SENATE BILL NO. 1429

2008 Legislation

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SENATE BILL NO. 1429<br /> – Higher educ bldgs, prior authorizn

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Bill Status


S1429............................................................by FINANCE
HIGHER EDUCATION FACILITIES - Repeals existing law relating to higher
education facilities to delete the procedure prior to authorization.

02/14    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/15    Rpt prt - to Fin
    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/18    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/21    3rd rdg - PASSED - 34-0-1
      AYES -- Andreason, Bair, Bastian, Bilyeu, Broadsword, Cameron,
      Coiner, Corder, Darrington, Davis, Fulcher, Gannon, Geddes, Goedde,
      Hammond, Heinrich, Hill, Jorgenson, Kelly, Keough, Langhorst, Little,
      Lodge, Malepeai(Sagness), McGee, McKague, McKenzie, Pearce,
      Richardson, Schroeder, Siddoway, Stegner, Stennett, Werk
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- Burkett
    Floor Sponsor - Hammond
    Title apvd - to House
02/22    House intro - 1st rdg - to Educ
03/07    Rpt out - Ret'd to Desk for re-referral
    To 2nd rdg
03/10    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/11    3rd rdg - PASSED - 69-0-1
      AYES -- Anderson, Andrus, Barrett, Bayer, Bedke, Bell, Bilbao, Black,
      Block, Bock, Boe, Bolz, Bowers, Brackett, Bradford, Chadderdon,
      Chavez, Chew, Clark, Collins, Crane, Durst, Eskridge, Hagedorn, Hart,
      Harwood, Henbest, Henderson, Jaquet, Killen, King, Labrador, Lake,
      LeFavour, Loertscher, Luker, Marriott, Mathews, McGeachin, Mortimer,
      Moyle, Nielsen, Nonini, Pasley-Stuart, Patrick, Pence, Raybould,
      Ringo, Roberts, Ruchti, Rusche, Sayler, Schaefer, Shepherd(02),
      Shepherd(08), Shirley, Shively, Smith(30), Smith(24), Snodgrass,
      Stevenson, Thayn, Thomas, Trail, Vander Woude, Wills, Wood(27),
      Wood(35), Mr. Speaker
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- Kren
    Floor Sponsor - Wood(27)
    Title apvd - to Senate
03/12    To enrol
03/13    Rpt enrol - Pres signed - Sp signed
03/14    To Governor
03/17    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 161
         Effective: 07/01/08

Bill Text




                                                                       
  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-ninth Legislature                   Second Regular Session - 2008

                                                                       

                                       IN THE SENATE

                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1429

                                    BY FINANCE COMMITTEE

  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO EDUCATION; REPEALING SECTION 33-3805A,  IDAHO  CODE,  RELATING  TO
  3        PROCEDURE PRIOR TO AUTHORIZATION.

  4    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:

  5        SECTION  1.  That Section 33-3805A, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
  6    repealed.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


                  STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                        RS 17579

This legislation would repeal a section of the Higher 
Education Bond Act relating to a prerequisite for legislative 
approval prior to the acquisition or construction of a higher 
education facility which would subsequently require General 
Funds for maintenance and operations.  

This section of code is problematic in that higher 
education institutions must time their bonded capital projects 
around the legislative session in order to get prior legislative 
approval.  In addition, this section of code is limited in scope 
in that it only applies to bonded facilities.

In lieu of this current law, the higher education 
institutions have agreed to a notice requirement which would be 
broader in scope (all facilities regardless of fund source), yet 
provide flexibility in terms of when notice of intent to acquire 
or construct is to be provided to the Governor and the 
Legislature.  Rather than amending this section of code to 
codify these new notice requirements, it is the recommendation 
of the Joint Finance and Appropriations Committee that the 
requirements simply be incorporated into the committee’s 
occupancy costs policy.




                      FISCAL IMPACT

None.  






Contact

Name: Senator Jim Hammond 
Phone: 332-1000


STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                         S 1429