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SENATE BILL NO. 1387<br /> – Rural economic dvlp/freight transp

SENATE BILL NO. 1387

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S1387.....................................................by TRANSPORTATION
RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATED FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION - Amends
existing law relating to the Rural Economic Development and Integrated
Freight Transportation Program to provide that at the beginning of each
state fiscal year the director of the Department of Agriculture shall
designate one of his appointees to the interagency working group as
cochairman.

02/08    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/11    Rpt prt - to Transp
02/18    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/19    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/22    3rd rdg - PASSED - 33-0-2
      AYES -- Andreason, Bair, Bastian, Bilyeu, Broadsword, Burkett,
      Cameron, Coiner, Corder, Darrington, Davis, Fulcher, Geddes, Goedde,
      Hammond, Heinrich, Hill, Jorgenson, Kelly, Keough, Langhorst, Lodge,
      Malepeai(Sagness), McGee, McKague, McKenzie, Pearce, Richardson,
      Schroeder, Siddoway, Stegner, Stennett, Werk
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- Gannon, Little
    Floor Sponsor - McGee
    Title apvd - to House
02/25    House intro - 1st rdg - to Transp
03/05    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/06    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/11    3rd rdg - PASSED - 68-0-2
      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, Kren, Labrador,
      Lake, LeFavour, Loertscher, Luker, Marriott, Mathews, McGeachin,
      Mortimer, Moyle, Nielsen, Nonini, Pasley-Stuart, Patrick, Pence,
      Raybould, Ringo, Ruchti, Rusche, Sayler, Schaefer, Shepherd(02),
      Shepherd(08), Shirley, Shively, Smith(30), Smith(24), Stevenson,
      Thayn, Thomas, Trail, Vander Woude, Wills, Wood(27), Wood(35), Mr.
      Speaker
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- Roberts, Snodgrass
    Floor Sponsor - Wood(35)
    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 153
         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. 1387

                                BY TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE

  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO THE RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATED FREIGHT  TRANSPORTA-
  3        TION PROGRAM; AMENDING SECTION 49-2902, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE THAT AT THE
  4        BEGINNING  OF  EACH  STATE  FISCAL  YEAR THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
  5        AGRICULTURE SHALL DESIGNATE ONE OF HIS APPOINTEES TO THE INTERAGENCY WORK-
  6        ING GROUP AS COCHAIRMAN OF THE GROUP, TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS AND TO
  7        PROVIDE REFERENCE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE.

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

  9        SECTION 1.  That Section 49-2902, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 10    amended to read as follows:

 11        49-2902.  INTERAGENCY  WORKING  GROUP  CREATED. (1) An interagency working
 12    group is hereby created to advise the department of agriculture on issues  and
 13    policies  in  support  of the department of 's agriculture's administration of
 14    the rural economic development and integrated freight  transportation  program
 15    established  in  section  49-2901,  Idaho  Code. The interagency working group
 16    shall participate in planning and identifying program needs  and  shall  carry
 17    out  its  duties specified in section 49-2903, Idaho Code. Before recommending
 18    state funding, using state dedicated funds, and recommending  priorities,  the
 19    interagency  working  group  shall  seek pertinent information, facts and data
 20    from state and local governments, and agencies regarding rural freight  trans-
 21    portation issues.
 22        (2)  The interagency working group shall be composed of eight (8) members:
 23        (a)  Four  (4)  members  shall  be  appointed by the director of the Idaho
 24        transportation department, two (2) of whom shall be employees of the Idaho
 25        transportation department with a  working  knowledge  of  rail  and  truck
 26        freight  transportation  and  intermodal  entities,  one (1) member, not a
 27        state employee, shall represent freight shipping interests,  and  one  (1)
 28        member  shall  be a representative from the local highway technical assis-
 29        tance council;
 30        (b)  Three (3) members shall be appointed by the director of  the  depart-
 31        ment of, agriculture, two (2) of whom shall be employees of the department
 32        of  agriculture  with  a working knowledge of economic development issues,
 33        and one (1) member, not a state employee, shall represent business  devel-
 34        opment and financing interests; and
 35        (c)  One  (1)  member shall be appointed by the director of the department
 36        of commerce and labor and shall be an employee  with  knowledge  of  rural
 37        economic development issues.
 38        (d)  At  the  beginning  of   each  state fiscal year, the director of the
 39        Idaho transportation department shall designate one (1) of his  appointees
 40        as  cochairman, and the director of the department of commerce agriculture
 41        shall designate one (1) of his appointees as cochairman.
 42        (e)  Each member appointed shall serve at the pleasure of  the  appointing
 43        authority,  provided  however, the service of state employee members shall

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  1        run concurrently with their state employment.  Nonstate  employee  members
  2        shall  serve one (1) term of five (5) years, but may be appointed to serve
  3        nonconsecutive terms, and shall be reimbursed according to the  provisions
  4        of section 59-509(b), Idaho Code.
  5        (f)  The  interagency  working group shall meet at such times as necessary
  6        and appropriate to review applications for funds distributed  pursuant  to
  7        the provisions of this chapter, but not less frequently than annually.
  8        (3)  The department of agriculture shall determine and provide for amounts
  9    appropriated  to  the fund, a one-time amount not to exceed three percent (3%)
 10    for planning and operating expenses and staff assistance and support from  the
 11    department  of agriculture and the Idaho transportation department in order to
 12    administer the program, and to administer  the  fund  established  in  section
 13    49-2904, Idaho Code.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


                     STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                          RS 17376

This legislation amends the interagency working group of the 
integrated freight transportation program.  The 2007 legislature 
moved the program to the department of agriculture.  The 
director appoints three out of the eight members of the working 
group.  This legislation provides for the director of the 
department of agriculture to designate one of the cochairmen.




                        FISCAL NOTE
None








CONTACT
Name:	Laura Johnson
Agency:	Agriculture, Dept. of
Phone:	332-8533


STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE	              S 1387