Appliance Repair in Boise City

[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 117 (Thursday, August 2, 2012)] [Senate] [Pages S5950-S5951] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ]

DISABILITIES CONVENTION

Mr. REID. Mr. President, the Disabilities Convention enjoys strong bipartisan support in the Senate, with Senators McCain, Durbin, Kerry, Barrasso, Coons, Tom Udall, Moran, and Harkin leading the charge to ratify the Convention. With their help, I hope we will be able to move this treaty forward in the future. Twenty-two years ago, Congress passed the Americans with Disabilities Act to lift the barriers Americans with disabilities faced in everyday life. And ever since the passage of that law, the United States has been a leader in expanding disability rights across the globe. We have led, other countries have followed, and persons with disabilities have found ever greater opportunities to succeed. Now we are presented with an opportunity to strengthen our leadership on disability rights around the world by joining the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. This convention is another step towards ensuring that all people with a disability, in any country, are treated with dignity and given the right to achieve to their full potential. Let me read part of a recent statement to the Foreign Relations Committee from one of my esteemed predecessors, former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, recipient of two Purple Hearts and a Bronze Star for heroic achievement, who was wounded fighting for our country in World War II.

U.S. ratification of the [Convention] will improve physical, technological and communication access outside the U.S., thereby helping to ensure that Americans--particularly, many thousands of disabled American veterans--have equal opportunities to live, work, and travel abroad. . . . An active U.S. presence in implementation of global disability rights will promote the market for devices such as wheelchairs, smart phones,

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and other new technologies engineered, made, and sold by U.S. corporations.

This convention will help U.S. citizens and veterans abroad, and U.S. businesses here at home. And it won't cost us anything. It won't require any changes to existing U.S. law and or new contributions to the United Nations. As we watch the Olympics this week and admire the incredible feats of all of the athletes, we are reminded of what each of us can achieve. Just look at Oscar Pistorius from South Africa--also known as the-- ``Blade Runner,'' who this Saturday will run the 400-meter sprint in the Olympics on carbon-fiber legs. Or watch Jessica Long, an American gold-medal bilateral amputee swimmer, participate in her third Paralympics Games at the age of 20. This convention will help make the path smoother for Olympians such as Oscar and Jessica. It has the support of veterans group and disability groups from around the Nation. It has the strong backing of a bipartisan group of Senators as well as leading Republicans such as President George H.W. Bush and Senator Dole. Just like passing the Americans with Disabilities Act, ratifying this Convention is, quite simply, the right thing to do.

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[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 117 (Thursday, August 2, 2012)] [House] [Page H5703] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ]

ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED

Karen L. Haas, Clerk of the House, reported and found truly enrolled bills of the House of the following titles, which were thereupon signed by the Speaker:

H.R. 1369. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1021 Pennsylvania Avenue in Hartshorne, Oklahoma, as the ``Warren Lindley Post Office''. H.R. 1560. An act to amend the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama and Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act to allow the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Tribe to determine blood quantum requirement for membership in that tribe. H.R. 1627. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to furnish hospital care and medical services to veterans who were stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, while the water was contaminated at Camp Lejeune, to improve the provision of housing assistance to veterans and their families, and for other purposes. H.R. 1905. An act to strengthen Iran sanctions laws for the purpose of compelling Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons and other threatening activities and for other purposes. H.R. 3276. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2810 East Hillsborough Avenue in Tampa, Florida, as the ``Reverend Abe Brown Post Office Building''. H.R. 3412. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1421 Veterans Memorial Drive in Abbeville, Louisiana, as the ``Sergeant Richard Franklin Abshire Post Office Building''. H.R. 3501. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 125 Kerr Avenue in Rome City, Indiana, as the ``SPC Nicholas Scott Hartge Post Office''. H.R. 3772. An act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 150 South Union Street in Canton, Mississippi, as the ``First Sergeant Landres Cheeks Post Office Building''. H.R. 5986 An act to amend the African Growth and Opportunity Act to extend the third-country fabric program and to add South Sudan to the list of countries eligible for designation under that Act, to make technical corrections to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States relating to the textile and apparel rules of origin for the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement, to approve the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003, and for other purposes.

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[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 100 (Friday, June 29, 2012)] [Extensions of Remarks] [Page E1199] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ]

IN HONOR OF MASTER SERGEANT JOSEPH J. DUFFY

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HON. DOUG LAMBORN

of colorado

in the house of representatives

Friday, June 29, 2012

Mr. LAMBORN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of Master Sergeant Joseph J. Duffy's induction to the Air Force Communications and Information Hall of Fame. His service to this country spanned over 42 years from 1955 to 1997. He started as a Crypto Operator and trained over 75 personnel in Crypto Operations. While stationed at Tan Son Nhut in Vietnam, he was responsible for the second largest COMSEC account. During his second tour in Vietnam, he was tasked with terminating all communications activities within 90 days; this was completed in less than 80 days. Due to this exemplary performance, he was assigned to RAF Bruggen, Germany as Site Commander; he was the only Tech Sergeant to achieve this distinction. His final Air Force assignment was at HQ SAC where he attained the rank of Master Sergeant and was the COMSEC Manager for 12 AF Special Security Offices. Thanks to his unique experience and skill set, MSgt. Duffy was appointed as the Foreign Service Communications Officer for the State Department. His first three assignments were high value hardship postings to Moscow, Beijing and Berlin. He followed that up with a tour in Sydney, Australia. His outstanding performance resulted in him being assigned to State Department HQ as the COMSEC Manager for over 70 overseas significant activities. MSgt. Duffy has earned numerous decorations including the Bronze Star, the Air Force Commendation Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, the Outstanding Unit Award with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters with the ``V'' device, the Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palms, and State Department Superior and Meritorious Honor Awards. MSGT Duffy's service to the nation has continued into his retirement. He has spent his retirement volunteering with the Warrior Games. The Warrior Games was created in 2010 as an introduction to Paralympics for injured service members and veterans and has since developed into a premier military program under the United States Olympic Committee. I applaud MSgt. Duffy for his tireless service to our country and I offer my sincere congratulations for his induction to the Air Force Communications and Information Hall of Fame.

