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S1400.....................................................by TRANSPORTATION HIGHWAY DISTRICT COMMISSIONERS - Amends existing law to provide for alternative elections and terms of office for highway district commissioners. 02/08 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing 02/11 Rpt prt - to Transp 02/20 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg 02/21 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg 02/22 3rd rdg - PASSED - 30-0-5 AYES -- Andreason, Boatright, Branch(Bartlett), Brandt, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron, Darrington, Davis, Deide, Dunklin, Goedde, Hawkins, Hill, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, Little, Lodge, Marley, Noh, Richardson, Risch(Risch), Sims, Sorensen, Stegner, Stennett, Thorne, Wheeler, Williams NAYS -- None Absent and excused -- Frasure, Geddes, King-Barrutia, Sandy, Schroeder Floor Sponsor - Thorne Title apvd - to House 02/25 House intro - 1st rdg - to Transp 03/01 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg 03/04 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg 03/08 3rd rdg - PASSED - 64-2-4 AYES -- Aikele, Barraclough, Barrett, Bedke, Bell, Bieter, Black, Block, Boe, Bolz, Bradford, Bruneel, Callister, Collins, Crow, Cuddy, Deal, Denney, Ellis, Ellsworth, Eskridge, Field(13), Field(20), Gagner, Hadley, Hammond, Harwood, Henbest, Hornbeck, Jaquet, Jones, Kellogg(Duncan), Kendell, Kunz, Lake, Langford, Mader, Martinez, McKague, Meyer, Montgomery, Mortensen, Moyle, Pearce, Pischner, Pomeroy, Raybould, Ridinger, Roberts, Robison, Sali, Schaefer, Sellman, Shepherd, Smith(33), Smylie, Stevenson, Stone, Tilman, Trail, Wheeler, Wood, Young, Mr. Speaker NAYS -- Campbell, Smith(23) Absent and excused -- Clark, Gould, Higgins, Loertscher Floor Sponsor - Wood Title apvd - to Senate 03/11 To enrol 03/12 Rpt enrol - Pres signed - Sp signed 03/13 To Governor 03/26 Governor signed Session Law Chapter 298 Effective: 07/01/02
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO |||| Fifty-sixth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2002IN THE SENATE SENATE BILL NO. 1400 BY TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE 1 AN ACT 2 RELATING TO HIGHWAY COMMISSIONERS; AMENDING SECTION 40-1305, IDAHO CODE, TO 3 PROVIDE FOR ALTERNATIVE ELECTIONS AND TERMS OF OFFICE FOR HIGHWAY DISTRICT 4 COMMISSIONERS. 5 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: 6 SECTION 1. That Section 40-1305, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 7 amended to read as follows: 8 40-1305. ELECTION OF HIGHWAY COMMISSIONERS -- TERM OF OFFICE. (1) On the 9 first Tuesday of August of the next odd-numbered year following the appoint- 10 ment of the first highway district commissioners, commissioners from subdis- 11 tricts one and two shall be elected for a term of two (2) years. Thereafter 12 the term of office of all commissioners shall be four (4) years. Highway dis- 13 trict commissioners elected prior to January 1, 1994, for a term to expire on 14 January 1, 1996, shall continue in office until October 1, 1995. Highway dis- 15 trict commissioners elected prior to January 1, 1994, for a term to expire on 16 January 1, 1998, shall continue in office until October 1, 1997. Elections for 17 commissioners of each of the subdistricts shall continue on the schedule pre- 18 viously established. 19 (2) Alternative election of highway commissioners -- Term of office. 20 (a) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, highway district com- 21 missioners may, upon the unanimous agreement of the existing board of 22 highway district commissioners, adopt an alternative term of office, 23 whereby a single highway district commissioner shall be elected each year 24 for three (3) years and in the fourth year no election shall be held. 25 (b) An election pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection shall be 26 conducted in the following manner: 27 (i) The commissioner representing subdistrict one shall be elected 28 for a term of four (4) years upon the expiration of the existing 29 term; 30 (ii) The commissioner representing subdistrict two shall be elected 31 for a term of five (5) years upon the expiration of the existing 32 term; and 33 (iii) Each year thereafter, one (1) commissioner shall be elected, 34 except for the fourth year when no election shall be held. 35 (c) If an alternative election is held pursuant to this subsection, the 36 highway district shall not revert to the former manner of elections and 37 terms of office until eight (8) years after such election. 38 Each highway commissioner shall be elected on a district wide basis.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE RS 11950 This legislation amends Idaho Code section 40-1305, Title 40, to provide for, upon unanimous agreement of the highway district commissions, or upon petition of the highway district commissioners, the adoption of an election cycle where one Commissioner is elected every three years, with none being elected on the fourth year of the cycle. FISCAL IMPACT There is no fiscal impact to the General Fund. Contact Name: Stuart 0. Davis, Executive Director, Idaho Association of Highway Districts, Inc. Phone: 859-93 STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE Bill No. S 1400 REVISED REVISED REVISED