House Bill 347 Summary

• Increases the waiting period for conducting a subsequent bond election in the same taxing district from two (2) months to eleven (11) months following a failed bond election.

• Applies the eleven-month restriction to bond elections of the same type or subject in Idaho Code Section 34-106, which governs election timing and dates.

• Applies the eleven-month restriction to bond elections in Idaho Code Section 63-1309, which covers defeated special taxing district and bond proposal elections.

• Maintains existing exceptions for school districts experiencing building destruction and for municipalities or water/sewer districts proposing water supply or sewerage system improvements deemed necessary by the Idaho state board of health and welfare.

• Makes technical corrections to language in both sections, including grammar changes (changing "or other proposal which" to "or other proposal that").