Title 73, GENERAL CODE PROVISIONS

73-201. Purpose of act. The intent and purpose of this act is to keep current so far as practicable the compilation known as Idaho Code, by authorizing publication of pocket parts to the volumes of the Idaho Code, or as necessary, the republication of single or more volumes, or t…

73-202. Definition of terms. "Code Commission" as used in this act shall be deemed to mean and refer to the code commission created by this act. "Compilation" as used in this act shall be deemed to be the compilation known as the "Idaho Code" authorized and published pursuant to …

73-203. Code commission created — Appointment of members. A continuing code commission is hereby created in the office of the secretary of state, to be known as the "Code Commission," to consist of three (3) persons, members of the Idaho state bar, who are actively engaged in the…

73-204. Compensation and expense of commission — Employment of assistance. Each member of the commission shall receive as compensation for his services the sum of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each day’s attendance at a meeting and each day’s performance of the duties of the c…

73-205. Powers and duties of commission. The commission is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to enter into and execute contracts it may deem necessary and proper with any publishing company, with respect to general laws, repeals and amendments which may be enacted by each…

73-206. Number of sets — Sale price. The contract shall require the publishing company to deliver, on or before such date as may be fixed by the commission, such number of sets of bound volumes and/or pocket parts of the compilation for use of the state of Idaho and its public ag…

73-207. Completion bonds. The publishing company, coincident with its execution of any contract, shall furnish a performance and completion bond in terms and in a sum specified by the commission written in favor of and to be paid to the state of Idaho in the event of failure of t…

73-208. Examination and approval of compilations. The commission shall continue to supervise and give directions relating to the plan of titles, chapters and resectioning, annotations, cross-references, tables and indexes, form and uniformity of contents, and all other matters re…

73-209. Certificate of compilation — Proclamation by governor. Upon certificate of the commission filed with the secretary of state and the governor that any compilation (with the exception of the rules of the Supreme Court of the state of Idaho) has been completed, published and…

73-210. Copyright. Copyright of all compilations shall be taken by and in the name of the publishing company which shall thereupon assign the same to the state of Idaho, and thereafter the same shall be owned by the state of Idaho. The commission is authorized and empowered to gr…

73-211. Sale by state. The state of Idaho shall not sell any of the compilations purchased by it, but may at any time exchange the same with exchange libraries of other states and territories. Bound volumes of the Idaho Code that have been replaced by republished volumes may be d…

73-212. Delivery of printed sets. Upon approval by the commission of any compilation and proclamation by the governor, the publishing company shall immediately deliver to the secretary of state of Idaho at Boise, Idaho, and such other places in Idaho designated by the secretary o…

73-213. Tax levy on actions. There is hereby levied a fee of ten dollars ($10.00) upon each civil action filed in the district court or in the magistrates’ division of the district court including matters involving decedents’ estates, whether testate or intestate, and including p…

73-214. Pledge of tax or fees. Whenever treasury notes are issued and sold as provided in this act, they shall constitute an irrevocable and irrepealable contract between the state of Idaho and the owner of said treasury notes that the portion of the taxes and/or fees pledged for…

73-215. Code fund created. There is hereby created in the hands of the state treasurer a fund to be known as the "Code Fund." All funds in the hands of the state treasurer credited to the "Idaho Code Fund" are hereby transferred, appropriated to and made a part of the code fund, …

73-216. Issuance of treasury notes. The commission is hereby authorized to anticipate the proceeds of the collection of any or all of the taxes or fees provided for in this act, and when necessary is hereby authorized to cause to be issued "Code Fund Treasury Notes," bearing such…

73-217. Sale of treasury notes. The treasury notes shall be sold by the state treasurer to the highest bidder for cash at not less than par and accrued interest at such times and in such amounts as may be determined by the commission, after advertising the time and place of sale …

73-218. Proceeds of sale, how handled. The proceeds of the sale of the treasury notes shall be placed to the credit of the code fund in the state treasury, except such amount as may be required to be paid as accrued interest, which amount shall be credited to a special interest f…

73-219. Appropriation. All funds, appropriations and other moneys now or hereafter appropriated or provided by law for the purposes and administration of the functions, powers and duties of the code commission created by chapter 167, Laws of 1949, including those funds and moneys…

73-220. Exemptions from certain acts. The appropriations made in this act are expressly exempted from the provisions of the Standard Appropriations Act of 1945, (chapter 36 of title 67) from the provisions of section 67-2007 and 67-2008, from the provisions of section 67-3509, an…

73-221. Report required of commission. The commission shall, thirty (30) days prior to the time each regular session of the legislature shall convene, furnish to the governor and secretary of state a report of its proceedings, and an analysis of its financial requirements for the…