IAC Legislative Staff Update – Week of March 14
Public defense This was a big legislative week for public defense. House Bill 504 passed the Senate on 3/15, and is heading to the Governor’s desk. The funding bill, which would provide the $5.5 million to make HB504 possible, was introduced on 3/16, passed the House unanimously on 3/18, and is making its way to …
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2016 Primary Candidates
Interested to see how the county races are shaping up for the May primary? Look no further! IAC has compiled a list of all 44 counties and the candidates for the open county positions: 2016 Primary Candidates.
2016 Legislative Update
We are almost done with another legislative session. I wanted to bring you up to date with what the Legislative Committee has been working on both with our IAC resolutions, but also other items that may have impact on Idaho counties. First the IAC resolution package for 2016: Absentee Ballot Mailing Deadline: (S1274). Has passed …
IACT Midwinter Meeting
The Idaho Association of County Treasurers met on February 2, 2016 at 8:00 am at the Riverside Hotel in Boise in conjunction with the Idaho Association of Counties Midwinter Conference. President Vicky McIntyre called the meeting to order. After the pledge, invocation, and roll call, the business meeting reports were given by each committee chair. …
IAC Midwinter Legislative Conference
The IAC Midwinter Legislative Conference was a success. It was long week. Committee meetings were held, lots of discussion took place, and sleep was prescribed in the end. The week started out with the affiliate meetings. Wednesday was the bulk of the agenda with all the IAC Committee meetings. The IAC Legislative Reception was beautiful …
Senate Health and Welfare – Medicaid Expansion
Well… Yesterday was an interesting day in the Idaho State Capital. Senator Schmidt presented to the Senate Health and Welfare committee for S1204 and S1205. There was a large turn out. The halls were bustling with the many people to show support and opposition to these bills. We started out good with the Senator’s introducing …
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President’s Message
This is the first of what will be four quarterly updates I’ll be writing throughout my year as the president of the Idaho Association of Counties. In each of the writings I want to discuss one of the four reasons IAC is of value to me – these are the same four I talked about …
County commissioner happy to return money to Legislature
Bonneville County Commissioner Roger Christensen is back in town this week after a visit to the Legislature where he did something almost unheard of. Instead of asking legislators for money, Christensen gave them back $29 million dollars from the Catastrophic Health Care Fund. Read more at localnews8.com.
ACLU appeals dismissal of public defense lawsuit
The ACLU of Idaho has filed a notice of appeal in its lawsuit charging that Idaho’s public defense system is constitutionally deficient, after a judge last Friday dismissed the case. Click to read more from Eye on Boise.
Boundaries redrawn between Boise and Ada counties
Commissioners for Boise and Ada counties met in Idaho City Tuesday to finalize a 12-year process that more clearly shows most of the official boundary line between the two counties. Click to view more from ktvb.com.