TITLE 31

COUNTIES AND COUNTY LAW

CHAPTER 50

OPTIONAL FORMS OF COUNTY GOVERNMENT GENERAL PROVISIONS

31-5003.  Definitions. As used in chapters 50 through 57, title 31, Idaho Code:

(1)  "Governing body" shall mean the board of county commissioners of the county or other legislative body governing the county under an optional form of county government approved by the electors of the county.

(2)  "Officer" shall mean a member of the board of county commissioners, the clerk of the district court, ex officio auditor and recorder, the county treasurer, ex officio tax collector and public administrator, the county assessor, the county sheriff, the county coroner, the county prosecutor, or the holder of any other office of the county approved by the electors upon the adoption of an optional form of government.

(3)  "Optional form of county government" shall mean any optional form of county government authorized by chapters 50 through 57, title 31, Idaho Code, or any subsequent act of the legislature.

(4)  "Study commission" shall mean the body which may be appointed to review the government of the county and recommend which, if any, optional form of county government should be proposed to the electors.

History:

[31-5003, added 1996, ch. 283, sec. 1, p. 918.]