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(1) On and after January 1, 2005, any person, firm, partnership, company, association or corporation entitled to receive a permit, shall make application to the board on a form provided by the board. The application shall require a description of the work proposed to be done, the location, ownership and use of the premises. (2)  Until fees are established by rule of the board, the following fees shall be paid: (a)  Residential single and duplex family dwelling, a fifty dollar ($50.00) base permit fee plus an inspection fee of: (i)   Thirty-five dollars ($35.00) for the first furnace, furnace-air conditioner combination, heat pump, air conditioner, evaporative cooler, unit heater, space heater, decorative gas-fired appliance, incinerator, boiler, pool heater, and similar fixtures or appliances, plus (ii)  Fifteen dollars ($15.00) for any additional furnace, furnace-air conditioner combination, heat pump, air conditioner, evaporative cooler, unit heater, space heater, decorative gas-fired appliance, incinerator, boiler, pool heater, and similar fixtures or appliances. Fee includes ducts, vents and flues attached thereto. (iii) Fifteen dollars ($15.00) for the first exhaust or ventilation duct such as dryer vents, range hood vents, cook stove vents, bath fan vents, and similar exhaust and ventilation ducts, plus (iv)  Five dollars ($5.00) for any additional exhaust and ventilation ducts. (v)   Fifteen dollars ($15.00) for the first fixture or appliance outlet of the fuel gas piping system, plus (vi)  Five dollars ($5.00) for any additional outlets of the fuel gas piping system. (b)  Multifamily, commercial, institutional, industrial and all other installations, a fifty dollar ($50.00) base permit fee for each building, plus an inspection fee based on the selling price of the completed installation including equipment, appliances, piping systems, materials, and labor of: (i)   Three percent (3%) of the value of the installation through twenty thousand dollars ($20,000), plus (ii)  Two percent (2%) of the value of installation in excess of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) through one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), plus (iii) One percent (1%) of the value of the installation in excess of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) through two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000), plus (iv)  One-half percent (1/2%) of the value of the installation in excess of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000). (c)  Plan check and technical service, a fifty dollar ($50.00) minimum fee plus fifty dollars ($50.00) per hour. (d)  Additional and reinspections, a fifty dollar ($50.00) minimum fee plus an additional fifty dollars ($50.00) per hour before approval of the installation if the following services are necessary: (i)   Trips to inspect when the permittee had given notice to the inspector that the work was ready for inspection when it was not, or if the permittee has not clearly given the location of the installation either by directions or maps, or if the inspector cannot gain access to make the inspection; (ii)  Trips to inspect corrections required by the inspector as a result of the permittee improperly responding to a corrective notice; (iii) Each trip necessary to remove a red tag from the job site; (iv)  When corrections have not been made in the prescribed time, unless an extension has been requested and granted. (3)  Expiration of permits. Every permit issued by the division of occupational and professional licenses or authority having jurisdiction shall expire by limitation and become null and void if the work authorized by such permit is not commenced within ninety (90) days from the date of issuance of such permit or if the work authorized by such permit is suspended or abandoned at any time after work is commenced for a period of one hundred eighty (180) days. A permit may be renewed for an additional year upon receiving approval from the division of occupational and professional licenses or authority having jurisdiction and a fifty-dollar ($50.00) renewal fee. (4)  No permit. Failure to acquire, post and send permit and to pay required fees in the prescribed time may result in the assessment of a double fee. Any additional offenses within a twelve (12) month period for failure to acquire, post and send permit and to pay required fees in the prescribed time shall result in the assessment of a triple fee.

There shall be four (4) classifications of competency in the business, trade, practice or work of heating, ventilation and air conditioning as follows: (1)  An apprentice shall be any person who, as his principal occupation, is engaged in learning and assisting in the installation, improvement, extension and alteration or repair of HVAC systems. An apprentice shall not perform HVAC work except under the supervision of an HVAC journeyman or HVAC contractor. This classification applies to a specialty apprentice as defined in section54-5003, Idaho Code. (2)  A journeyman shall be any person who, as his principal occupation, is engaged in the installation, improvement, extension and alteration or repair of HVAC systems and who is familiar with the provisions of this chapter and who works in the employ and under direction of an HVAC contractor and has successfully completed all trade required classes as directed by the board. This classification applies to a specialty journeyman as defined in section54-5003, Idaho Code. (3)  A heating, ventilation and air conditioning contractor shall be any business, trade, partnership, company, firm or association engaged in, but not limited to, the business, trade, practice or work of installing, maintaining or repairing heating, ventilation or air conditioning appliances, or gas-fired equipment that requires special venting or gas supply piping systems or subsystems in the state of Idaho. (4)  A heating, ventilation and air conditioning specialty contractor shall be any person who, as his principal occupation, is engaged in a specific aspect of the heating, ventilation and air conditioning trade that includes, but is not limited to, such aspects as gas piping, gas appliances and installation, or decorative gas-fired appliances. A certificate of competency issued for the installation of hearth and barbecue products shall include the authority for all low voltage work necessary to complete the installations.

As used in this chapter: (1)  "Heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC)" means and includes the business, trade, practice or work, materials and fixtures used in the design, construction, installation, improvement, extension and alteration of all piping, venting, ductwork, appliances and appurtenances in connection with any heating, ventilation or air conditioning system or subsystems of such. (2)  "Heating, ventilation and air conditioning apprentice" means any person who, as his principal occupation, is engaged in learning and assisting in installation, improvement, extension, alteration or repair of HVAC systems. An apprentice shall perform HVAC work under the supervision of an HVAC journeyman or HVAC contractor. (3)  "Heating, ventilation and air conditioning contractor" means any person who fabricates, installs, maintains, services and repairs warm air heating and water heating systems, heat pumps, complete with warm air appliances including, but not limited to, boilers, pool heaters, space heaters, decorative gas and solid fuel-burning appliances, and gas, propane, electric or oil-fired water heaters; ventilating systems complete with blowers and plenum chambers; air conditioning systems complete with air conditioning unit and the ducts, registers, flues, humidity and thermostatic controls of air, liquid or gas temperatures below fifty (50) degrees fahrenheit or ten (10) degrees celsius, and air filters in connection with any of these systems. (4)  "Heating, ventilation and air conditioning journeyman" means any person who, as his principal occupation, is engaged in the installation, improvement, extension, alteration or repair of HVAC systems and who is familiar with the provisions of this chapter and who works in the employ and under direction of an HVAC contractor. (5)  "Heating, ventilation and air conditioning specialty apprentice including specialty limited heating apprentice" means any person who, as his principal occupation, is engaged in learning and assisting in a specific aspect of installation, improvement, extension, alteration or repair of HVAC systems that includes, but is not limited to, such aspects as gas piping, gas appliances and installation, or decorative gas-fired appliances. A specialty apprentice shall perform HVAC work under the supervision of an HVAC journeyman, HVAC specialty journeyman, HVAC contractor or an HVAC specialty contractor. (6)  "Heating, ventilation and air conditioning specialty contractor including specialty limited heating contractor" means any person who, as his principal occupation, is engaged in a specific aspect of the heating, ventilation and air conditioning trade that includes, but is not limited to, such aspects as gas piping, gas appliances and installation, or decorative gas-fired appliances. (7)  "Heating, ventilation and air conditioning specialty journeyman including specialty limited heating journeyman" means any person who, as his principal occupation, is engaged in a specific aspect of installation, improvement, extension, alteration or repairing of HVAC systems that includes, but is not limited to, such aspects as gas piping, gas appliances and installation, or decorative gas-fired appliances. A specialty journeyman is familiar with the provisions of this chapter and works in the employ and under direction of an HVAC contractor or an HVAC specialty contractor. (8)  "Heating, ventilation and air conditioning system" means any heating, ventilation or air conditioning system in a residential, private, public or semipublic building or structure including, but not limited to, any mechanical means of heating or air conditioning and to gas piping, venting, ductwork and controls. (9)  "Local government" means any incorporated city or any county in the state. (10) "Specialty limited heating" as it applies to the definitions of "heating, ventilation and air conditioning specialty apprentice," "heating, ventilation and air conditioning specialty contractor" and "heating, ventilation and air conditioning specialty journeyman" means any person who installs, maintains, services and repairs LP gas-fired appliances, LP fuel gas piping and related exhaust venting. This definition of specialty limited heating shall exclude boilers, hydronic systems, ducted forced air systems, ventilating and air conditioning systems, systems with a BTU input rating over three hundred thousand (300,000), solid fuel and electric fueled systems. A "specialty limited heating journeyman" is required to meet the experience requirement and either the education or examination requirement set forth in this section to receive a certificate of competency. The education of a "specialty limited heating journeyman" shall include one hundred twenty (120) hours of instruction approved by the board for career technical education in LP gas specialty education. The experience requirement of a "specialty limited heating journeyman" shall be two (2) years’ experience working in the trade, in compliance with the requirements of the state in which the applicant received his supervision or as a registered HVAC apprentice or registered HVAC specialty apprentice making HVAC installation on the job under the supervision of a qualified HVAC journeyman or qualified HVAC specialty journeyman. The examination required in this section shall be developed by the board for career technical education and approved by the Idaho heating, ventilation and air conditioning board.

