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HOUSE BILL NO. 164 – Auditorium dist, requirements

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H0164...............................................by REVENUE AND TAXATION
AUDITORIUM DISTRICTS - Amends and repeals existing law to revise procedures
for hearings on petitions; to revise procedures for elections for
organization and officers of auditorium districts; and to delete authority
for auditorium districts to levy property taxes.
                                                                        
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  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-eighth Legislature                   First Regular Session - 2005
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                                     HOUSE BILL NO. 164
                                                                        
                             BY REVENUE AND TAXATION COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO AUDITORIUM DISTRICTS; AMENDING SECTION  67-4907,  IDAHO  CODE,  TO
  3        REVISE PROCEDURES FOR HEARINGS ON PETITIONS AND ELECTIONS FOR ORGANIZATION
  4        AND  OFFICERS  OF  AUDITORIUM  DISTRICTS;  AMENDING SECTION 67-4908, IDAHO
  5        CODE, TO PROVIDE THAT THERE SHALL BE SEVEN MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF  DIREC-
  6        TORS  OF  AN  AUDITORIUM  DISTRICT, EACH OF WHOM MUST BE A RESIDENT OF THE
  7        DISTRICT DURING HIS OR HER TERM OF OFFICE AND TO MAKE A TECHNICAL  CORREC-
  8        TION; AMENDING SECTION 67-4910, IDAHO CODE, TO REVISE QUORUM REQUIREMENTS;
  9        AMENDING SECTION 67-4911, IDAHO CODE, TO REVISE TERMS OF OFFICE OF MEMBERS
 10        OF  THE  BOARD OF DIRECTORS; AMENDING SECTION 67-4912, IDAHO CODE, TO PRO-
 11        VIDE THAT NO DISTRICTS SHALL HAVE POWER TO LEVY AND COLLECT PROPERTY TAXES
 12        AND TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS; REPEALING  SECTIONS  67-4913,  67-4914,
 13        67-4915,  67-4916, 67-4917,  67-4917A, 67-4918, 67-4919 AND 67-4920, IDAHO
 14        CODE; AMENDING SECTION 67-4917B, IDAHO CODE, TO  REDESIGNATE  THE  SECTION
 15        AND    TO DELETE REFERENCE TO CERTAIN STATUTES; AMENDING SECTION 67-4917C,
 16        IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION AND TO PROVIDE CORRECT CODE  REFER-
 17        ENCES;  AMENDING  SECTION 67-4921, IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION,
 18        TO DELETE THE AUTHORITY OF A DISTRICT TO LEVY AND COLLECT AD VALOREM TAXES
 19        AND TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS; AMENDING SECTION 67-4922,  IDAHO  CODE,
 20        TO  REDESIGNATE THE SECTION, TO DELETE REFERENCE TO LEVYING AND COLLECTING
 21        AD VALOREM TAXES AND TO MAKE  A  TECHNICAL  CORRECTION;  AMENDING  SECTION
 22        67-4922A,  IDAHO  CODE,  TO  REDESIGNATE  THE  SECTION;  AMENDING  SECTION
 23        67-4923, IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION AND TO DELETE REFERENCE TO
 24        LEVYING  AND  COLLECTING AD VALOREM TAXES; AMENDING SECTION 67-4924, IDAHO
 25        CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION AND TO DELETE REFERENCE  TO  LEVYING  AND
 26        COLLECTING  AD  VALOREM  TAXES;  AMENDING  SECTION 67-4925, IDAHO CODE, TO
 27        REDESIGNATE THE SECTION AND TO DELETE REFERENCE TO LEVYING AND  COLLECTING
 28        AD VALOREM TAXES; AMENDING SECTION 67-4926, IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE
 29        SECTION AND TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS; AMENDING SECTION 67-4928, IDAHO
 30        CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION; AMENDING SECTION 67-4929, IDAHO CODE, TO
 31        REDESIGNATE THE SECTION, TO PROVIDE A PROCEDURE FOR CHANGE OF A DISTRICT'S
 32        BOUNDARIES, TO DELETE REFERENCE TO INDEBTEDNESS AND LEVYING AND COLLECTING
 33        AD  VALOREM  TAXES  AND  TO  MAKE A TECHNICAL CORRECTION; AMENDING SECTION
 34        67-4930, IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION, TO REVISE PROCEDURES  FOR
 35        DISSOLUTION  OF  A  DISTRICT  AND TO MAKE A TECHNICAL CORRECTION; AMENDING
 36        SECTION 67-4931, IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION AND TO REVISE  THE
 37        DEFINITION  OF  "MEASURE";  AND AMENDING SECTION 63-3622KK, IDAHO CODE, TO
 38        DELETE CODE REFERENCES AND TO MAKE A TECHNICAL CORRECTION.
                                                                        
 39    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
 40        SECTION 1.  That Section 67-4907, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 41    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 42        67-4907.  HEARINGS ON PETITIONS -- ELECTION FOR ORGANIZATION AND OFFICERS.
 43    On  the  day  fixed  for  such  hearing or at an adjournment thereof the court
                                                                        
