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HOUSE BILL NO. 599 – Idaho horse bd, assessments, cards

HOUSE BILL NO. 599

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H0599...............................................by AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS
IDAHO HORSE BOARD - Amends existing law relating to the Idaho Horse Board
to revise provisions relating to assessments on horses; to provide for
Idaho Horse Board paid assessment cards; and to revise provisions and
procedures regarding referendums relating to horse owner mandatory
assessments.
                                                                        
02/09    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/10    Rpt prt - to Agric Aff
02/23    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/24    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/01    3rd rdg - PASSED - 70-0-0
      AYES -- Anderson, Andrus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bastian, Bayer,
      Bedke, Bell, Bilbao, Black, Block, Boe, Bolz, Brackett, Bradford,
      Cannon, Chadderdon, Clark, Collins, Crow, Deal, Denney, Edmunson,
      Ellsworth, Eskridge, Field(18), Field(23), Garrett, Hart, Harwood,
      Henbest, Henderson, Jaquet, Kemp, Lake, LeFavour, Loertscher,
      Martinez, Mathews, McGeachin, McKague, Miller, Mitchell, Moyle,
      Nielsen, Nonini, Pasley-Stuart, Pence, Raybould, Ring, Ringo,
      Roberts, Rusche, Rydalch, Sali(Sali), Sayler, Schaefer, Shepherd(2),
      Shepherd(8), Shirley, Skippen, Smith(30), Smith(24), Smylie,
      Snodgrass, Stevenson, Trail, Wills, Wood, Mr. Speaker
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- None
    Floor Sponsor - Stevenson
    Title apvd - to Senate
03/02    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Agric Aff
03/15    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/16    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/20    3rd rdg - PASSED - 33-0-2
      AYES -- Andreason, Brandt, Broadsword, Bunderson, Burkett,
      Burtenshaw, Cameron, Coiner, Compton, Corder, Darrington, Davis,
      Fulcher, Gannon, Geddes, Goedde, Hill, Jorgenson, Kelly, Keough,
      Langhorst, Little, Lodge, Malepeai, McGee, McKenzie, Pearce,
      Richardson, Schroeder, Stegner, Stennett, Werk, Williams
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- Marley, Sweet
    Floor Sponsor - Burtenshaw
    Title apvd - to House
03/21    To enrol
03/22    Rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/23    Pres signed - To Governor
03/24    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 202
         Effective: 07/01/06

Bill Text


                                                                        
                                                                        
  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-eighth Legislature                   Second Regular Session - 2006
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                                     HOUSE BILL NO. 599
                                                                        
                             BY AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO THE IDAHO HORSE BOARD; AMENDING SECTION 25-2505,  IDAHO  CODE,  TO
  3        REVISE PROVISIONS RELATING TO ASSESSMENTS ON HORSES, TO PROVIDE THAT IDAHO
  4        HORSE  BOARD  PAID  ASSESSMENT  CARDS SHALL BE EVIDENCE TO THE STATE BRAND
  5        BOARD THAT ASSESSMENTS HAVE BEEN PAID AND TO PROVIDE A PERIOD OF  VALIDITY
  6        FOR IDAHO HORSE BOARD PAID ASSESSMENT CARDS; AND AMENDING SECTION 25-2510,
  7        IDAHO  CODE,  TO  REVISE  PROVISIONS  AND PROCEDURES REGARDING REFERENDUMS
  8        RELATING TO HORSE OWNER MANDATORY ASSESSMENTS.
                                                                        
  9    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
 10        SECTION 1.  That Section 25-2505, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 11    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 12        25-2505.  ASSESSMENTS  --  COLLECTION.  (1)  There  is  hereby  levied and
 13    imposed upon all horses an assessment of three one dollars ($31.00)  per  head
 14    to  be  paid  by  the owner. The assessment shall revert increase to one three
 15    dollars  ($13.00) per head if the a referendum held  as  provided  in  section
 16    25-2510(1), Idaho Code, results in a majority vote opposing favoring the three
 17    dollar  ($3.00)  per  head  assessment.  A  reversion  to a one dollar ($1.00)
 18    assessment shall be effective on the date the director of  the  department  of
 19    agriculture  announces,  as  provided in section 25-2510, Idaho Code, that the
 20    referendum resulted in a majority  vote  opposing  the  three  dollar  ($3.00)
 21    assessment.
 22        (2)  The  assessment levied and imposed in this section shall be collected
 23    on all brand inspections completed on horses in the state of Idaho. Any person
 24    may purchase an Idaho horse board paid assessment card for one hundred dollars
 25    ($100) from the Idaho horse board. The paid assessment card shall be  evidence
 26    to the state brand board, by and through the state brand inspector or a desig-
 27    nated  agent  thereof, at the time a brand inspection fee is collected as pro-
 28    vided in section 25-1160, Idaho Code, that the assessment due pursuant to this
 29    section has been paid. A paid assessment card shall be valid for a  period  of
 30    one (1) year from the date of purchase.
 31        (3)  The  state  brand  inspector shall collect the assessment in addition
 32    to, at the same time, and in the same manner as  the  fee  charged  for  state
 33    brand inspections. The assessment so collected belongs to and shall be paid to
 34    the  Idaho horse board, either directly or later by remittance together with a
 35    report detailing collection of the assessment. The board shall  reimburse  the
 36    state  brand  inspector for the reasonable and necessary expenses incurred for
 37    such collection, in an amount determined by the board and the inspector.
                                                                        
 38        SECTION 2.  That Section 25-2510, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 39    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 40        25-2510.  REFERENDUM  FOR  HORSE  OWNERS.  (1) Within three (3) years from
 41    July 1, 2000, a A referendum shall may be held at the discretion of the  horse
                                                                        
