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SENATE BILL NO. 1081 – Hwy district, dissolution

SENATE BILL NO. 1081

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S1081........................................................by TRANSPORTATION
HIGHWAY DISTRICTS - Amends existing law to revise the minimum signature
requirements for a petition of dissolution of a highway district.
                                                                        
02/07    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/10    Rpt prt - to Transp
02/21    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/24    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/28    3rd rdg - PASSED - 31-0-4
      AYES -- Andreason, Bailey, Brandt, Bunderson, Burkett, Burtenshaw,
      Cameron, Compton, Davis, Gannon, Geddes, Goedde, Hill, Ingram, Kennedy,
      Keough, Little, Lodge, Marley, McKenzie, McWilliams, Noble, Noh, Pearce,
      Richardson, Schroeder, Sorensen, Stegner, Stennett, Sweet, Werk
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- Calabretta, Darrington, Malepeai, Williams
    Floor Sponsor - Bunderson
    Title apvd - to House
03/03    House intro - 1st rdg - to Transp

Bill Text


                                                                        
                                                                        
  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-seventh Legislature                 First Regular Session - 2003
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                                                                        
                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1081
                                                                        
                                BY TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO DISSOLUTION OF HIGHWAY DISTRICTS; AMENDING SECTION 40-1802,  IDAHO
  3        CODE,  TO REVISE THE MINIMUM SIGNATURE REQUIREMENTS FOR A PETITION OF DIS-
  4        SOLUTION OF A HIGHWAY DISTRICT; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
                                                                        
  5    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  6        SECTION 1.  That Section 40-1802, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
  7    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
  8        40-1802.  PETITION  FOR  DISSOLUTION  -- CONTENTS. All proceedings for the
  9    dissolution of highway districts shall be  initiated  by  a  petition  of  the
 10    greater of: twenty-five (25) qualified electors of the district or twenty-five
 11    percent  (250%) or more of the qualified electors of the district who voted at
 12    the last election held for the election of highway  district  commissioner(s),
 13    addressed to the commissioners of the county in which the district is situate,
 14    and which shall concisely state the grounds or reasons for the dissolution and
 15    contain a request for a hearing of the petition.
                                                                        
 16        SECTION  2.  An  emergency  existing  therefor,  which emergency is hereby
 17    declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after its
 18    passage and approval.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact



                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                            RS 12935C1
This legislation changes the number of electors required to
dissolve a highway district from twenty-five (25) persons to the
greater of twenty-five (25) qualified electors of the district ortwenty percent(20%) of those qualified electors who voted in the
last election held for highway district commissioners.

This legislation is necessary to avoid allowing just a relative
few individuals from causing significant disruption and costs to
larger highway districts.
                          FISCAL IMPACT

This law will have no direct fiscal effect on state or local
governments. 


Contact
Name: Senator Hal Bunderson
Phone: 332-1330




STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                   S 1081