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  1    shall, if the petition proposes a property tax, ascertain from the  tax  rolls
  2    of  the  county  or counties in which the district is located or into which it
  3    extends, the total number of taxpayers within the proposed district, who pay a
  4    general tax on real property owned by him or her within the district.
  5        Upon hearing, iIf the court finds that no petition  has  been  signed  and
  6    presented  in conformity with this chapter, or that the material facts are not
  7    as set forth in the petition filed, it  shall  dismiss  said  proceedings  and
  8    adjudge the costs against the signers of the petition in such proportion as it
  9    shall  deem  just  and equitable. No appeal or writ of error shall lie from an
 10    order dismissing said proceedings; but nothing herein shall  be  construed  to
 11    prevent  the filing of a subsequent petition or petitions for similar improve-
 12    ments or for a similar district, and the right so to renew such proceedings is
 13    hereby expressly granted and authorized.
 14        Any time after the filing of the petition for the organization of  a  dis-
 15    trict and before the day fixed for the hearing thereon, the owner or owners of
 16    any  real  property  within the proposed district may file a petition with the
 17    district court stating reasons  why  said  property  should  not  be  included
 18    therein,  why  his  land or any part thereof will not be benefited directly or
 19    indirectly by the proposed district, or should not be embraced  in  said  dis-
 20    trict  and made liable to taxation therefor, and praying that said property be
 21    excluded therefrom. Such petition shall be duly verified  and  shall  describe
 22    the  property sought to be excluded. The court shall conduct a hearing on said
 23    petition and shall hear all objections to the inclusion in the district of any
 24    lands described in said petition. In case any owner of real estate included in
 25    said proposed district shall satisfy the court that his real  estate,  or  any
 26    part  thereof,  has  been wrongfully included therein or will not be benefited
 27    thereby then the court shall exclude such real estate as  will  not  be  bene-
 28    fited.
 29        Upon said hearing, if it shall appear that a petition for the organization
 30    of  a  district has been signed and presented as hereinabove provided, in con-
 31    formity with this chapter, and that the allegations of the petition are  true,
 32    the  court shall, by order duly entered of record, direct that the question of
 33    the organization of the district shall be submitted to the qualified  electors
 34    of  the  district at an election to be held, subject to the provisions of sec-
 35    tion 34-106, Idaho Code, for that purpose, and such order shall appoint  three
 36    (3)  qualified  electors of the district as judges of said election. The clerk
 37    of the court having jurisdiction shall give published notice of the  time  and
 38    place of an election to be held in the district.
 39        Such  election  shall  be held and conducted in the same manner as general
 40    elections in this state.
 41        At any time after the filing of the petition herein referred to and before
 42    the day fixed for hearing, nominees for the board of directors of the district
 43    may be nominated by the filing of a petition designating the name or names  of
 44    the nominee or nominees, signed by at least five (5) qualified electors of the
 45    district.  If  upon  the  hearing  as herein provided the court shall order an
 46    election for the creation of the district, the court shall also ascertain  the
 47    names of persons nominated by the board of directors, and shall order that the
 48    names of persons whom the court finds to have been properly nominated shall be
 49    listed  upon a ballot submitted to the electors at such election. In the event
 50    the court makes its order providing for such election, it shall prescribe  the
 51    form  of  the  question  and ballot relating to the election of the directors,
 52    provided that all matters may be contained upon one (1) ballot to be submitted
 53    to the voters.
 54        At such election the voters shall vote for or against the organization  of
 55    the district, and for five seven (57) qualified electors, who shall constitute
                                                                        
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  1    the  board  of  directors  of  the  district,  if  organized,  one (1) two (2)
  2    directors to act until the first biennial election, two (2) until the  second,
  3    and two (2) three (3) until the third biennial election.
  4        The  judges  of  election shall certify the returns of the election to the
  5    district court having jurisdiction. If a majority of the votes  cast  at  said
  6    election  are  in  favor of the organization, the district court shall declare
  7    the district organized and give it a corporate name by which, in all  proceed-
  8    ings,  it  shall thereafter be known, and designated the first board of direc-
  9    tors elected, and thereupon the district shall be a  governmental  subdivision
 10    of  the state of Idaho and a body corporate with all the powers of a public or
 11    quasi-municipal corporation. except that districts formed prior to January  1,
 12    1987, or districts with twenty-five thousand (25,000) or more population shall
 13    have no power to levy and collect property taxes.
 14        If  an  order  be  entered  establishing the district, such order shall be
 15    deemed final and no appeal or writ of error shall lie therefrom, and the entry
 16    of such order shall finally and conclusively establish the  regular  organiza-
 17    tion of the said district against all persons except the state of Idaho, in an
 18    action in the nature of a writ of quo warranto, commenced by the attorney gen-
 19    eral  within  thirty (30) days after said decree declaring such district orga-
 20    nized as herein provided, and not otherwise. The organization of said district
 21    shall not be directly or collaterally questioned in any suit, action  or  pro-
 22    ceeding except as herein expressly authorized.
                                                                        
