Title 67 — STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS

67-8209. Credits. (1) In the calculation of development impact fees for a particular project, credit or reimbursement shall be given for the present value of any construction of system improvements or contribution or dedication of land or money required by a governmental entity f…

67-8210. Earmarking and expenditure of collected development impact fees. (1) An ordinance imposing development impact fees shall provide that all development impact fee funds shall be maintained in one (1) or more interest-bearing accounts within the capital projects fund. Accou…

67-8211. Refunds. (1) Any governmental entity which adopts a development impact fee ordinance shall provide for refunds upon the request of an owner of property on which a development impact fee has been paid if: (a) Service is available but never provided; (b) A building permit …

67-8212. Appeals. (1) A governmental entity which adopts a development impact fee ordinance shall provide for administrative appeals by the developer or fee payer from any discretionary action or inaction by or on behalf of the governmental entity. (2) A fee payer may pay a devel…

67-8213. Collection. A governmental entity may provide in a development impact fee ordinance the means for collection of development impact fees, including, but not limited to: (1) Additions to the fee for reasonable interest and penalties for non-payment or late payment; (2) Wit…

67-8214. Other powers and rights not affected. (1) Nothing in this chapter shall prevent a governmental entity from requiring a developer to construct reasonable project improvements in conjunction with a development project. (2) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prev…

67-8215. Transition. (1) The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed to repeal any existing laws authorizing a governmental entity to impose fees or require contributions or property dedications for capital improvements. All ordinances imposing development impact fees s…

67-8216. Severability. The provisions of this chapter are hereby declared to be severable and if any provision of this chapter or the application of such provision to any person or circumstance is declared invalid for any reason, such declaration shall not affect the validity of …

67-8601. Governor’s Idaho Lewis and Clark trail committee fund. There is hereby created the governor’s Idaho Lewis and Clark trail committee fund in the state treasury. Moneys in the fund may consist of donations, ticket sale proceeds, contributions, appropriations, grants, gifts…

67-8701. Short title. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Idaho Bond Bank Authority Act."

67-8702. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) "Authority" or "bond bank authority" means the Idaho bond bank authority. (2) "Bonds" means bonds, notes or other obligations of the authority issued under this chapter. (3) "Municipal bond" means a bond, note or other obligation…

67-8703. Bond bank authority created — Membership — Vacancies — Officers — Quorum — Compensation. (1) There is hereby created an independent public body corporate and politic to be known as the Idaho bond bank authority. The authority is an instrumentality of the state within the…

67-8704. Retention of outside services. The authority may contract for and engage the services of bond counsel, consultants, experts and others whose services the authority considers necessary or appropriate.

67-8705. Powers and duties of the authority. The authority shall have the following powers and duties: (1) To sue and be sued in its own name; (2) To adopt and from time to time alter an official seal; (3) To adopt and from time to time amend or repeal rules and bylaws; (4) To ac…

67-8706. Annual report. Before January 1 of each year, the authority shall prepare and submit to the governor and the legislature a report of its activities for the preceding fiscal year. The report shall set out a complete operating and financial statement which covers its opera…

67-8707. Negotiability of bonds. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a bond issued under this chapter is fully negotiable, and a holder or owner of a bond, by accepting the bond, is conclusively considered to have agreed that the bond is fully negotiable.

67-8708. Bonds as legal investments. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, all banks, trust companies, savings banks and institutions, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies, and other persons carrying on a banking business, all…

67-8709. Tax exemption. All property of the authority is public property exempt from all taxes and special assessments of the state or a municipality. All bonds issued under this chapter are issued by a body corporate and politic of this state, and the bonds and the interest and …

67-8710. Issuance of bonds — Form of issuance — Sale price — Payment or refunding of bonds — Terms of agreement with bondholder. (1) The authority may issue its bonds from time to time in principal amounts that it considers necessary to provide funds for any purpose under this ch…

67-8711. Purchase and disposition of bonds. The authority may purchase bonds of the authority. The authority may hold, cancel or resell the bonds subject to, and in accordance with, agreements with holders of its bonds.

67-8712. Presumption of validity. After issuance, all bonds of the authority, and the purchase of all municipal bonds with the proceeds of the bonds, and any contracts entered into in connection with issuance of the bonds, shall be conclusively presumed to be fully authorized and…

67-8713. Reserve fund — Additional funds and accounts. (1) There is hereby created in the state treasury a fund to be known as the "Idaho Municipal Bond Bank Authority Reserve Fund" (hereinafter referred to as "reserve fund") in which there shall be deposited or transferred: (a) …

67-8714. Personal liability. Neither a member of the authority nor a person executing bonds issued or contracts entered into under this chapter shall be liable personally on the bonds or contracts.

