BILL NO./

POSITION

TITLE AND SHORT DESCRIPTION

ACTION

ACTION

STATUS

Oppose

PAYETTE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. Adds to the existing Payette River Basin Plan additional protected river reach designations.

Res. & Env. Comm.

Supports

LIMITATIONS ON TORT LIABILITY. Adds to existing law to limit the liability of an employer for the tortious acts of an employee.

Judiciary, Rules & Admin. Comm.

32-2-1

Supports

ELECTRICAL SPECIALTY LICENSES. Authorizes for the registration of specialty electrical contractors, trainees and apprentices for connecting special pumps and motors.

60-0-10

34-0-1

Gov.

Supports

COMPREHENSIVE PAYETTE RIVER PLAN. Approving the State Comprehensive Plan for the Payette River system as adopted by the Idaho Water Resource Board.

60-0-10

27-0-8

Gov.

Supports

ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS COMMITTEE. Authorizing Legislative Council to appoint a committee to study governmental processes for resolving environmental problems.

Ways & Means Comm.

34-0-1

Supports

NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE. Authorizing Legislative Council to appoint a committee to study natural resource issues confronting the State of Idaho.

3^rd Reading Calendar

32-0-4

Neutral

COMBINES CHEMIGATION AND PESTICIDE STATUTES. Adds to existing law to combine the chemigation law with the pesticide law and to provide definitions for chemigation licensing.

65-0-5

31-1-3

Gov.

Supports

DIRECTOR ELECTIONS/QUALIFICATIONS. This legislation allows a landowner to serve as a board member of an irrigation district and allows him to live within 15 miles of his present district.

66-0-4

25-6-4

Gov.

Neutral

SMOKE MANAGEMENT AND CROP RESIDUE. This legislation will allow for the establishment of voluntary smoke management and crop residue burning program. The bill provides an exemption for ditch and canal burning.

59-10-1

34-0-1

Gov.

Supports

LATERAL MANAGER. Allows the Director of IDWR to appoint a lateral ditch manager on an interim period if certain conditions are met.

65-0-5

30-0-5

Signed by Gov.

No Position

Replaced by HB-353

Res. & Con. Comm.

Supports

OFFICE OF THREATENED AND ENDANGERED SPECIES. Creates an Office of Threatened and Endangered Species in the Office of the Governor. The new office develops ESA plans and policies and requires agencies to implement such plans and/or projects.

54-14-2

Res. & Env. Comm.

Supports

INTERIM COMMITTEE - ELECTRICAL RESTRUCTURING. Authorizes Legislative Council to appoint a committee to study electric restructuring.

66-0-4

33-0-2

Adopted

Supports

INTERIM COMMITTEE - WATER QUALITY AND WATER QUANTITY IN A SINGLE AGENCY. Authorizing Legislative Council to appoint a committee to study combining water quality and water quantity planning and administration within a single agency.

59-6-5

State Affairs Comm.

Supports

DAM BREACHING/FLOW AUGMENTATION. A resolution stating support of healthy stocks of anadromous fish and opposing flow augmentation and dam removal.

59-6-5

Adopted Voice Vote

Supports

SEEKING CONGRESSIONAL AFFIRMATION OF SUPPORT FOR STATE SOVEREIGNTY OVER WATER AND FISH AND GAME. The purpose of this legislation is to request Congressional reaffirmation of support for Idaho's water, fish and wildlife resources.

Voice Vote

Voice Vote

Adopted

Supports

NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE. Authorizing Legislative Council to appoint a committee to study natural resource issues. It will address the SRBA and ESA issue including legislation that may be necessary for consideration during the 2000 Legislature on flow augmentation.

57-0-13

3/17

Passed

29-0-6

Adopted