning, or controlling the possession of, any  domes-
 34    tic  animal  lawfully  on any highway, shall be deemed guilty of negligence by
 35    reason thereof shall be liable for damage to any vehicle or for injury to  any
 36    person  riding therein, caused by a collision between the vehicle and the ani-
 37    mal on open range territory. "Open range"  means  all  unenclosed  lands,  not
 38    including  state  highways,  outside of cities, towns and herd districts, upon
 39    which livestock is permitted to graze or roam.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


                     STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                         RS 11832

This legislation will add a new section to Idaho Code to govern 
animals running at large on state highways. It will further provide 
for permits and provide for liability. It further amends Section 
25-2119 to govern animals on open range.


                      FISCAL IMPACT

There is no financial impact to the general fund.





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Name:	Representative Ruby R Stone
Phone:	332-1147

Brad Christensen
208 890 0507




STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE		H 580