All pipes, fittings, valves, vents, fixtures, appliances and appurtenances shall be inspected by a designated, qualified and properly identified agent of the division of occupational and professional licenses to ensure compliance with provisions of this act. In order to make inspections uniform and complete, the board shall make, promulgate and publish such rules as are necessary to ensure that any plumbing system has been designed, constructed, installed, improved, extended or altered in accordance with the provisions of this act and in accordance with the rules made, promulgated and published by the Idaho plumbing board.

A permit shall not be required for the clearing of stoppages or repairing of leaks in pipes, valves, fixtures, appliances or appurtenances of any plumbing system when such work does not involve or require any functional rearrangement of pipes, valves or fixtures comprising the plumbing system.

(1) The purpose of this act is to provide certain standards and requirements for the use of and the design, construction, installation, improvement, extension and alteration of materials, piping, venting, fixtures, appliances and appurtenances in relation to plumbing and plumbing systems hereinafter defined and to provide that all plumbing and plumbing systems in the state shall be designed, constructed, installed, improved, extended and altered in substantial accord with the uniform plumbing code published by the international association of plumbing and mechanical officials and as it shall be amended, revised, compiled and published from time to time and as subsequent editions, amendments or revisions thereto shall be adopted by the Idaho plumbing board through the negotiated rulemaking process. Any amendments, revisions or modifications made to the uniform plumbing code by the board shall be made by administrative rules promulgated by the board. The uniform plumbing code together with any amendments, revisions or modifications made by the board shall collectively constitute and be named the Idaho state plumbing code. The board shall conduct a minimum of two (2) public hearings with notice of such public hearings provided in accordance with the provisions of section74-204, Idaho Code. (2)  Cities or counties electing to implement a plumbing code enforcement program shall do so only in compliance with the provisions of this section. Cities or counties may elect to implement a plumbing enforcement program by passing an ordinance evidencing the intent to do so. Cities or counties that perform plumbing code enforcement activities shall, except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, by ordinance adopt the uniform plumbing code together with any amendments thereto made by the board, which shall collectively constitute and be named the Idaho state plumbing code. The effective date of any edition of the code adopted by the board shall be January 1 of the year following its adoption. (3)  Cities or counties may further amend the Idaho state plumbing code adopted by the board in conformance with this section to address local concerns as long as such amendments prescribe at least an equivalent level of protection to that contained in the uniform plumbing code. Provided however, that no code other than the uniform plumbing code together with any amendments, revisions or modifications made by the board that collectively constitute the Idaho state plumbing code may serve as the standard for plumbing installations in such city or county. A city or county electing to amend the Idaho state plumbing code as adopted by the board may do so only after a finding by the city or county that good cause exists for such an amendment and that such amendment is reasonably necessary. Prior to making a finding of good cause for such an amendment, the city or county shall conduct a public hearing. Notice of the time and place of the public hearing shall be published in the official newspaper or paper of general circulation within the city or county. Written notice of such public hearing and the text of the proposed amendment shall be given by the city or county to the board not less than thirty (30) days prior to such hearing. (4)  The remaining provisions of this act shall not apply, except as hereinafter provided, to cities or counties if such cities or counties enact ordinances or codes prescribing the Idaho state plumbing code and amendments it may make thereto in accordance with this section for all plumbing installations which shall be considered the equal standards and requirements including the enforcement thereof as provided by this act. (5)  A city or county that enforces plumbing codes shall do so only in compliance with the provisions of this section and the Idaho state plumbing code. A city or county that performs plumbing code enforcement activities pursuant to this section may perform plumbing code enforcement activities for other cities or counties. The provisions of the Idaho state plumbing code shall be used as the standard for plumbing code enforcement activities pursuant to this section. (6)  A city or county that has not previously instituted and implemented a plumbing code enforcement program prior to the effective date of this act may elect to implement such a program by passing an ordinance evidencing the intent to do so. A city or county may contract with a public or private entity to administer its plumbing code enforcement program pursuant to the provisions of this section. (7)  A city or county that chooses to conduct its own plumbing code enforcement inspections or to receive such inspections from another city or county shall provide the division of occupational and professional licenses notice of such decision in writing at least thirty (30) days prior to implementation. (8)  A city or county that terminates a permitting and inspection program established pursuant to this section shall notify the division of occupational and professional licenses in writing of its intent to terminate such program. Upon termination of a city or county permitting and inspection program, the division of occupational and professional licenses shall provide plumbing code enforcement services in the jurisdiction for a minimum of one (1) year.