 23          SECTION 2.  That Section 67-4908, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 24    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 25        67-4908.  QUALIFICATION OF MEMBERS OF BOARD. There shall be seven (7) mem-
 26    bers of the board of directors, each of whom must be a resident  of  the  dis-
 27    trict  during his or her term of office. Whenever a district has been declared
 28    duly organized, the members of the board shall  qualify  by  filing  with  the
 29    clerk  of  court  their  oaths  of  office,  and corporate surety bonds at the
 30    expense of the district in an  amount  not  to  exceed  one  thousand  dollars
 31    ($1,000)  each, the form thereof to be fixed and approved by the court, condi-
 32    tioned for the faithful performance of their duties as directors.
                                                                        
 33        SECTION 3.  That Section 67-4910, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 34    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 35        67-4910.  MEETINGS  -- VACANCIES. The board shall meet regularly once each
 36    month at a time and in a place to be designated by the board. Special meetings
 37    may be held as often as the needs of the district require, on notice  to  each
 38    member  of the board. Three (3) Four (4) members of the board shall constitute
 39    a quorum at any meeting. Any vacancy on the  board  shall  be  filled  by  the
 40    remaining  members or member of the board, the appointee to act until the next
 41    biennial election when the vacancy shall be filled by election. If  the  board
 42    shall  fail,  neglect  or  refuse  to fill any vacancy within thirty (30) days
 43    after the same occurs, the court having jurisdiction shall fill such vacancy.
                                                                        
 44        SECTION 4.  That Section 67-4911, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 45    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 46        67-4911.  ELECTIONS  --  TERMS  OF OFFICE. On an election date as provided
 47    for in section 34-106(1), Idaho Code, in the second calendar  year  after  the
 48    organization  of  any  district,  and every second year thereafter an election
 49    shall be held, which shall be known as the biennial election of the district.
                                                                        
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  1        At the first biennial election in any district  hereafter  organized,  and
  2    each  sixth  year thereafter, there shall be elected by the qualified electors
  3    of the district, one (1) two (2) members of the board to serve for a  term  of
  4    six (6) years; at the second biennial election and each sixth year thereafter,
  5    there  shall be elected two (2) members of the board to serve for terms of six
  6    (6) years, and at the third biennial election, and each sixth year thereafter,
  7    there shall be elected two (2) three (3) members of the  board  to  serve  for
  8    terms  of  six (6) years. Provided, a member of the board once in office shall
  9    serve until his successor is elected, qualified and takes office.
 10        Not later than 5:00 p.m. on the sixth Friday  before  any  such  election,
 11    nominations may be filed with the secretary of the board and if a nominee does
 12    not  withdraw his name before the first publication of the notice of election,
 13    his name shall be placed on the ballot.  The board shall provide  for  holding
 14    such  election  and  shall  appoint judges to conduct it. The secretary of the
 15    district shall give notice of election by publication, and shall arrange  such
 16    other  details in connection therewith as the board may direct. Adequate poll-
 17    ing places shall be provided throughout the district boundaries for all  elec-
 18    tions.  The  returns  of  the election shall be certified to and shall be can-
 19    vassed and declared by the board. The candidate or  candidates,  according  to
 20    the  number  of  directors  to  be elected, receiving the most votes, shall be
 21    elected. Any new member of the board shall qualify in the same manner as  mem-
 22    bers of the first board qualify.
 23        In  any election for director, if after the deadline for filing a declara-
 24    tion of intent as a write-in candidate, it appears that the number  of  quali-
 25    fied candidates who have been nominated is equal to the number of directors to
 26    be  elected,  it  shall not be necessary for the candidates to stand for elec-
 27    tion, and the board shall declare such candidates elected  as  directors,  and
 28    the  secretary of the board shall immediately make and deliver to such persons
 29    certificates of election signed by him and bearing the seal of the district.
                                                                        
 30        SECTION 5.  That Section 67-4912, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 31    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 32        67-4912.  GENERAL  POWERS  OF BOARD. For and on behalf of the district the
 33    board shall have the following powers:
 34        (a)  To have perpetual existence;
 35        (b)  To have and use a corporate seal;
 36        (c)  To sue and be sued, and be a party to suits,  actions,  and  proceed-
 37    ings;
 38        (d)  Except  as otherwise provided in this act chapter, to enter into con-
 39    tracts and agreements, cooperative and otherwise, affecting the affairs of the
 40    district, including contracts with the United States of America and any of its
 41    agencies or instrumentalities, and contracts with corporations, public or pri-
 42    vate, municipalities, or governmental subdivisions, and to cooperate with  any
 43    one  (1)  or  more  of  them  in building, erecting, marketing or constructing
 44    facilities within the district. Except in  cases  in  which  a  district  will
 45    receive  aid  from a governmental agency, a notice shall be published for bids
 46    on all construction contracts for work or  material,  or  both,  involving  an
 47    expense of five thousand dollars ($5,000) or more. The district may reject any
 48    and all bids, and if it shall appear that the district can perform the work or
 49    secure material for less than the lowest bid, it may proceed so to do;
 50        (e)  To  borrow money and incur indebtedness and evidence the same by cer-
 51    tificate, notes or debentures, and to issue bonds, in accordance with the pro-
 52    visions of this act chapter;
 53        (f)  To acquire, dispose of and encumber real and personal  property,  and
                                                                        
