Title 50 — MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS

50-419. Election law violations. The provisions of chapter 23, title 18, Idaho Code, pertaining to crimes and punishments for election law violations are applicable to all municipal elections.

50-601. Qualifications. Any person shall be eligible to hold the office of mayor who is a qualified elector of the city at the time his declaration of candidacy or declaration of intent is submitted to the city clerk and remains a qualified elector during his term of office. The …

50-602. Mayor, administrative official. The mayor, except as provided in sections 50-801 through 50-812, shall be the chief administrative official of the city, preside over the meetings of the city council and determine the order of business subject to such rules as the council …

50-603. Messages to council. The mayor shall, from time to time, communicate to the city council such information and recommend such measures as, in his opinion, may tend to the improvement of the finances, the protection, the health, the security, the ornament, the comfort, and …

50-604. Special meetings of council. The mayor shall have the power to call special meetings of the city council, the object of which shall be submitted to the council in writing; the call and object, as well as the disposition thereof, shall be entered upon the journal by the cl…

50-605. Accounts and reports of officers. The mayor shall have the power, when he deems it necessary, to require any officer of the city to exhibit his accounts or other papers, and to make written reports pertaining to his office to the council.

50-606. Police powers of mayor. The mayor shall have such jurisdiction as may be vested in him by ordinance over all places within the corporate limits of the city, for the enforcement of any health or quarantine ordinance and regulation thereof, and shall have jurisdiction in al…

50-607. General powers. The mayor shall have and exercise such powers, prerogatives and authority as is conferred by the laws of the state of Idaho or as may be conferred upon him by the city council, and shall have the power to administer oaths, and shall sign all contracts and …

50-608. Vacancy in office of mayor. In case of a temporary vacancy in the office of mayor due to absence or disability, the president of the council shall exercise the office of mayor during such disability or temporary absence, and until the mayor shall return. When a vacancy oc…

50-609. Mayor may require aid in enforcing law. The mayor is hereby authorized to call on every resident in the city over twenty-one (21) years of age to aid in enforcing the laws.

50-611. Veto power. The mayor shall have power to veto or sign any ordinance passed by the city council; provided, that any ordinance vetoed by the mayor may be passed over his veto by a vote of one-half (1/2) plus one (1) of the members of the full council, notwithstanding the v…

50-612. Majority required for election — Runoff election. A city may, by ordinance, provide that a majority of the votes for any candidate running for the office of mayor shall be required for election to that office. In the event no candidate receives a majority of the votes cas…

50-701. Composition — Powers. The legislative authority of each city in the state of Idaho, except those operating under the provisions of section 50-801 through 50-812 shall be vested in a council consisting of either four (4) or six (6) members, one half (1/2) of whom shall be …

50-702. Qualification of councilmen — Terms — Installation. Any person shall be eligible to hold the office of councilman of his city who is a qualified elector at the time his declaration of candidacy or declaration of intent is submitted to the city clerk, and remains a qualifi…

50-703. Change in number of councilmen. (1) Any city may change to the greater or lesser number of councilmen after an election instituted by resolution of the council or by petition as provided for initiative in chapter 18, title 34, Idaho Code. When the proposition submitted to…

50-704. Vacancies — Appointment. (1) A vacancy on the council shall be filled by nomination made by the mayor. If the position of mayor is vacant, the nomination shall be made by the council president. Lacking both a mayor and a council president, the nomination shall be made by …

50-705. Meetings of council — Quorum — Discipline. Regular meetings of the city council shall be held each month at such place and times as the council may establish by ordinance. At all meetings of the council a majority of the full council shall constitute a quorum for the tran…

50-706. Special meetings of council. One half (1/2) plus one (1) of the members of the full council shall have the power to call special meetings of the city council, the object of which shall be submitted to the council in writing; the call and object, as well as the disposition…

50-707. Assignment of council seats. Any city, by ordinance, may assign a number to each council seat. Upon the adoption of such an ordinance, and at least one hundred twenty (120) days prior to the next general election, the city clerk shall assign a number for each council seat…

50-707A. Election of councilmen by districts. (1) Any city having fewer than one hundred thousand (100,000) inhabitants based upon the most recent federal decennial census may, by ordinance, provide for districts and the election of councilmen by districts. Upon the adoption of s…

50-707B. Majority may be required for election — Runoff election. A city may, by ordinance, provide that a majority of the votes for any candidate running for a council seat adopted by a city in accordance with section 50-707 or 50-707A, Idaho Code, shall be required for election…

50-708. Examination of accounts of fiscal officers. At least once in each quarter of each year, the council shall examine by review of a quarterly treasurer’s report included upon the city council agenda the accounts and doings subject to management by the chief financial officer…

50-801. Cities may adopt plan. Any city within the state of Idaho, organized under the general laws of the state, special chapter, or a general incorporation act, may adopt the council-manager plan of government by proceedings as herein provided.

50-802. Instituting election, petition — Resolution. Procedure for instituting a special election on adoption of the council-manager plans shall be by petition of electors as provided for initiative in section 34-1801B, Idaho Code, or by resolution passed by one-half (1/2) plus o…

50-803. Time for holding special election on proposition. Within ten (10) days after the filing of such petition or resolution with the city clerk, the mayor shall, by proclamation, establish a date for holding a special election on the question of adopting the council-manager pl…

50-804. Proposition to be voted. At such election the proposition to be submitted to the electors shall be: "Shall the City of …. adopt the council-manager plan of government, as set forth in sections 50-801 through 50-812, Idaho Code?"

