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Next the Ways & Means Committee took up another new bill, also from Nonini, on worker’s compensation, attempting to retroactively change the law regarding a pending lawsuit. Again, the measure was introduced over the objection of minority Democrats on the committee. Rep. James Ruchti, D-Pocatello, an attorney, objected to a clause that seeks to state the “legislative intent” of a past Legislature from 1998. “I think that’s troubling,” he said. Rep. Bill Killen, D-Boise, said it would be “a grave error” to try “to pass a law that says we want to rewrite history.”
The committee also voted unanimously to introduce a new version of the bill to eliminate the ethanol exemption from the state’s fuel tax.
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Laughing on April 27 at 6:39 p.m.
Interesting, yes very interesting. Perhaps it should be clarified that the ‘pending’ lawsuit is one that the Idaho Sup. Ct. ruled on. It held that the State Insurance Fund must pay “small policyholders” e.g. the majority of policyholders/employers in Idaho, a “dividend”, just like it does to its big business policyholders. Guess the ‘bigs’ don’t want to share with the smalls. Is this pay back, or is it pay forward? Hm interesting.