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  1    board  to  determine if horse owners favor an increase from one dollar ($1.00)
  2    to three dollars ($3.00) in the mandatory  assessment  prescribed  in  section
  3    25-2505,  Idaho  Code.  The  question shall be submitted made available to all
  4    horse owners who had a brand inspection the  year  prior  to  the  referendum.
  5    Horse  owners  who  have been issued a lifetime brand inspection after July 1,
  6    20002004, are also eligible to participate in the referendum and may do so  by
  7    requesting  a  ballot from the  Idaho horse board. The Idaho horse board shall
  8    publish notice of the referendum once a week for four (4)  consecutive  weeks,
  9    with  the last notice being published one (1) week prior to the referendum, in
 10    a newspaper of general circulation in each county in  the  state.  The  notice
 11    shall  set forth the process and procedures for voting. Any horse owner eligi-
 12    ble to vote in the referendum, and who wishes to vote, shall contact the Idaho
 13    horse board for an official ballot as set forth in the notice. Voting  on  the
 14    referendum  shall be open for thirty (30) days. Voting shall be by secret bal-
 15    lots upon which the words "Do you  favor  the  an  increase  from  one  dollar
 16    ($1.00) to three dollars ($3.00) in the mandatory assessment to fund the Idaho
 17    Horse Board?" are printed with a square before each of the printed words "YES"
 18    and "NO" with directions to insert an "X" mark in the square before the propo-
 19    sition  which  the  voter  favors.  If a majority of the referendum vote is in
 20    favor of the mandatory assessment of three dollars ($3.00), the provisions  of
 21    section 25-2505, Idaho Code, shall be extended indefinitely or until such time
 22    that  the  horse  board  deems  it necessary to hold another referendum on the
 23    issue. If a majority of the  referendum  vote  is  against  the  three  dollar
 24    ($3.00)  assessment,  provided  in section 25-2505, Idaho Code, the assessment
 25    shall revert to remain at one dollar ($1.00). If  the  referendum  receives  a
 26    majority  vote  in favor of the increase, the assessment shall be increased to
 27    three dollars ($3.00) on the date the director of the department  of  agricul-
 28    ture announces the results of the referendum.
 29        (2)  After  five  (5)  years  from  the  effective  date of the referendum
 30    required in subsection (1) of this section, and every five (5) years  thereaf-
 31    ter,  a referendum on the continuation of the mandatory assessment to fund the
 32    Idaho horse board may be held at the petition  of  horse  owners,  or  at  the
 33    request of the Idaho horse board. The question shall be submitted to all horse
 34    owners who paid an assessment the year before the referendum and by owners who
 35    hold a lifetime brand inspection issued since July 1, 1993. The question shall
 36    be submitted by secret ballots upon which the words, "Do you favor the contin-
 37    uation  of  a mandatory assessment to fund the Idaho Horse Board?" are printed
 38    with a square before each of the printed words "YES" and "NO" with  directions
 39    to  insert  an  "X"  mark  in  the  square before the question which the voter
 40    favors. If a majority of the referendum vote is in  favor  of  continuing  the
 41    mandatory  assessment,  all  of  the provisions of chapter 25, title 25, Idaho
 42    Code, shall continue. If a majority of the referendum vote is against continu-
 43    ing the mandatory assessment, the assessment imposed in section 25-2505, Idaho
 44    Code, shall cease to be mandatory on the date the director of  the  department
 45    of  agriculture  announces  the results of the referendum vote. The procedures
 46    necessary to initiate a referendum under this subsection are as follows:
 47        (a)  A referendum shall be held if the  Idaho  department  of  agriculture
 48        receives  a  petition  requesting  such a referendum signed by ten percent
 49        (10%) or more of horse owners who have had a brand inspection,  in  either
 50        of the two (2) immediate past years; or
 51        (b)  A  referendum  shall  be  held if the Idaho department of agriculture
 52        receives a written request for such referendum from the Idaho horse board.
 53        (3)  Any referendum held pursuant to subsections (1) and (2) of this  sec-
 54    tion shall be conducted as follows:
 55        (a)  Any referendum must be supervised by the Idaho department of agricul-
                                                                        
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  1        ture.
  2        (b)  Any  referendum shall be held, and the result determined and declared
  3        by the director of the department of  agriculture,  and  recorded  in  the
  4        office of the secretary of state.
  5        (c)  Notice  of any referendum must be given by the Idaho horse board in a
  6        the manner determined by it set forth in subsection (1) of  this  section.
  7        The  ballots  must  be  prepared by the Idaho horse board and forwarded be
  8        made available to eligible  owners. Returned ballots shall be delivered to
  9        the Idaho department of agriculture, main office.
 10        (d)  The Idaho horse board shall pay the costs of any referendum.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact



                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                             RS 15907

The purpose of this proposed legislation is to bring Idaho Code
up-to-date regarding the current assessment (one dollar per head)
that is paid to the Idaho Horse Board by horse owners who receive
a brand inspection.  The proposed legislation also establishes an
"Idaho Horse Board Paid Assessment Card" that may be purchased by
a horse owner for a flat fee of one hundred dollars ($100).  This
card is good for one year and exempts the horse owner from having
to pay an assessment to the Idaho Horse Board at the time of
brand inspection regardless of the number of horses inspected
during the year.  The proposed legislation also revises
provisions and procedures regarding holding a referendum to
increase the check-off that funds the Idaho Horse Board from one
dollar ($1) per head to three dollars ($3) per head.


                           FISCAL NOTE

No fiscal impact.





Contact
Name: Stan Boyd, Idaho Horse Council 
Phone: 890-9914


STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                         H 599