33-2728 – Idaho State Legislature Senate Senate Leadership Senate Membership Senate Reading Calendars Senate Standing Committees Senate/Joint Rules Senate Staff Senate Page Program Session Job Opportunities Legislative Housing House House Leadership House Membership House Reading Calendars House Standing Committees House/Joint Rules House Staff House Page Program Session Job Opportunities Legislative Housing Committees Senate Standing Committees House Standing Committees Joint Standing Committees Legislative Compensation Legislative Council Testiying Before Legislative Committees Legislators Senate Membership House Membership Who’s My Legislator? Contacting Legislators Laws/Rules Idaho Statutes Idaho Constitution Idaho Session Laws Administrative Rules Senate Rules House Rules Joint Senate and House Rules Legislative Sessions Live Audio/Video Streaming Home Idaho Laws & Rules Idaho Statutes Title 33 Chapter 27 Section 33-2728 Print Friendly Idaho Statutes Idaho Statutes are updated to the website July 1 following the legislative session. pecnv.out TITLE 33 EDUCATION CHAPTER 27 PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICTS 33-2728. Bond election. (1) The purposes for which bonds may be issued shall be: To acquire, purchase, or improve a library site or sites; to build a library or libraries, or other building or buildings; to demolish or remove buildings; to add to, remodel or repair any existing building; to furnish and equip any building or buildings, including all facilities and appliances necessary to maintain and operate the buildings of the library; and to purchase motor vehicles for use as bookmobiles. The library district may issue bonds in an amount not to exceed one percent (1%) of the market value for assessment purposes of property within the district, less any aggregate outstanding indebtedness. The board of trustees of any library district, upon approval of a majority thereof, may call a bond election on the question as to whether the board shall be empowered to issue bonds of the district in an amount and for a period of time to be stated in the notice of election. The notice of bond elections, the qualification of bond electors, the conduct of the election, and the canvass of election and determination of the result of election shall be in accordance with chapter 14, title 34 , Idaho Code, and with the general election laws of the state of Idaho. Provided however, that any such election conducted pursuant to this section shall be held on election day in the month of May or November as provided for in section 34-106 (1), Idaho Code. The majority required to pass a bond issue shall be two-thirds (2/3) of those voting in the election. The issuance of bonds, the expenditure of bond proceeds and the repayment of the bonds shall all be as specified in school district law. (2) District library bond funds may not be used to purchase or expand a building for a contracting agency providing library services unless the district library gains an ownership share in the building proportional to the percentage of district bond funds used to purchase or expand the building. History: [(33-2728) I.C., sec. 33-2723, as added by 1965, ch. 255, sec. 5, p. 648; am. 1980, ch. 350, sec. 16, p. 903; am. and redesignated 1989, ch. 132, sec. 24, p. 298; am. 1993, ch. 303, sec. 4, p. 1125; am. 2002, ch. 155, sec. 2, p. 451; am. 2009, ch. 132, sec. 1, p. 413.] How current is this law?

33-2724 – Idaho State Legislature Senate Senate Leadership Senate Membership Senate Reading Calendars Senate Standing Committees Senate/Joint Rules Senate Staff Senate Page Program Session Job Opportunities Legislative Housing House House Leadership House Membership House Reading Calendars House Standing Committees House/Joint Rules House Staff House Page Program Session Job Opportunities Legislative Housing Committees Senate Standing Committees House Standing Committees Joint Standing Committees Legislative Compensation Legislative Council Testiying Before Legislative Committees Legislators Senate Membership House Membership Who’s My Legislator? Contacting Legislators Laws/Rules Idaho Statutes Idaho Constitution Idaho Session Laws Administrative Rules Senate Rules House Rules Joint Senate and House Rules Legislative Sessions Live Audio/Video Streaming Home Idaho Laws & Rules Idaho Statutes Title 33 Chapter 27 Section 33-2724 Print Friendly Idaho Statutes Idaho Statutes are updated to the website July 1 following the legislative session. pecnv.out TITLE 33 EDUCATION CHAPTER 27 PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICTS 33-2724. Taxes for the support of library district — Tax Anticipation loans — Carry over authority — Capital assets replacement and repair fund. (1) Any tax levied for library district purposes shall be a lien upon the property against which the tax is levied. The board of trustees shall determine and levy a tax upon each dollar of assessed valuation of property within the district for the ensuing fiscal year as shall be required to satisfy all maturing bond, bond interest, and judgment obligations. For the maintenance and operation of the library district, the board of trustees may also levy upon the taxable property within the district a tax not to exceed six hundredths percent (.06%) of market value for assessment purposes. These levies shall be certified to the board of county commissioners of each county in which the district may lie, not later than the second Monday in September of each year. (2) In the first year after establishment, the board of a district may, for the purpose of organization and to finance general preliminary expenses of the district and before making a tax levy, incur an indebtedness not exceeding in the aggregate a sum equal to six hundredths percent (.06%) on each one dollar ($1.00) of market value for assessment purposes of all taxable property within the district. To repay the organization indebtedness incurred, the board shall have authority to levy and collect an additional tax not to exceed two hundredths percent (.02%) per annum on each one dollar ($1.00) of market value for assessment purposes of all taxable property within the district. This additional levy shall not be used for any purpose other than repayment of the organizational indebtedness and interest thereon. This additional levy may be imposed for three (3) years. (3) Library districts may accumulate fund balances at the end of a fiscal year and carry over these fund balances into the ensuing fiscal year, sufficient to achieve or maintain library district operations on a cash basis. A fund balance is the excess of the assets of a fund over its liabilities and reserves. (4) The board of trustees of a library district may establish a capital assets replacement and repair fund within the library district budget for which district moneys may be budgeted and carried over from year to year. Disbursements from the fund may be made as the board may determine to maintain, repair, or replace the capital assets of the district to remodel or repair any existing library building; to furnish and equip any existing library building; and to purchase or replace major appliances and vehicles necessary to maintain and operate the services of the district. Moneys from the capital assets replacement and repair fund may not be used for the purchase of land or to build new library facilities or to build additions to current library facilities. Moneys in the fund may be invested in the manner provided in section 57-127 , Idaho Code. In any year in which there is a capital assets replacement and repair fund in a library district, the amount held in the fund shall be reported in the library district’s budget hearing announcement, along with a list of capital items which may eventually be replaced or repaired with moneys from the fund. The fund shall be included in the annual report filed with the board of library commissioners and in the audit required in section 33-2726 , Idaho Code. History: [(33-2724) 33-2714, added 1963, ch. 188, sec. 14, p. 568; am. 1965, ch. 255, sec. 6, p. 648; am. 1974, ch. 141, sec. 1, p. 1355; am. and redesignated 1989, ch. 132, sec. 19, p. 296; am. 1990, ch. 378, sec. 10, p. 1052; am. 1995, ch. 119, sec. 11, p. 519; am. 1996, ch. 71, sec. 26, p. 232; am. 2002, ch. 155, sec. 1, p. 450; am. 2006, ch. 235, sec. 28, p. 716.] How current is this law?