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  1    any interest therein, including leases and easements within said district;
  2        (g)  To  refund  any bonded indebtedness of the district without any elec-
  3    tion; provided, however, that the obligations of the  district  shall  not  be
  4    increased by any refund of bonded indebtedness. Otherwise the terms and condi-
  5    tions of refunding bonds shall be substantially the same as those of an origi-
  6    nal issue of bonds;
  7        (h)  To  have  the management, control and supervision of all the business
  8    and affairs of the district, and the construction, installation, operation and
  9    maintenance of district facilities therein or therefor;
 10        (i)  To hire and retain agents, employees, engineers and attorneys;
 11        (j)  To construct and maintain works and establish and maintain facilities
 12    across or along any public street or highway, and in, upon or over any  vacant
 13    public  lands,  which public lands are now, or may become, the property of the
 14    state of Idaho, and to construct works and establish and  maintain  facilities
 15    across  any  stream  of water or watercourse; provided, however, that the dis-
 16    trict shall promptly restore any such street or highway to its former state of
 17    usefulness as nearly as may be, and shall not use the same in such  manner  as
 18    to completely or unnecessarily impair the usefulness thereof;
 19        (k)  To  fix and from time to time to increase or decrease rates, tolls or
 20    charges for services or facilities furnished by the district,  and  to  pledge
 21    such  revenue  for  the payment of any indebtedness of the district. The board
 22    shall fix rates, tolls and charges;
 23        (l)  To petition to enlarge the district by obtaining the consent  of  not
 24    less  than  ten  percent  (10%) of the qualified electors of any area to be so
 25    included, and then to follow the procedure set forth herein for creating  said
 26    district;
 27        (m)  To  promote any functions for said district, provided that said board
 28    shall not engage in operations that are inconsistent with the purpose of  said
 29    district; and it shall be the policy of the board not to compete with existing
 30    facilities and services in the district, wherever practicable;
 31        (n)  To  adopt and amend by-laws bylaws not in conflict with the constitu-
 32    tion and laws of the state for carrying on the business, objects  and  affairs
 33    of the board and of the districts;
 34        (o)  To have and exercise all rights and powers necessary or incidental to
 35    or  implied  from  the specific powers granted herein., except that dDistricts
 36    formed prior to January  1,  1987,  or  districts  with  twenty-five  thousand
 37    (25,000) or more population shall have no power to levy and collect ad valorem
 38    property  taxes.  Such specific powers shall not be considered as a limitation
 39    upon any power necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes  and  intent
 40    of this act chapter.
                                                                        
 41        SECTION  6.  That  Sections  67-4913,  67-4914, 67-4915, 67-4916, 67-4917,
 42    67-4917A, 67-4918, 67-4919 and 67-4920, Idaho  Code,  be,  and  the  same  are
 43    hereby repealed.
                                                                        
 44        SECTION  7.  That Section 67-4917B, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 45    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 46        67-4917B3.  HOTEL/MOTEL ROOM SALES TAX. The board  shall  have  power  and
 47    authority  to  levy  a  sales  tax  of  not to exceed five percent (5%) of the
 48    receipts derived by hotels and motels within the district from the  furnishing
 49    of  hotel  and  motel  rooms,  except  no tax shall be imposed where residence
 50    therein is maintained continuously under the  terms  of  a  lease  or  similar
 51    agreement  for  a period in excess of thirty (30) days, and except that no tax
 52    shall be charged on the sale of rooms by the Idaho Ronald McDonald House; pro-
                                                                        
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  1    vided that for any auditorium district established after July  1,  2001,  such
  2    sales  tax  shall  not exceed the maximum tax rate authorized in the petition.
  3    The levy and collection of said sales tax shall not be subject to the  limita-
  4    tions  or  other provisions of sections 67-4913, 67-4914, 67-4915 and 67-4916,
  5    Idaho Code. The revenues received by the district from such sales tax shall be
  6    deposited in the depository of the district. Promptly following  the  adoption
  7    by  the  board  of the resolution to levy such tax, the secretary of the board
  8    shall certify to the state tax commission that such levy has been adopted  and
  9    shall  state the effective date thereof and shall transmit to the commission a
 10    certified copy of such resolution. The effective date of any such  levy  shall
 11    not  be  earlier than the first day of the month not less than sixty (60) days
 12    following certification of such levy to the commission.
                                                                        
