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Legislative Action

Associated Press

Confirmed by Senate

Harry Merrick, Twin Falls, to the Idaho Aeronautics Advisory Board.

Gavin Gee, Boise, as director of the Department of Finance.

Thomas Arnold, Boise, as director of the Department of Commerce.

James Kile, Boise, to the Idaho Industrial Commission.

Introduced in Senate

SB1100 (Resources and Environment) Increases the penalties for flagrant instances of poaching.

SB1101 (Resources and Environment) Provides a state income tax credit for expenditures to protect riparian areas.

SB1102 (Resources and Environment) Moves up by two months the deadline for filing state land lease renewals.

SB1103 (Resources and Environment) Requires state land trades to be for property of equal or greater value rather than just equal value.

SB1104 (Judiciary and Rules) Authorizes courts to award attorneys fees to the prevailing party in contempt cases.

SB1105 (Judiciary and Rules) Requires posting of bonds for civil suits against law enforcement officers for actions in the line of duty.

SB1106 (Judiciary and Rules) Allows for detention of a juvenile status offender who violates a court sentencing decree.

SB1107 (Judiciary and Rules) Expands the crime of aggravated drunken driving to cases involving any injury requiring medical treatment.

SB1108 (Judiciary and Rules) Provides immunity to persons appointed visitors under the guardianship law.

Introduced in House

HJM2 (Resources and Conservation) Supports Gov. Phil Batt’s request for immediate suspension of the federal action to reintroduce grizzly bears.

HB186 (Judiciary, Rules and Administration) Provides that person who pays a bail bond or deposit will be the person who receives return of the bond or deposit.

HB187 (Judiciary, Rules and Administration) Increases administrative surcharge for civil and criminal cases from $5 to $10.

HB188 (Judiciary, Rules and Administration) Expands offenses covered by Parental Responsibility Act.

HB189 (Judiciary, Rules and Administration) Repeals right of civil litigant to receive a free transcript on appeal.

HB190 (Judiciary, Rules and Administration) Clarifies that juveniles committed to Department of Juvenile Corrections are not employees of the state or the department when providing community service or at a work camp.

HB191 (Education) Gives statutory recognition to genealogical services by Idaho Historical Society.

HB192 (Education) Gives school boards freedom to decide where their money is best spent.