33-2720 – Idaho State Legislature Senate Senate Leadership Senate Membership Senate Reading Calendars Senate Standing Committees Senate/Joint Rules Senate Staff Senate Page Program Session Job Opportunities Legislative Housing House House Leadership House Membership House Reading Calendars House Standing Committees House/Joint Rules House Staff House Page Program Session Job Opportunities Legislative Housing Committees Senate Standing Committees House Standing Committees Joint Standing Committees Legislative Compensation Legislative Council Testiying Before Legislative Committees Legislators Senate Membership House Membership Who’s My Legislator? Contacting Legislators Laws/Rules Idaho Statutes Idaho Constitution Idaho Session Laws Administrative Rules Senate Rules House Rules Joint Senate and House Rules Legislative Sessions Live Audio/Video Streaming Home Idaho Laws & Rules Idaho Statutes Title 33 Chapter 27 Section 33-2720 Print Friendly Idaho Statutes Idaho Statutes are updated to the website July 1 following the legislative session. pecnv.out TITLE 33 EDUCATION CHAPTER 27 PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICTS 33-2720. Powers and duties of the board of trustees. (1) The board of trustees of each library district shall have the following powers and duties consistent with the laws of the state of Idaho: (a) To establish bylaws for its own government; (b) To establish policies for the administration, operation and use of the library or libraries under its control; (c) To employ and evaluate a library director or library director team to administer the library; (d) To create job descriptions, personnel policies, and compensation packages for library personnel; (e) To establish an annual budget and to oversee the financial management of the library district; (f) To establish and locate libraries, branch libraries or stations to serve the district and to provide suitable rooms, structures, facilities, furniture, apparatus and appliances necessary for the conduct thereof; (g) To acquire by purchase, devise, lease, or otherwise, and to own and hold real and personal property and to construct buildings for the use and purposes of the library district, and to sell, exchange or otherwise dispose of property real or personal, when no longer required by the district, and to insure the real and personal property of the district; (h) To accept gifts of real or personal property for the use and purposes of the library district; (i) To establish policies for the purchase and distribution of library materials; (j) To issue warrants, if used, in the manner specified for the issuance of warrants by school districts; (k) To invest any funds of the district in accordance with the public depository law and other applicable state and federal laws; (l) To pay actual and necessary expenses of members of the library staff when on business of the district; (m) To see to the proper conduct of library district elections; (n) To maintain legal records of all board business; (o) To exercise other powers, not inconsistent with law, necessary for the effective use and management of the library. (2) Individual trustees shall have no authority to make decisions about the policies of the library except as specifically authorized by the board. (3) It shall be the duty of each trustee to attend all board meetings and committee meetings for committees to which he or she has been assigned. History: [(33-2720) 1963, ch. 188, sec. 12, p. 568; am. 1965, ch. 255, sec. 3, p. 648; am. and redesignated 1989, ch. 132, sec. 15, p. 295; am. 1996, ch. 71, sec. 23, p. 231; am. 2002, ch. 312, sec. 6, p. 889.] How current is this law?

33-2607 – Idaho State Legislature Senate Senate Leadership Senate Membership Senate Reading Calendars Senate Standing Committees Senate/Joint Rules Senate Staff Senate Page Program Session Job Opportunities Legislative Housing House House Leadership House Membership House Reading Calendars House Standing Committees House/Joint Rules House Staff House Page Program Session Job Opportunities Legislative Housing Committees Senate Standing Committees House Standing Committees Joint Standing Committees Legislative Compensation Legislative Council Testiying Before Legislative Committees Legislators Senate Membership House Membership Who’s My Legislator? Contacting Legislators Laws/Rules Idaho Statutes Idaho Constitution Idaho Session Laws Administrative Rules Senate Rules House Rules Joint Senate and House Rules Legislative Sessions Live Audio/Video Streaming Home Idaho Laws & Rules Idaho Statutes Title 33 Chapter 26 Section 33-2607 Print Friendly Idaho Statutes Idaho Statutes are updated to the website July 1 following the legislative session. pecnv.out TITLE 33 EDUCATION CHAPTER 26 PUBLIC LIBRARIES 33-2607. Powers and duties of trustees. In addition to the powers elsewhere contained in this chapter and notwithstanding the provisions of title 50 , Idaho Code, the board of trustees of each city library shall have the following powers and duties: (1) To establish bylaws for its own governance; (2) To establish policies and rules of use for the governance of the library or libraries under its control; to exclude from the use of the library any and all persons who violate such rules; (3) To establish, locate, maintain and have custody of libraries to serve the city, and to provide suitable rooms, structures, facilities, furniture, apparatus and appliances necessary for library service; (4) With the approval of the city: (a) To acquire real property by purchase, gift, devise, lease or otherwise; (b) To own and hold real and personal property and to construct buildings for the use and purposes of the library; (c) To sell, exchange or otherwise dispose of real or personal property when no longer required by the library; and (d) To insure the real and personal property of the library; (5) To prepare and adopt a budget for review and approval by the city council; (6) To control the expenditures of money budgeted for the library; (7) To accept or decline gifts of money or personal property, in accordance with library policy, and under such terms as may be a condition of the gift; (8) To hire, supervise and evaluate the library director; (9) To establish policies for the purchase and distribution of library materials; (10) To attend all meetings of the board of trustees; (11) To maintain legal records of all board business; (12) To exercise such other powers, not inconsistent with law, necessary for the orderly and efficient management of the library. History: [33-2607, added 1993, ch. 186, sec. 8, p. 470.] How current is this law?

33-1102 – Idaho State Legislature Senate Senate Leadership Senate Membership Senate Reading Calendars Senate Standing Committees Senate/Joint Rules Senate Staff Senate Page Program Session Job Opportunities Legislative Housing House House Leadership House Membership House Reading Calendars House Standing Committees House/Joint Rules House Staff House Page Program Session Job Opportunities Legislative Housing Committees Senate Standing Committees House Standing Committees Joint Standing Committees Legislative Compensation Legislative Council Testiying Before Legislative Committees Legislators Senate Membership House Membership Who’s My Legislator? Contacting Legislators Laws/Rules Idaho Statutes Idaho Constitution Idaho Session Laws Administrative Rules Senate Rules House Rules Joint Senate and House Rules Legislative Sessions Live Audio/Video Streaming Home Idaho Laws & Rules Idaho Statutes Title 33 Chapter 11 Section 33-1102 Print Friendly Idaho Statutes Idaho Statutes are updated to the website July 1 following the legislative session. pecnv.out TITLE 33 EDUCATION CHAPTER 11 SCHOOL BONDS 33-1102. Purposes for which bonds may be issued. The purposes for which bonds may be issued shall be: To acquire, purchase or improve a school site or school sites; to build a schoolhouse or schoolhouses or other building or buildings; to demolish or remove school buildings; to add to, remodel or repair any existing building; to furnish and equip any building or buildings, including all lighting, heating, ventilation and sanitation facilities and appliances necessary to maintain and operate the buildings of the district; to purchase school buses and to acquire, develop or renovate school facilities to establish, create and develop renewable energy systems as described in section 33-604 , Idaho Code. History: [33-1102, added 1963, ch. 13, sec. 99, p. 27; am. 2010, ch. 220, sec. 3, p. 493; am. 2024, ch. 237, sec. 34, p. 847.] How current is this law?