 13        SECTION 8.  That Section 67-4917C, Idaho Code, be, and the same is  hereby
 14    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 15        67-4917C4.  COLLECTION AND ADMINISTRATION OF HOTEL/MOTEL ROOM SALES TAX BY
 16    STATE  TAX COMMISSION -- DISTRIBUTION. (1) A district which has levied a sales
 17    tax pursuant to section 67-4917B3, Idaho Code, may contract with the state tax
 18    commission for the collection and administration of the tax  in  like  manner,
 19    and  under the definitions and rules of said commission for the collection and
 20    administration of the state sales tax under chapter 36, title 63, Idaho  Code,
 21    on  receipts  from  the  furnishing of hotel and motel rooms. A district which
 22    levies such tax shall have the right to review and audit the records  of  col-
 23    lection  thereof  maintained  by  the  commission and the returns of hotel and
 24    motel owners and  operators. Alternatively, such district shall have authority
 25    to administer and collect such tax.
 26        (2)  All revenues collected by the  tax  commission  pursuant  to  section
 27    67-4917B3, Idaho Code, shall be distributed as follows:
 28        (a)  An  amount  of money shall be distributed to the state refund account
 29        sufficient to pay current refund claims.  All refunds  authorized  by  the
 30        tax  commission  to be paid shall be paid through the state refund account
 31        and those moneys are continuously appropriated.
 32        (b)  An amount of money equal to the actual cost  of  the  collection  and
 33        administration  of the tax imposed by the provisions of this section shall
 34        be retained by the tax commission. The amount retained by  the  commission
 35        shall  not exceed the amount authorized to be expended by appropriation by
 36        the legislature.  Any unencumbered balance in excess of the actual cost at
 37        the end of each fiscal year shall be distributed as provided by  paragraph
 38        (c) of this subsection.
 39        (c)  All  remaining  moneys  received  pursuant  to  this chapter shall be
 40        placed in an account designated  by  the  state  controller  and  remitted
 41        monthly to the district levying the tax.
                                                                        
 42        SECTION  9.  That  Section 67-4921, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 43    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 44        67-49215.  ISSUANCE OF NEGOTIABLE COUPON BONDS -- FORM AND TERMS. To carry
 45    out the purposes of this act chapter, and to pay the  necessary  and  ordinary
 46    expenses  of  a district, authorized to levy and collect ad valorem taxes, the
 47    board is hereby authorized to issue negotiable coupon bonds of  the  district.
 48    Bonds shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding that provided by law payable
 49    semi-annually  semiannually,  and  shall  be  due and payable serially, either
 50    annually or semi-annually semiannually, commencing not later  than  three  (3)
 51    years  and  extending  not more than thirty (30) years from date. The form and
                                                                        
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  1    terms of said bonds, including provisions for their  payment  and  redemption,
  2    shall  be  determined by the board. If the board so determines, such bonds may
  3    be redeemable prior to maturity upon payment of a premium, not exceeding  five
  4    per  cent  percent (5%) of the principal thereof. Said bonds shall be executed
  5    in the name of and on behalf of the district and signed by the chairman of the
  6    board with the seal of the district affixed thereto and attested by the secre-
  7    tary of the board. Said bonds shall be in  such  denominations  as  the  board
  8    shall determine and the bonds and coupons thereto attached shall be payable to
  9    bearer. Interest coupons shall bear the original or facsimile signature of the
 10    chairman of the board.
                                                                        
 11        SECTION  10.  That Section 67-4922, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 12    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 13        67-492216.  SUBMISSION OF PROPOSITION TO ELECTORATE.  Whenever  any  board
 14    authorized  to  levy and collect ad valorem taxes shall, by resolution, deter-
 15    mine that the interest of said district and the public interest  or  necessity
 16    demands the acquisition, construction, installation or completion of any works
 17    or  other  improvements  or facilities, or the making of any contract with the
 18    United States or other persons or corporations, public or private, municipali-
 19    ties, or governmental subdivisions, to carry out the objects  or  purposes  of
 20    said district, requiring the creation of an indebtedness of seventy-five thou-
 21    sand  dollars  ($75,000)  or more, and in any event when the indebtedness will
 22    exceed the income and revenue provided for the year, said  board  shall  order
 23    the  submission  of  the  proposition of issuing such obligations or bonds, or
 24    creating other indebtedness to the qualified electors of the  district  at  an
 25    election  held  for that purpose. The declaration of public interest or neces-
 26    sity herein required and the provision for the holding of such election may be
 27    included within one and the same resolution, which resolution, in addition  to
 28    such declaration of public interest or necessity, shall recite the objects and
 29    purposes  for which the indebtedness is proposed to be incurred, the estimated
 30    cost of the works or improvements, as the case may be, the amount of principal
 31    of the indebtedness to be incurred therefor, and the maximum rate of  interest
 32    to  be paid on such indebtedness. Such resolution shall also fix the date upon
 33    which such election shall be  held,  subject  to  the  provisions  of  section
 34    34-106,  Idaho Code, and the manner of holding the same and the method of vot-
 35    ing for or against the incurring of the proposed indebtedness. Such resolution
 36    shall also fix the compensation to be paid the officers of  the  election  and
 37    shall designate the polling place or places, and shall appoint, for each poll-
 38    ing  place  from  the electors of the district, the officers of such election,
 39    consisting of three (3) judges, one (1) of whom shall act as clerk.
                                                                        
 40        SECTION 11.  That Section 67-4922A, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 41    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 42        67-4922A17.  LEASING OF LAND AND IMPROVEMENTS. No provision of chapter 49,
 43    title 67, Idaho Code, shall be construed to prevent the  board  from  entering
 44    into a lease for improvements and for real estate for any period in their dis-
 45    cretion,  not  to exceed thirty (30) years, and the board may contract for the
 46    leasing of improvements to be constructed upon premises owned by the  district
 47    or  otherwise, and the contract may also provide that at the expiration of the
 48    term of the lease, upon full performance of such lease by  the  district,  the
 49    improvements  and/or  real estate, or so much thereof as is leased, may become
 50    the property of the district.
                                                                        
