Legislative Action

Signed by governor

HB126 (Revenue and Taxation) - Provides extension of up to one year for filing state income tax returns and up to 60 days to pay local property taxes for individuals and businesses in disaster-affected counties.

HB6 (Simpson) - Appropriates $100,000 to Legislative Council to retain a consultant to study deregulation of the electric industry.

HB15 (Simpson) - Appropriates money available to the Idaho Department of Labor from Section 903 of the Social Security Act.

HB29 (Simpson) - Allows publication of a tentative county budget in two or more classifications.

HB49 (Simpson) - Increases from $50,000 to $100,000 fuel tax revenue which goes to the Local Bridge Inspection Account.

HB48 (Simpson) - Allows engineers and surveyors to use electronic disclaimers in place of handwritten signatures on certain engineering documents.

HB58 (Simpson) - Provides for extended registration program for trailers and semitrailers in a combination of vehicles.

HB82 (Judiciary, Rules and Administration) - Clarifies that intoxication is not a defense to any criminal action.

HB83 (Judiciary, Rules and Administration) - Allows state to appeal any order or final judgment made by a court which affects a juvenile under purview of Juvenile Corrections Act.

HB71 (Simpson) - Allows salaries for deputy clerks of the district court to be paid from the district court fund.

HB94 (Revenue and Taxation) - Applies administration and enforcement provisions of Idaho Income Tax Act to administration of the Kilowatt Hour Tax.

HB109 (Revenue and Taxation) - Provides holding period for property qualified for capital gains deductions shall be computed in accordance with Internal Revenue Code.

HB110 (Revenue and Taxation) - Clarifies provisions of the Idaho Income Tax Act relating to farmers cooperatives.

HB111 (Revenue and Taxation) - Clarifies deductions of certain retirement benefits by married taxpayers and taxpayers who receive retirement benefits under the Federal Railroad Retirement Act and Federal Social Security Act.

HB112 (Revenue and Taxation) - Allows multinational corporations filing certain income tax returns to passive foreign investment companies as dividends subject to exclusions.

HB113 (State Affairs) - Adds to existing law to reorganize the exemptions from disclosure for certain public records.

HB117 (Revenue and Taxation) - Imposes penalty on employers who are required to register and withhold income taxes from employees and fail to do so.

HB120 (Revenue and Taxation) - Makes technical corrections to state sales tax law on definitions, resale certificates, home yard sales.

HB121 (Appropriations) - Reduces by 2.5 percent fiscal year 1997 appropriations to state agencies.

HB183 (Appropriations) - Adds $4.8 million to Department of Correction in current budget.

Sent to governor

SB1261 (Finance) - Allocates $9.2 million to Commission on Aging for fiscal 1998 operations.

SB1262 (Finance) - Appropriates $500,500 to Endowment Fund Investment Board for fiscal 1998 operations.

SB1263 (Finance) - Appropriates $8.1 million for State Liquor Dispensary for fiscal 1998 operations.

SB1264 (Finance) - Appropriates $1.4 million to governor’s office for fiscal 1998 operations.

SB1265 (Finance) - Appropriates $6.09 million to Idaho School for the Deaf and Blind for fiscal 1998 operations.

SB1114 (Local Government and Taxation) - Provides exemption from public works contractors licensing requirement when working on public works project during an officially declared emergency.

SB1239 (State Affairs) - Provides that no city, county or highway district shall be responsible for removal of snow from roads over which they have no jurisdiction.

SB1191 (Resources and Environment) - Requires owners of new shallow injection wells to submit completed notice of construction form to the Department of Water Resources.

SB1121 (Transportation) - Provides a program for recertifying eligibility for license plates and cards to ensure that all those who possess plates or cards are eligible.

SB1241 (State Affairs) - Allows transfer of Soil Conservation Commission to Department of Agriculture from Department of Lands.

SB1003 (Health and Welfare) - Authorizes Department of Health and Welfare to charge a fee for licensing food establishments.

SB1195 (Health and Welfare) - Provides qualifications for licensure as a licensed pastoral counselor.

SB1176 (Local Government and Taxation) - Allows removal from certain provisions for checkoffs on state income tax returns if amount of donation does not reach $25,000 for two consecutive years.

SB1169 (Education) - Requires school districts to include expenditures for current and previous budgets when advertising proposed budget.

SB1170 (Education) - Requires districts to bid all busing contracts at the same time.

HB318 (Revenue and Taxation) - Requires electronic fund transfers to include certain taxes and fees.

HB364 (Appropriations) - Allocates $12.3 million for 1998 operations of the community colleges.

HB368 (Appropriations) - Allocates $705 million for 1998 operations of the public schools.

HB344 (State Affairs) - Revises state laws regulating guide dog training.

HB231 (Business) - Legalizes all motor vehicle air conditioning refrigerants hat are not flammable over 1,000 degrees.

Legislative action complete

SCR116 (State Affairs) - Approving agency rules of the Division of Environmental Quality and Department of Parks and Recreation which impose fees.