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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 - 2002
IN 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
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