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ID H0440

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/24/2025

Primary Sponsor

State Affairs Committee

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Prohibits members of 20+ types of local government boards, commissions, and districts from receiving retirement benefits or health care benefits, including regional airport authorities, county fair boards, fire protection districts, hospital boards, library districts, and soil conservation districts

  • Grandfathers existing benefits: board members currently eligible for retirement or health care benefits may continue receiving them until their current term expires

  • Eliminates per diem compensation for several board types, including fair district directors (previously $35/day) and fire protection commissioners (previously up to $100/day with $2,500 annual cap), replacing with expense reimbursement only

  • Increases compensation caps for some boards: cemetery maintenance commissioners raised from $25 to $50 per meeting day and annual cap from $1,000 to $1,200

  • Amends PERSI (Public Employee Retirement System of Idaho) definitions to exclude elected/appointed officials who do not receive a salary and part-time board members who receive only honorariums or expense reimbursements from the "employee" definition

Legislative Description

Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding compensation and benefits of local boards.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Last Action

Reported Printed and Referred to Local Government

3/24/2025

Committee Referrals

Local Government3/24/2025

Full Bill Text

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