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  1        SECTION 12.  That Section 67-4923, Idaho Code, be, and the same is  hereby
  2    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
  3        67-492318.  NOTICE OF ELECTION. The board of a district authorized to levy
  4    and  collect  ad valorem taxes shall prescribe the form of the notice of elec-
  5    tion, and direct the publication of the same, the first  publication  of  said
  6    notice to be not less than twelve (12) days prior to the election and the sec-
  7    ond notice shall be not less than five (5) days prior to the election.
                                                                        
  8        SECTION  13.  That Section 67-4924, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
  9    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 10        67-492419.  CONDUCT OF ELECTION -- CANVASS OF RETURNS. The election  board
 11    or  boards of a district authorized to levy and collect ad valorem taxes shall
 12    conduct the election in the manner prescribed by law for the holding  of  gen-
 13    eral  elections, including the provisions of chapter 14, title 34, Idaho Code,
 14    and shall make their returns to the secretary of the district. At any  regular
 15    or  special  meeting of the board held within ten (10) days following the date
 16    of such election, the returns thereof  shall  be  canvassed  and  the  results
 17    thereof declared.
                                                                        
 18        SECTION  14.  That Section 67-4925, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 19    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 20        67-49250.  EFFECT OF ELECTION -- SUBSEQUENT ELECTIONS. In the  event  that
 21    it shall appear from said returns that the necessary percentage (as now speci-
 22    fied by the constitution of the state of Idaho or as the same may hereafter be
 23    amended)  of  said  qualified  electors of the district authorized to levy and
 24    collect ad valorem taxes who shall have voted  on  any  proposition  submitted
 25    hereunder  at  such  election voted in favor of such proposition, the district
 26    shall thereupon be authorized to incur such indebtedness or obligations, enter
 27    into such contract, or issue and sell such bonds of the district, as the  case
 28    may  be, all for the purpose or purposes and object or objects provided for in
 29    the proposition submitted hereunder and in the resolution therefor, and in the
 30    amount so provided and at a rate of interest not exceeding the rate of  inter-
 31    est  recited  in  such  resolution. Submission of the proposition of incurring
 32    such obligation or bonded or other indebtedness at such an election shall  not
 33    prevent or prohibit submission of the same or other propositions at subsequent
 34    election or elections called for such purpose.
                                                                        
 35        SECTION  15.  That Section 67-4926, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 36    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 37        67-49261.  CORRECTION OF FAULTY NOTICES. In any and  every  case  where  a
 38    notice  is provided for in this act chapter, if the court finds for any reason
 39    that due notice was not given, the court shall not thereby lose  jurisdiction,
 40    and the proceeding in question shall not thereby be void or be abated, but the
 41    court  shall  in that case order due notice to be given and shall continue the
 42    hearing until such time as notice shall be properly given, and thereupon shall
 43    proceed as though notice has had been properly given in the first instance.
                                                                        
 44        SECTION 16.  That Section 67-4928, Idaho Code, be, and the same is  hereby
 45    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 46        67-49282.  ELECTIONS  --  VALIDATION OF ACTS. Whenever any auditorium dis-
                                                                        
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  1    trict organized under the provisions of chapter  49,  title  67,  Idaho  Code,
  2    shall  have failed to hold any election provided for in section 67-4911, Idaho
  3    Code, for the election of a member or members of the board of  directors,  the
  4    board  of directors of said district may order an election to be held, subject
  5    to the provisions of section 34-106, Idaho Code, in  said  district  for  such
  6    purpose at such time as may be fixed by resolution of the board.
  7        Whenever  any  auditorium district has been heretofore created pursuant to
  8    the provisions of chapter 49, title 67, Idaho Code,  all  proceedings  had  in
  9    connection with the creation of such district and the organization of the gov-
 10    erning  body and all acts and proceedings heretofore taken by such district or
 11    its governing body are hereby validated, ratified and declared to  be  binding
 12    and  effective  in accordance with their terms, notwithstanding any failure to
 13    have held and conducted any election of members of the board of  directors  of
 14    said district.
                                                                        