33-112 – Idaho State Legislature Senate Senate Leadership Senate Membership Senate Reading Calendars Senate Standing Committees Senate/Joint Rules Senate Staff Senate Page Program Session Job Opportunities Legislative Housing House House Leadership House Membership House Reading Calendars House Standing Committees House/Joint Rules House Staff House Page Program Session Job Opportunities Legislative Housing Committees Senate Standing Committees House Standing Committees Joint Standing Committees Legislative Compensation Legislative Council Testiying Before Legislative Committees Legislators Senate Membership House Membership Who’s My Legislator? Contacting Legislators Laws/Rules Idaho Statutes Idaho Constitution Idaho Session Laws Administrative Rules Senate Rules House Rules Joint Senate and House Rules Legislative Sessions Live Audio/Video Streaming Home Idaho Laws & Rules Idaho Statutes Title 33 Chapter 1 Section 33-112 Print Friendly Idaho Statutes Idaho Statutes are updated to the website July 1 following the legislative session. pecnv.out TITLE 33 EDUCATION CHAPTER 1 STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION 33-112. Plans and specifications — Equipment, appliances and supplies. The state board shall authorize and approve all plans and specifications for the construction or alteration of buildings at the state educational institutions under its government and control; and shall direct and control the purchase of equipment, fixtures and supplies therefor. History: [33-112, added 1963, ch. 13, sec. 12, p. 27.] How current is this law?

31-804 – Idaho State Legislature Senate Senate Leadership Senate Membership Senate Reading Calendars Senate Standing Committees Senate/Joint Rules Senate Staff Senate Page Program Session Job Opportunities Legislative Housing House House Leadership House Membership House Reading Calendars House Standing Committees House/Joint Rules House Staff House Page Program Session Job Opportunities Legislative Housing Committees Senate Standing Committees House Standing Committees Joint Standing Committees Legislative Compensation Legislative Council Testiying Before Legislative Committees Legislators Senate Membership House Membership Who’s My Legislator? Contacting Legislators Laws/Rules Idaho Statutes Idaho Constitution Idaho Session Laws Administrative Rules Senate Rules House Rules Joint Senate and House Rules Legislative Sessions Live Audio/Video Streaming Home Idaho Laws & Rules Idaho Statutes Title 31 Chapter 8 Section 31-804 Print Friendly Idaho Statutes Idaho Statutes are updated to the website July 1 following the legislative session. pecnv.out TITLE 31 COUNTIES AND COUNTY LAW CHAPTER 8 POWERS AND DUTIES OF BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS 31-804. Supervision of elections. (1) The board of county commissioners must establish, abolish and change election precincts and canvass all election returns. (2) The board must provide all poll lists, poll books, blank returns and certificates, proclamations of election and other appropriate and necessary appliances for holding all elections in the county, and allow reasonable charges therefor, and for the transmission and return of the same to the proper officers. History: [(31-804) R.S., sec. 1759; R.C., sec. 1917c, as added by 1913, ch. 143, sec. 2, p. 507; reen. C.L., sec. 1917c; C.S., sec. 3418; I.C.A., sec. 30-704; am. 1982, ch. 77, sec. 1, p. 145; (sec. 31-843 combined in sec. 31-804, 1989, ch. 73; 1885, p. 106, sec. 12; R.S., sec. 1763; am. R.C., sec. 1918; reen. C.L., sec. 1918n; C.S., sec. 3450; I.C.A., sec. 30-741); am. and redesig. 1989, ch. 73, sec. 4, p. 118.] How current is this law?

29-114 – Idaho State Legislature Senate Senate Leadership Senate Membership Senate Reading Calendars Senate Standing Committees Senate/Joint Rules Senate Staff Senate Page Program Session Job Opportunities Legislative Housing House House Leadership House Membership House Reading Calendars House Standing Committees House/Joint Rules House Staff House Page Program Session Job Opportunities Legislative Housing Committees Senate Standing Committees House Standing Committees Joint Standing Committees Legislative Compensation Legislative Council Testiying Before Legislative Committees Legislators Senate Membership House Membership Who’s My Legislator? Contacting Legislators Laws/Rules Idaho Statutes Idaho Constitution Idaho Session Laws Administrative Rules Senate Rules House Rules Joint Senate and House Rules Legislative Sessions Live Audio/Video Streaming Home Idaho Laws & Rules Idaho Statutes Title 29 Chapter 1 Section 29-114 Print Friendly Idaho Statutes Idaho Statutes are updated to the website July 1 following the legislative session. pecnv.out TITLE 29 CONTRACTS CHAPTER 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO CONTRACTS 29-114. Indemnification of promisee for negligence — Effect on existing agreements. A covenant, promise, agreement or understanding in, or in connection with or collateral to, a contract or agreement relative to the construction, alteration, repair or maintenance of a building, structure, highway, appurtenance and appliance, including moving, demolition and excavating connected therewith, purporting to indemnify the promisee against liability for damages arising out of bodily injury to persons or damage to property caused by or resulting from the sole negligence of the promisee, his agents or employees, or indemnitees, is against public policy and is void and unenforceable. This act will not be construed to affect or impair the obligations of contracts or agreements, which are in existence at the time the act becomes effective. History: [29-114, added 1971, ch. 46, sec. 1, p. 100.] How current is this law?

22-2505 – Idaho State Legislature Senate Senate Leadership Senate Membership Senate Reading Calendars Senate Standing Committees Senate/Joint Rules Senate Staff Senate Page Program Session Job Opportunities Legislative Housing House House Leadership House Membership House Reading Calendars House Standing Committees House/Joint Rules House Staff House Page Program Session Job Opportunities Legislative Housing Committees Senate Standing Committees House Standing Committees Joint Standing Committees Legislative Compensation Legislative Council Testiying Before Legislative Committees Legislators Senate Membership House Membership Who’s My Legislator? Contacting Legislators Laws/Rules Idaho Statutes Idaho Constitution Idaho Session Laws Administrative Rules Senate Rules House Rules Joint Senate and House Rules Legislative Sessions Live Audio/Video Streaming Home Idaho Laws & Rules Idaho Statutes Title 22 Chapter 25 Section 22-2505 Print Friendly Idaho Statutes Idaho Statutes are updated to the website July 1 following the legislative session. pecnv.out TITLE 22 AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE CHAPTER 25 BEE INSPECTION 22-2505. Duty of owner of diseased bees — Penalty. Any owner or keeper of bees, knowing or being notified by the director of the existence of a bee disease in his apiary, who fails either to comply with the instructions of the director, designed to cure said disease, or to destroy the infected bees, hives or appliances, within the time designated by the director, is guilty of a misdemeanor. History: [(22-2505) 22-2523, added 1963, ch. 305, sec. 7, p. 795; am. 1987, ch. 96, sec. 8, p. 190; am. and redesig. 2006, ch. 86, sec. 6, p. 253.] How current is this law?

