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Legislative Action

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HB344 (State Affairs) Creates penalties for unlawful use of, interference with or attack on guide dogs.

SB1003 (Health and Welfare) Imposes a $55 annual fee on food retailers to finance annual food inspections.

SB1018 (Judiciary and Rules) Makes public the records of proceedings against a juvenile over 13 charged with an offense that would be a felony if committed by an adult.

SB1054 (Health and Welfare) Allows the Health and Welfare Department to order genetic testing to establish paternity.

SB1058 (Judiciary and Rules) Authorizes retired judges to solemnize marriages.

SB1061 (Judiciary and Rules) Gives courts discretion in whether to order support payments beyond the requirement to provide medical coverage.

SB1062 (Judiciary and Rules) Complies with federal changes to the Interstate Family Support Act.

SB1079 (Local Government and Taxation) Exempts independent living center purchases from sales tax.

SB1104 (Judiciary and Rules) Allows courts to award attorneys fees and costs to the prevailing party in a contempt case.

SB1108 (Judiciary and Rules) Provides immunity to persons acting as visitors in guardianship cases.

SB1112 (State Affairs) Sets up a procedure for elected officials to change parties.

SB1132 (Resources and Environment) Authorizes a pheasant permit for wildlife management areas.

SB1151 (Commerce and Human Resources) Requires a coordinated system for filing all liens with the state.

SB1152 (Commerce and Human Resources) Allows ownership of land to be proven by evidence acceptable in a civil trial.

SB1153 (Commerce and Human Resources) Provides for workers’ compensation insurers assessment in the second injury fund.

SB1158 (Commerce and Human Resources) Allows cities and counties to cooperate in establishing a third party plan administration for pensions.

SB1191 (Resources and Environment) Requires owners of shallow injection wells to submit notice of construction to the state.

SB1204 (State Affairs) Provides for independent audits of affiliated organizations to state agencies.

SB1209 (Judiciary and Rules) Expands the definition of incapacity for guardianship or conservatorship.

SB1210 (Judiciary and Rules) Allows trustee to terminate trust if net assets are less than $25,000.

SB1211 (Judiciary and Rules) Clarifies the use of an affidavit to collect assets of a decedent by a successor.

SB1234 (State Affairs) Approves the Comprehensive State Water Plan for the South Fork of the Snake River Basin.

HB3 (Simpson) Requires safe boating course completion upon conviction of certain offenses.

HB27 (Simpson) Changes law to refer to Department of Labor instead of Department of Employment.

HB34 (Simpson) Defines seasonal or casual worker for state retirement purposes.

HB61 (Simpson) Sets a minimum fine for unlawful taking of wild steelhead and bull trout.

HB63 (Simpson) Clarifies when a temporary Fish and Game license can be used.

HB100 (State Affairs) Eliminates unnecessary language in idle funds investment law.

HB132 (Miller) Extends criminal sanctions for impeding or conspiring to impede lawful logging to lawful agricultural and mining operations.

HB137 (Judiciary, Rules and Administration) Authorizes the Correction Board to negotiate a contract for private prison construction and operation.

HB172 (Business) Increases the amount insurers can invest in investment trust securities.

HB187 (Judiciary, Rules and Administration) Increases fees court charged on criminal and civil filings and on reinstatement of driver’s license.

HB195 (Business) Revises the inspection procedures for manufactured homes.

HB199 (Business) Includes rental property in the Real Property Disclosure Act.

HB152 (Business) Prohibits unsolicited advertisements to be faxed.

HB215 (Human Resources) Exempts employees who are children and their spouses from workers’ compensation coverage.

HB228 (Business) Allows geography to be used as a case characteristic in setting premium rates for small employer and individual health insurance carriers.

HB218 (Resources and Conservation) Makes payment of certain claims from the Big Game Secondary Depredation Account a priority.

HB255 (Judiciary, Rules and Administration) Provides authority to the Peace Officers Standards and Training Council to decertify officers.

HB257 (Resources and Conservation) Extends the life of the wolf oversight committee through 1999.

HB249 (Transportation and Defense) Allows port of entry personnel to stop trucks that violate directional signals.

HB284 (Transportation and Defense) Sets out information to be given to police when requesting evidentiary testing for DUI.

HB294 (State Affairs) Authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to exempt certain securities from the Securities Issuance Law.

HB267 (Transportation and Defense) Allows fuel tax money earmarked for 1996 flood repairs to be used on 1997 flood repairs.

HB306 (Revenue and Taxation) Entitles withdrawing partners to distributions from the Limited Partnership.

HB307 (Revenue and Taxation) Requires property tax notices to include all payment options.

HB314 (Revenue and Taxation) Exempts single-family homes from property tax for up to one year if they are unoccupied.

HB316 (Revenue and Taxation) Revises filing requirements for corporations using the water’s edge tax method.

HB359 (Appropriations) Establishes an Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory Settlement Fund.

HB360 (Appropriations) Allocates $100,000 to the Fish and Game Department Winter Feeding Fund.

HB369 (State Affairs) Revises state fireworks regulations.

HB272 (Local Government) Authorizes state-issued identification cards.

HB372 (Ways and Means) Extends all administrative rules until mid-1998.

HB373 (Appropriations) Allocates $305.2 million for 1998 operations of the Transportation Department.

HB374 (Appropriations) Allocates $7.7 million for 1998 operations of the public health districts.

HB375 (Appropriations) Allocates $38.2 million for 1998 operations of the Division of Environmental Quality.

HB376 (Appropriations) Allocates $424.7 million for 1998 operations of the Medicaid program.

HB377 (Appropriations) Allocates $21.5 million for 1998 operations of the Department of Revenue and Taxation.

HB380 (Appropriations) Allocates $1.1 million for 1998 operations of the Office of the state Board of Education.

HB382 (Appropriations) Allocates $2.3 million for 1998 operations of the public television system.

HB383 (Appropriations) Allocates $9.9 million for 1998 operations of the Lottery Commission.

HB384 (Appropriations) Allocates $3.1 million for 1998 operations of the Division of Financial Management.

HB385 (Appropriations) Allocates $621,400 for 1998 operations of the Human Rights Commission.