67-8715. Exemption from execution and sale. All property of the authority is exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution. No execution or other judicial process may issue against the property of the authority, and a judgment against the authority may not be a charge or li…

67-8716. Unlimited sales tax receipts pledge. (1) The bond bank authority fund is hereby statutorily created in the state treasury. Moneys in the fund shall be used only as provided in this chapter. Earnings of the bond bank authority fund shall be deposited into the general fund…

67-8717. Lien of pledge. A pledge of sales tax revenues made by the authority is binding from the time the pledge is made. Sales tax revenues so pledged and thereafter received by the authority are immediately subject to the lien of the pledge without any physical delivery thereo…

67-8718. Credit enhancement or liquidity. (1) The authority may enter into agreements to obtain, from a department or agency of the United States or from a nongovernmental financial institution or other entity, insurance, guaranty or other credit enhancement or liquidity for the …

67-8719. Surety for deposits by bank. All banks, trust companies, savings banks, investment companies and other persons carrying on a banking business are authorized to give to the authority a good and sufficient undertaking with such sureties as are approved by the bank, to the …

67-8720. Expenses of administration. All expenses incurred in carrying out this chapter are payable either from revenues or funds appropriated under this chapter or from moneys appropriated to the state treasurer from the general fund for operating expenditures. Nothing in this c…

67-8721. Swaps. In connection with, or incidental to, the issuance or carrying of bonds, but only for the purpose of reducing the amount or duration of payment, interest rate, spread or similar risk, or to result in a lower cost of borrowing, and not for purposes of investment or…

67-8722. Municipal bonds. Any municipality which receives sales tax funds from the state may, in addition to any other powers it may have and without regard to the restrictions or requirements that might otherwise apply under the laws of the state but subject to the requirements …

67-8723. Complete authority. This chapter provides a complete, additional and alternative method for accomplishing the acts authorized by this chapter, whether by the authority or by municipalities, and the issuance of bonds and municipal bonds, the purchase of municipal bonds, t…

67-8724. Rights not to be impaired by state. The state does hereby pledge to and agree with the holders of any bonds issued under this chapter that the state will not limit or alter the rights hereby vested in the authority to fulfill the terms of any agreements made with the hol…

67-8725. Payment transfer — Notice of nonpayment — State financial assistance intercept mechanism — State treasurer duties — Interest and penalty provisions. (1) (a) Each municipality, with outstanding unpaid municipal bonds as set forth in this chapter held by or for the authori…

67-8726. Cooperation by government agencies. (1) All officers, departments, boards, agencies, divisions and commissions of the state shall render to the authority services that are within the area of their respective governmental functions and that may be requested by the authori…

67-8727. Alternative intercept procedure. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, to the extent that any bonds are not secured by moneys appropriated by the legislature to the reserve fund established pursuant to section 67-8713, Idaho Code, or such moneys are…

67-8729. Idaho bond bank administrative fund. (1) There is hereby created in the state treasury the "Idaho Bond Bank Administrative Fund" to which shall be credited: (a) Fees collected from municipalities or other potential sellers of municipal bonds in connection with applicatio…

67-8801. Idaho law enforcement, firefighting and EMS medal of honor established. There is hereby established a decoration of the Idaho law enforcement, firefighting and EMS medal of honor, referred to in this chapter as the "Idaho medal of honor," with accompanying ribbons and ap…

67-8802. Idaho law enforcement, firefighting and EMS medal of honor commission created — Membership — Establishment of qualifications for award. (1) There is hereby created in the office of the governor the Idaho law enforcement, firefighting and EMS medal of honor commission, he…

67-8803. When and by whom awarded. The Idaho medal of honor shall be awarded by the governor in a ceremony during the time that the legislature is in session or at such other time as the commission may decide. The governor may delegate the awarding of the medal to the lieutenant …

67-8804. Posthumous award. The Idaho medal of honor may be awarded posthumously by presentation to a representative of the deceased as may be deemed appropriate by the governor or the designees specified in section 67-8803, Idaho Code.

67-8805. Design and cost. The decoration of the Idaho medal of honor shall be cast in bronze or other metal. The design of the medal shall incorporate the great seal of the state of Idaho with other insignia as deemed appropriate by the commission. The reverse of the decoration s…

67-8806. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) "EMS" means emergency medical services. (2) "Emergency medical services provider" or "EMS provider" means an emergency medical technician, advanced emergency medical technician, or paramedic licensed by the Idaho military divisio…

67-8807. NOMINATIONS. (1) All nominations shall be: (a) In writing; (b) Submitted on the form provided by the commission; and (c) Postmarked and mailed, or hand-delivered, to the commission chairman at the address appearing on the nomination form on or before the date set forth o…

67-8808. QUALIFICATIONS. All nominees shall: (1) Be, or at the time of the incident must have been, a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or EMS provider performing or fulfilling responsibilities in an official capacity as a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or EMS provider…

67-8901. Short title. This act may be referred to and cited as the "Idaho Energy Resources Authority Act."

67-8902. Declaration of necessity and purpose. (1) It is hereby determined and declared that: (a) Industrial, irrigation, commercial and residential consumers in the state of Idaho receive electric service from various investor-owned, cooperative and municipal utilities and the a…

67-8903. Definitions. When used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) "Authority" means the Idaho energy resources authority created pursuant to section 67-8904, Idaho Code. (2) "Board" means the board of directors of the authority. (3) "Bond…

67-8904. Creation of idaho energy resources authority. There is hereby created and established an independent public body politic and corporate to be known as the "Idaho Energy Resources Authority." The authority is a public instrumentality of the state and its exercise of the po…

67-8905. Directors — Terms of office — Appointment — Filling vacancies and removal. (1) The powers of the authority shall be vested in a board of seven (7) directors to be appointed by the governor and confirmed by the senate. (2) In making appointments, the governor shall endeav…