22-2016 – Idaho State Legislature Senate Senate Leadership Senate Membership Senate Reading Calendars Senate Standing Committees Senate/Joint Rules Senate Staff Senate Page Program Session Job Opportunities Legislative Housing House House Leadership House Membership House Reading Calendars House Standing Committees House/Joint Rules House Staff House Page Program Session Job Opportunities Legislative Housing Committees Senate Standing Committees House Standing Committees Joint Standing Committees Legislative Compensation Legislative Council Testiying Before Legislative Committees Legislators Senate Membership House Membership Who’s My Legislator? Contacting Legislators Laws/Rules Idaho Statutes Idaho Constitution Idaho Session Laws Administrative Rules Senate Rules House Rules Joint Senate and House Rules Legislative Sessions Live Audio/Video Streaming Home Idaho Laws & Rules Idaho Statutes Title 22 Chapter 20 Section 22-2016 Print Friendly Idaho Statutes Idaho Statutes are updated to the website July 1 following the legislative session. pecnv.out TITLE 22 AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE CHAPTER 20 IDAHO PLANT PEST ACT OF 2002 22-2016. Prohibited activity — Permits — Export certification and compliance agreements — Nonindigenous plant pest species. (1) The shipment, introduction into or release within this state of any plant pest, biocontrol agent, or genetically engineered plant or plant pest, or any other organism which may directly or indirectly affect the plant life of this state as an injurious pest, parasite or predator of other organisms, or any arthropod, is prohibited, except under permit issued by the department, or as exempted by rule. (2) Permits: (a) Permits for shipment of plant pests. No person may sell, offer for sale, move, convey, transport, deliver, ship or offer for shipment, any plant pest or biological control agent, without an application and permit to move live plant pests and noxious weeds, PPQ Form 526, supplements thereto, published by the U.S. department of agriculture, animal and plant health inspection service, plant protection and quarantine, or any publication revising or superseding the aforementioned, or its state equivalent. Permits may be issued only after the director determines that the proposed shipment or use will not create a hazard to the agricultural, forest or horticultural interests of this state or to the state’s general environmental quality. The permit shall be affixed conspicuously and on the exterior of each shipping container, box, package, appliance, or accompany each shipping container, box, package or appliance, as the director requires. (b) Biotechnology permits. The director may enter into cooperative agreements with the U.S. department of agriculture to provide oversight and regulation of genetically engineered plants or any organism that may be a plant pest. This includes reviewing U.S. department of agriculture biotechnology notifications and permits, inspection of facilities conducting agricultural biotechnology and field release sites. (c) Interstate origin inspection and preclearance permits (compliance agreements). The director may issue permits for interstate origin and preclearance of quarantine articles based on pest risk mitigation tactics or strategies that can be enforced at the point of origin of the shipment. Interstate origin inspection programs can be developed to achieve compliance with quarantine restrictions, regulated nonquarantine pest restrictions and product quality standards. (3) Export certification and compliance agreements. The director has the authority to enter into compliance agreements for the purpose of certifying articles as pest free for export certification. (4) A nonindigenous plant pest species known or not known to occur in the state of Idaho may not be granted entry into the state unless issued a written permit by the director. Permits shall contain such conditions and measures as the director may see fit to prevent the species from becoming established or further established within the state. History: [22-2016, added 2002, ch. 89, sec. 2, p. 221.] How current is this law?