 15        SECTION  17.  That Section 67-4929, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 16    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 17        67-49293.  INCLUSION OR EXCLUSION CHANGE OF DISTRICT BOUNDARIES  --  ELEC-
 18    TION PROCEDURE. Whenever under the provisions of sections 67-4918 and 67-4919,
 19    Idaho  Code,  owners or owners in fee of any real property have petitioned for
 20    inclusion or exclusion of property within the district, and the  petition  has
 21    been  denied,  the petitioners shall be entitled to an election as provided in
 22    this section: The boundaries of any district organized under the provisions of
 23    this chapter may be changed in the manner prescribed in this section  but  the
 24    change  of boundaries of the district shall not impair or affect its organiza-
 25    tion or its rights in or to property, or any of its rights or privileges what-
 26    soever, nor shall it affect or impair or discharge any  contract,  obligation,
 27    lien or charge for or upon which it might be liable or chargeable had any such
 28    change of boundaries not been made.
 29        (a)  A  petition  may  be filed with the county commissioners and shall be
 30    signed by not less than eighty per cent percent (80%) of the  qualified  elec-
 31    tors  resident  within  the  boundaries of the area proposed to be included or
 32    excluded.
 33        (b)  Within thirty (30) days after the filing of such petition, the county
 34    commissioners shall determine whether or not the same  substantially  complies
 35    with  the  requirements of this section. If the county commissioners find that
 36    there has not been substantial compliance with such requirements,  they  shall
 37    enter  an order to that effect specifying the particular deficiencies and dis-
 38    missing the petition. If the county commissioners find  that  there  has  been
 39    substantial  compliance with such requirements, the county commissioners shall
 40    forthwith enter an order to the effect that the question of the  inclusion  or
 41    exclusion  of property within the district be placed on the ballot at the next
 42    county general election.
 43        (c)  If the county commissioners order a question to be placed on the bal-
 44    lot as provided in this section, such election shall be conducted  and  notice
 45    thereof  given  as nearly as practicable in accordance with the manner of gen-
 46    eral elections in this state.
 47        (d)  Immediately after such election, the judges at  such  election  shall
 48    forward the ballots and results of such election to the clerk. The county com-
 49    missioners shall canvass the vote within ten (10) days after such election. If
 50    one-half  (1/2) or more of the votes cast at such election within the district
 51    are in favor of allowing the inclusion or exclusion, the county  commissioners
 52    shall enter an order so finding and declaring that the boundaries of such dis-
 53    trict  are revised as provided by the election. The county commissioners shall
                                                                        
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  1    cause one (1) certified copy of such order to be filed in the  office  of  the
  2    county  recorder of such county. Immediately upon the entry of such order, the
  3    change in boundaries so ordered shall be complete.
  4        (e)  After such election, the validity of the proceedings hereunder  shall
  5    not  be  affected by any defect in the petition or in the number or qualifica-
  6    tions of the signers thereof, and in no event shall any action be commenced or
  7    maintained or defense made affecting the validity of the inclusion  or  exclu-
  8    sion of such property after six (6) months has expired from the date of enter-
  9    ing the order declaring the change in boundaries of such district.
 10        (f)  The  provisions of section 67-4920, Idaho Code, relating to liability
 11    for indebtedness of included or excluded property of a district authorized  to
 12    levy and collect ad valorem taxes shall apply to property included or excluded
 13    as provided in this section.
                                                                        
 14        SECTION  18.  That Section 67-4930, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 15    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 16        67-493024.  DISSOLUTION OF DISTRICT -- PROCEDURE. An  auditorium  district
 17    may be dissolved as follows:
 18        (a)  Any  person  or persons may file a petition for the dissolution of an
 19    auditorium district with the clerk. Such petition which may be in one  (1)  or
 20    more  papers,  shall state the name of the district and shall be signed by not
 21    less than three thousand (3,000) ten percent (10%) of the  qualified  electors
 22    resident within the boundaries of the district.
 23        (b)  Within thirty (30) days after the filing of such petition, the county
 24    commissioners  shall  determine whether or not the same substantially complies
 25    with the requirements of this section. If the county commissioners  find  that
 26    there  has  not been substantial compliance with such requirements, they shall
 27    enter an order to that effect specifying the particular deficiencies and  dis-
 28    missing  the  petition.  If  the county commissioners find that there has been
 29    substantial compliance with such requirements, the county commissioners  shall
 30    forthwith  enter an order to that effect and calling an election upon the dis-
 31    solution of such district to be held at the same time as the next county  gen-
 32    eral election, as provided in this section.
 33        (c)  If  the  county  commissioners  order an election as provided in this
 34    section, such election shall be conducted and notice thereof given  as  nearly
 35    as  practicable  in  accordance  with  the manner of general elections in this
 36    state.
 37        (d)  Immediately after such election, the judges at  such  election  shall
 38    forward the ballots and results of such election to the clerk. The county com-
 39    missioners shall canvass the vote within ten (10) days after such election. If
 40    one-half (1/2) or more of the votes cast at such election are against the dis-
 41    solution  of  such  district, the county commissioners shall enter an order so
 42    finding and declaring that such district shall not be dissolved. If more  than
 43    one-half  (1/2)  of the votes cast at such election are in favor of dissolving
 44    such district, the county commissioners shall enter an order  so  finding  and
 45    declaring  such  district duly dissolved. The county commissioners shall cause
 46    one (1) certified copy of such order to be filed in the office of  the  county
 47    recorder  of such county. Immediately upon the entry of such order, the disso-
 48    lution of such district shall be complete.
 49        (e)  Upon such dissolution being complete, title of all  property  of  the
 50    dissolved  district  shall vest in the county where such property is situated.
 51    The county commissioners shall then: sell and dispose thereof  in  the  manner
 52    provided by law for the sale or disposition of county property; apply the pro-
 53    ceeds thereof to pay any lawful claims against the dissolved district, if any;
                                                                        
