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H0086.........................................by RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION
IRRIGATION DISTRICTS - Amends existing law relating to irrigation districts
to revise procedures relating to the qualification of voters.
02/01 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/02 Rpt prt - to Res/Con
02/08 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/09 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/12 3rd rdg - PASSED - 63-0-7
AYES -- Anderson, Barrett, Bayer, Bedke, Bell, Black, Block, Bock,
Boe, Bolz, Brackett, Chadderdon, Chavez, Chew, Clark, Collins, Crane,
Durst, Edmunson, Eskridge, Hagedorn, Hart, Harwood, Henbest,
Henderson, Jaquet, Killen, King, Kren, Labrador, Lake, LeFavour,
Loertscher, Luker, Marriott, Mathews, McGeachin, Moyle, Nielsen,
Nonini, Pasley-Stuart, Patrick, Pence, Raybould, Ring, Ringo,
Roberts, Ruchti, Rusche, Sayler, Schaefer, Shepherd(2), Shepherd(8),
Shirley, Shively, Smith(30), Smith(24), Stevenson, Thayn, Vander
Woude, Wood(27), Wood(35), Mr. Speaker
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Andrus, Bilbao, Bradford, Mortimer, Snodgrass,
Trail, Wills
Floor Sponsor - Stevenson
Title apvd - to Senate
02/13 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Res/Env
03/06 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/07 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/15 3rd rdg - PASSED - 34-0-1
AYES -- Andreason, Bair, Bilyeu, Broadsword, Burkett, Cameron,
Coiner, Corder, Darrington, Davis, Fulcher, Gannon, Geddes, Goedde,
Hammond, Heinrich, Hill, Jorgenson, Kelly, Keough, Langhorst, Little,
Lodge, Malepeai, McGee, McKague, McKenzie, Pearce, Richardson,
Schroeder, Siddoway, Stegner, Stennett, Werk
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Bastian
Floor Sponsor - Coiner
Title apvd - to House
03/16 To enrol - Rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/19 Pres signed - To Governor
03/23 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 160
Effective: 07/01/07
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]]
Fifty-ninth Legislature First Regular Session - 2007
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE BILL NO. 86
BY RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO IRRIGATION DISTRICTS; AMENDING SECTION 43-111, IDAHO CODE, TO
3 REVISE PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE QUALIFICATIONS OF VOTERS.
4 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
5 SECTION 1. That Section 43-111, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
6 amended to read as follows:
7 43-111. QUALIFICATIONS OF VOTERS -- VOTES BASED ON ASSESSED ACRES. (1) No
8 person shall be entitled to vote at any election held under the provisions of
9 this title for the purpose of electing directors, for the purpose of determin-
10 ing whether indebtedness shall be created or bonds issued by the district, or
11 for any other purpose, unless he shall possess all the qualifications required
12 of electors under the general laws of the state, and own land within the dis-
13 trict, or the proposed district, and be a resident of the county in which the
14 district, or a portion thereof, is located for a period of thirty (30) or more
15 days next preceding the election; provided that, in districts of fifteen thou-
16 sand (15,000) acres or less, the bylaws may, by resolution of two-thirds (2/3)
17 of the board and adoption by two-thirds (2/3) of the electors voting in a dis-
18 trict election conducted in accordance with the general election laws of the
19 state applicable to irrigation districts, set forth a provision allowing a
20 district landowner to vote, if the landowner possesses all the qualifications
21 required of electors under the general laws of the state and has resided
22 within fifteen (15) miles of the district for a period of at least thirty (30)
23 days prior to the election.
24 (2) After approval by a majority of the electors voting upon the issue in
25 a district election conducted using the elector criteria of subsection (1) of
26 this section, in subsequent district elections, a person having the qualifica-
27 tions described in subsection (1) of this section shall have the right to cast
28 one (1) vote for each acre of assessed land and a proportionate vote for each
29 fraction of an acre of assessed land owned by him within the district. Co-
30 owners or multiple owners of parcels of land shall cast no more than the total
31 number of votes represented by the acres or fraction of acres of assessed land
32 within the district.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 16801
As farming operations change, the pool of qualified voters who
live within the boundaries of an irrigation district and are
eligible to serve on the board of directors is shrinking. Under
Idaho Code 43-111, irrigation districts of fifteen thousand
(15,000) acres or less have an option to amend their bylaws to
allow electors who live within fifteen (15) miles of the district
to vote. The purpose of this legislation is to remove the acreage
limitation so that all irrigation districts have the option to
change their voter qualifications.
FISCAL NOTE
This legislation will have no fiscal impact on the state.
Contact
Name: Rep. John A. Stevenson
Phone: 332-1000
Lynn Tominaga 381-0294
Idaho Ground Water Appropriators
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE H 86