50-805. Governing body — Size. The governing body of any city governed by the provisions of sections 50-801 through 50-812 shall consist of five (5) or seven (7) councilmen. Should the proposition be adopted under section 50-804, the governing body shall consist of a council equa…

50-806. Election of officials following adoption — Determining successful candidates — Designation of seats. (1) When the proposition is submitted to the electors under section 50-803(1), Idaho Code, officials shall be elected at the same election during which the proposition is …

50-807. Effective date following adoption of plan. The effective date of the council-manager plan shall be not more than seventy-five (75) days following the election of officials, to be determined by the incumbent council.

50-808. Powers — Duties of the council. The council shall have all powers delegated under general law, appoint a chief administrative officer to be known as the city manager, and confirm all appointments of department heads made by the city manager.

50-809. Mayor. (1) At the time of installing and swearing in the councilmen following each general city election, or special election called for the purpose of electing officials, the council shall elect one (1) of their members to be designated the mayor. He shall serve for a pe…

50-810. Powers of the mayor. The mayor shall preside at the meetings of the council and perform such other duties consistent with his office as may be imposed by the council. He shall be entitled to a vote on all matters coming before the council, but shall possess no veto power.…

50-811. City manager — Duties. The council shall appoint a city manager to be the administrative head of the city government under the direction and supervision of such council and who shall hold office at the pleasure of the majority of the members thereof. Before entering upon …

50-812. Discontinuance of council-manager plan — Proposition to be voted. Any city which shall have operated for more than six (6) years under the provisions of sections 50-801 through 50-812, Idaho Code, may resume operation under sections 50-601 through 50-708, Idaho Code, by p…

50-813. Calculation for number of required signatures. In cases where a city is operating under the council-manager plan, if there is no direct mayoral election, and a statute provides for petitions or elections based upon the total number of votes cast for mayor at the last prec…

50-901. Ordinances — Style — Publication — When effective — Immediate operation in emergencies. The style of all ordinances shall be: "Be it ordained by the mayor and council of the city of ………" and all ordinances of a general nature, unless otherwise required by law, shall, befo…

50-901A. Summarization of ordinances permitted — Requirements. (1) In lieu of publishing the entire ordinance under section 50-901, Idaho Code, the city may publish a summary of the ordinance which summary shall be approved by the governing body and which shall include: (a) The n…

50-902. Passage of ordinances. The passage or adoption of every ordinance, and every resolution or order to enter a contract shall be by roll call of the council with the yea or nay of each being recorded, and to pass or adopt any ordinance or any such resolution or order, a majo…

50-903. Grant of power. Any city is hereby empowered to revise, codify, and compile from time to time and to publish in book or pamphlet form all ordinances of such city of a general and permanent nature and to make such changes, alterations, modifications, additions and substitu…

50-904. Arrangement of ordinances. The ordinances in such revision, codification and compilation shall be arranged in appropriate chapters, articles and sections, excluding the titles, enacting clauses, signatures of the mayor, attestations and other formal parts.

50-905. Repeal of conflicting provisions. Such revision shall be by one (1) ordinance embracing all ordinances of a general and permanent nature preserved as changed or added to and perfected by such revision, codification and compilation and shall be a repeal of all ordinances i…

50-906. Publication in book or pamphlet form. Such ordinances when so revised, codified, compiled and published in book or pamphlet form by authority of the city need not be printed or published in any other manner.

50-907. Classification and retention of municipal records. (1) "Permanent records" shall consist of: (a) Adopted meeting minutes of the city council and city boards and commissions; (b) Ordinances and resolutions; (c) Building plans and specifications for commercial projects and …

50-908. Designation, powers and responsibilities of municipal records management officers — Duties of city officials concerning records. (1) The city clerk shall serve as the municipal records manager in each city, and each department may designate a department records manager wh…

50-1001. Fiscal year. The fiscal year of each city shall commence on the first day of October.

50-1002. Annual budget. (1) The city council of each city shall, prior to passing the annual appropriation ordinance, prepare a budget estimating the probable amount of money necessary for all purposes for which an appropriation is to be made, including interest and principal due…

50-1003. Annual appropriations bill — Amending appropriation ordinance — Special appropriation upon petition or election. (1) The city council of each city shall, prior to the commencement of each fiscal year, pass an ordinance to be termed the annual appropriation ordinance, whi…

50-1004. Special tax assessment — Warrant redemption fund. At the time of passing the annual appropriation ordinance, said city councils, unless provision shall have been made as provided by law for the funding, refunding, purchase, redemption or exchange of the outstanding city …

50-1005A. Accumulation of fund balances. Cities may accumulate fund balances at the end of a fiscal year and carry over such fund balances into the ensuing fiscal year sufficient to achieve or maintain city operations on a cash basis. A fund balance is the excess of the assets of…

50-1006. Expenditures not to exceed appropriation — Exceptions. The mayor and council shall have no power to appropriate, issue or draw on the treasurer for money unless the same has been appropriated or ordered by ordinance, or the claim for the payment of which such order or wa…