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  1    and  apply  the  balance  remaining,  if any, to any public purpose within the
  2    county.
  3        (f)  When the boundaries of the district lie in two (2) or more  counties,
  4    the  county  commissioners of each county shall act separately in the election
  5    and dissolution  of that part of the district contained in  their  county  but
  6    the  county commissioners of each such county shall meet together before call-
  7    ing such election and provide for uniform proceedings in each county. If there
  8    is any balance remaining after sale and disposition of the  property  of  such
  9    dissolved  district, it shall be prorated among such counties in proportion to
 10    each county's share of the total assessed valuation of such dissolved district
 11    for the preceding calendar year.
 12        (g)  After such election, the validity of the proceedings hereunder  shall
 13    not  be  affected by any defect in the petition or in the number or qualifica-
 14    tions of the signers thereof, and in no event shall any action be commenced or
 15    maintained or defense made affecting the validity of the dissolution  of  such
 16    district  after six (6) months has expired from the date of entering the order
 17    declaring the dissolution of such district.
                                                                        
 18        SECTION 19.  That Section 67-4931, Idaho Code, be, and the same is  hereby
 19    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 20        67-493125.  APPLICATION  OF  CAMPAIGN  REPORT  LAW  TO AUDITORIUM DISTRICT
 21    ELECTIONS. The provisions of sections 67-6601 through 67-6616, Idaho Code, and
 22    sections 67-6623 through 67-6628, Idaho Code, insofar as they  relate  to  the
 23    reporting  of campaign contributions and expenditures are hereby made applica-
 24    ble to all auditorium district elections, except that the clerk of  the  board
 25    of the auditorium district shall stand in place of the secretary of state. The
 26    term  "measure"  as applied to auditorium districts shall include all proposi-
 27    tions submitted for vote of the district and elections  for  the  creation  or
 28    dissolution  of an auditorium district. Aggregate contributions made by a cor-
 29    poration, political committee, other recognized legal entity or an individual,
 30    other than a candidate, to a candidate for director of an auditorium  district
 31    in  an  auditorium  district election shall be limited to one thousand dollars
 32    ($1,000). For purposes of complying with reporting deadlines, an  election  to
 33    form  an  auditorium  district or to elect directors of an auditorium district
 34    shall be deemed to be a general election.
                                                                        
 35        SECTION 20.  That Section 63-3622KK, Idaho  Code,  be,  and  the  same  is
 36    hereby amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 37        63-3622KK.  INCIDENTAL  SALES  BY RELIGIOUS CORPORATIONS OR SOCIETIES. (1)
 38    Whenever any  religious  corporation  or  society  as  enumerated  in  section
 39    63-602B,  Idaho  Code,  purchases tangible personal property upon which it has
 40    paid the tax imposed by this chapter, or acquires tangible  personal  property
 41    via  gift, the sale of such property as well as any other sale defined in sec-
 42    tions 63-3612, and 67-4711, and 67-4917A, Idaho Code, by the religious  corpo-
 43    ration  or  society shall be exempt from the taxes imposed in this chapter, or
 44    by any political subdivision of the state. The exemption provided in this sec-
 45    tion shall be valid as long as the proceeds from the sale are used exclusively
 46    in the programs of the corporations or  societies  as  enumerated  in  section
 47    63-602B, Idaho Code. If at any time, tangible personal property or other items
 48    defined  in  sections  63-3612,  and  67-4711,  and  67-4917A, Idaho Code, are
 49    offered for sale to or used by the general public in the open market in  regu-
 50    lar  competition  with commercial enterprise, the sale shall be subject to the
 51    taxes imposed by this chapter or by any political subdivision of the state.
                                                                        
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  1        (2)  As used in this section:
  2        (a)  "Commerical" "Commercial" relates to or is connected with  trade  and
  3        traffic or commerce in general and is occupied with business or commerce.
  4        (b)  "Competition" means the effort of two (2) or more persons, as defined
  5        in  section  63-3607, Idaho Code, acting independently to secure the busi-
  6        ness of a third person by the offer of the most favorable terms.
  7        (c)  "General public" means the community at large as  opposed  to  select
  8        members of the community.
  9        (d)  "Market"  means  a place of commercial activity in which articles are
 10        bought and sold.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact



                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                             RS 14539

Since enacted in 1959, the Auditorium District Act has
permitted certain districts to assess property taxes.  By
amendments adopted in 1978, the power to assess property taxes
was limited to only those districts with a population less than
25,000.  To date no district has assessed property taxes.  One
purpose of this legislation is to remove all provisions
authorizing assessment of property taxes by any districts and to
make it clear that the sole sources of tax support for auditorium
districts shall be hotel/motel room taxes.

This bill also expands the board of directors of auditorium
districts from five (5) to seven (7).  The purpose of expanding
the number of directors is to give broader representation to
residents of the district.

Finally, this bill clarifies those provisions of the act
relating to application of the Campaign Reporting Law to
expressly provide that such reporting laws apply to any election
conducted by auditorium districts of directors and elections on
any measures, including propositions of any kind submitted to
vote of the district.  This language will clarify that Campaign
Report Law requirements shall apply to elections to approve
issuance of bonds or other long-term financing propositions. This
bill also contains some minor housekeeping changes to clarify the
language of the act.


                         FISCAL IMPACT

There will be no fiscal impact from the proposed changes in
statute.


Contact
Name:    Skip Smyser                    
Phone:   (208)342-0777


STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                     H 164