22-2005 – Idaho State Legislature Senate Senate Leadership Senate Membership Senate Reading Calendars Senate Standing Committees Senate/Joint Rules Senate Staff Senate Page Program Session Job Opportunities Legislative Housing House House Leadership House Membership House Reading Calendars House Standing Committees House/Joint Rules House Staff House Page Program Session Job Opportunities Legislative Housing Committees Senate Standing Committees House Standing Committees Joint Standing Committees Legislative Compensation Legislative Council Testiying Before Legislative Committees Legislators Senate Membership House Membership Who’s My Legislator? Contacting Legislators Laws/Rules Idaho Statutes Idaho Constitution Idaho Session Laws Administrative Rules Senate Rules House Rules Joint Senate and House Rules Legislative Sessions Live Audio/Video Streaming Home Idaho Laws & Rules Idaho Statutes Title 22 Chapter 20 Section 22-2005 Print Friendly Idaho Statutes Idaho Statutes are updated to the website July 1 following the legislative session. pecnv.out TITLE 22 AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE CHAPTER 20 IDAHO PLANT PEST ACT OF 2002 22-2005. Definitions. When used in this chapter: (1) "Acceptable level" means the probable level of harm that is so low that the imposition of phytosanitary requirements is not required; or the probable level of harm that the trade partners agree to achieve through or by the imposition of pest risk mitigation measures or strategies and accept for continued trade when confirmed by phytosanitary certification of specified host commodities. (2) "Agent" means any person who on behalf of any other person receives on consignment, contracts for, or solicits for sale on commission, any plant product from a producer of such product, or who negotiates the consignment or purchase of any plant product on behalf of any other person. (3) "Agricultural commodities" means plant products including any horticultural product. (4) "Agriculture" means the production of plants. (5) "Appliance" means any box, tray, container, ladder, tent vehicle, implement or other article which is, or may be, used in connection with the growing, harvesting, handling or transportation of any agricultural commodity. (6) "Area" means any political division or subdivision or any officially defined area including adjacent parts of contiguous political divisions or subdivisions. Political divisions include nations and states or provinces within nations and states. Political subdivisions include counties, parishes and cities or municipalities. Officially defined areas also may include any other clearly defined and identifiable area including a specific property or facility. (7) "Certificate" means a document authorized or prepared by a duly authorized federal or state regulatory official that affirms, declares or verifies that an article, nursery stock, plant product, shipment or any other officially regulated article meets phytosanitary, quarantine, nursery inspection, pest freedom, plant registration or certification, or other set of legal requirements. Such documents are known by their purpose of issuance: phytosanitary certificate, for the purpose of verifying compliance with phytosanitary or quarantine requirements; nursery stock certificate, for the purpose of verifying compliance with nursery inspection and pest freedom standards; registration or certification tags and seals, for the purpose of verifying compliance with registration or certification requirements. (8) "Certification" means the official act of affirming, declaring or verifying compliance with phytosanitary, quarantine, nursery inspection, pest freedom, plant registration or any other set of legal requirements. (9) "Compliance agreement" means any written agreement between a person and a duly authorized regulatory agency to achieve compliance with any set of requirements being enforced by the agency. (10) "Control" means abatement, suppression, containment or eradication of a pest population. (11) "Control order" means a written directive from the director requiring the control of a pest. (12) "Conveyance" means a method of transportation. (13) "Crop management area" means that area in which certain specified crop management practices are required. (14) "Crop seed" means the seed or seedlike fruit of grain, beans, flax, beets, onions or any other crop whether or not it is intended for planting purposes. (15) "Department" means the Idaho state department of agriculture. (16) "Director" means the director of the Idaho state department of agriculture or his duly authorized representative. (17) "Economic impacts" means significant damage or harm in terms of well documented: (a) Plant or crop destruction or injury; (b) Increased cultural or pest control costs; (c) Disruption of existing pest control strategies such as biological control, integrated pest management, sustainable agriculture or forestry, and cropping patterns or loss of a high value crop without replacement by an equally valuable and marketable crop; (d) Social adversities such as interference with home or urban gardening, human health, worker safety, food safety or jobs; or (e) Environmental quality including added pesticide use, scenic and watershed damage, destruction of ecosystems and food chain interference. (18) "Economically unacceptable impact" means that level of adverse economic impact which is identified and defined for plants for planting by a duly authorized federal or state plant protection organization. (19) "Endangered area" means continent, region, country, state, county, province, municipality or any other delineated political or otherwise lawfully constituted geographic area which has been officially identified for protection from injurious pests not already present. (20) "Eradication" means elimination of a pest based on absence determined by a negative, mutually agreed upon verification survey for the target pest. (21) "Farm product" includes, but is not limited to, every agricultural, horticultural, viticultural, apicultural, floricultural and vegetable product, including honey bees. (22) "Free from" means that either a valid detection survey has been performed or there is no published record showing that a specific pest is present; or that the article, nursery stock, plant, plant product or any other regulated article has been visually inspected or tested in accordance with specified requirements and that no live life stage of the regulated pest(s) was found. (23) "Grain" means any crop seed intended for human or animal consumption. (24) "Hold order or stop sale" means any written directive issued by the director to a person who owns or controls any appliance, article, nursery stock, plant, plant product or any other article that has been determined to be, or likely to be, infested with regulated pest(s) or otherwise not in compliance with this chapter or rules promulgated hereunder, prohibiting movement from one location to another, except as otherwise prescribed in the directive. (25) "Host" means any appliance, article, commodity, nursery stock, plant, plant product or any other item which may or may not be capable of transporting a pest from one place to another. (26) "Infected" means a plant that has been determined by the department to be contaminated with an infectious, transmissible, or contagious plant pest, or so exposed to the aforementioned that contamination can reasonably be expected to exist. This includes disease conditions, regardless of their mode of transmission, or any disorder of plants which manifest symptoms which, after investigation, are determined by a federal or state plant protection organization to be characteristic of an infectious, transmissible or contagious disease. (27) "Infested" means a plant that has been determined by the department to be contaminated by a plant pest, or so exposed to the aforementioned that contamination can reasonably be expected to exist. (28) "Investigator" means any person duly authorized by the director to perform any required regulatory activity. (29) "Limited distribution" means a pest known to occur in the state, but with a limited distribution to a single small geographic area or a few small geographic areas which are widely separated within the state. (30) "Management area" means that area in which certain specified crop management practices are required. (31) "Mark" means, for purposes of identification or separation, the department may affix a conspicuous official indicator to, on, around or near, plants or plant material known, or suspected to be, infected or infested with a plant pest. This includes, but is not limited to: paint, markers, tags, seals, stickers, tape, signs or placards. (32) "Move" means to ship, offer for shipment, receive for transport, carry or, in any manner whatsoever, relocate a regulated article from one place to another. (33) "Nursery stock" means all plants or any part thereof, such as aquatic or herbaceous plants, bulbs, sod, buds, corms, culms, roots, scions, grafts, cuttings, fruit pits, seeds of fruits, forest and ornamental trees and shrubs, berry plants, and all trees, shrubs, vines, and plants collected in the wild that are grown or kept for propagation or sale. The term does not include field and forage crops, seeds of grasses, cereal grains, vegetable crops and flower crops, bulbs and tubers of vegetable crops, vegetable crops, vegetables or fruit used for food or feed, cut trees or cut flowers unless stems or other portions thereof are intended for propagation. (34) "Official" means authorized, implemented and directed, or performed by a government plant protection organization. (35) "Officially controlled" means the conduct, by an official government plant protection organization, of eradication or intensive suppression activity including various treatments, quarantine and other measures with the goal of eliminating an isolated infestation or prevention of further spread within the endangered area. It does not include private general agricultural, urban forestry or home garden pest control measures conducted by persons against pests permanently established in an endangered area. (36) "Owner" means the person, with the legal right of possession, proprietorship of, or responsibility for the property or place where any of the regulated articles as defined in this chapter are to be found, or the person who is in possession of, in proprietorship of, or has responsibility for the regulated articles. (37) "Pathway" means any natural or artificial means or avenue that allows for the movement of a pest from one area to another. (38) "Permit" means any official document that allows the movement of any regulated article from one location to another in accordance with specified conditions or requirements and for a specified purpose. (39) "Person" means, but is not limited to, any individual, partnership, corporation, company, firm, society, association, organization, government agency or any other entity. (40) "Pest" means any insect, snail, rodent, nematode, fungus, virus, bacterium, microorganism, mycoplasma-like organism, weed, plant, or parasitic higher plant and any other pest as defined by rule or any of the following that is known to cause damage or harm to agriculture or the environment: (a) Any infectious, transmissible or contagious disease of any plant; or any disorder of any plant which manifests symptoms or behavior which, after investigation and hearing, is found and determined by a duly constituted federal, state or local plant protection organization, to be characteristic of an infectious, transmissible or contagious disease; (b) Any form of invertebrate animal life; (c) Any form of plant life. (41) "Pest-free area" means an area kept free from a specific pest. (42) "Pest risk analysis" means characterizing the nature of pest hazard or harm; identifying the degree of probability or likelihood of harm; analyzing the degree to which risk mitigation measures or strategies can reduce the probability of harm to an acceptable level; and recommending pest risk mitigation measures or strategies. (43) "Phytosanitary" means plant health. (44) "Phytosanitary measures" means any growing season or postharvest treatment or any other method (tactic) or strategy (combination of methods or tactics) specified in a quarantine to reduce pest risk to an acceptable level. (45) "Plant" means any part of a plant, tree, aquatic plant, plant product, plant material, shrub, vine, fruit, rhizome, sod, vegetable, seed, bulb, stolon, tuber, corm, pip, cutting, scion, bud, graft or fruit pit, also including: (a) Agricultural commodities; (b) Noncultivated or feral plants gathered from the environment; (c) Plants produced by tissue culture, cloning or from stem cell cultures or other prepared media culture. (46) "Plants for planting" means any part of a plant that is intended to be planted. (47) "Preclearance" means an agreement between quarantine officials of exporting and importing states or countries to pass plants through quarantine by allowing the exporting state or country to inspect the plants preshipment, rather than the importing state or country inspecting the shipment upon arrival. (48) "Public nuisance" means any premises, plant, appliance, conveyance or article which is infected or infested with any plant pest that may cause significant damage or harm, or premises where any plant pest is found. (49) "Quarantine" means a restriction imposed by a duly authorized plant regulatory agency whereby the production, movement or existence of plants, or any other article or material, or the normal activity of persons, is brought under regulation, in order that the introduction or spread of a pest may be prevented or limited, or in order that a pest already introduced may be controlled or eradicated, thereby reducing or avoiding losses that would otherwise occur through damage done by the pest or through continuing cost of control measures. (50) "Quarantine pest" means a pest of economically unacceptable impact to the area endangered thereby and not yet present there, or present but not widely distributed and being officially controlled. (51) "Registration" means the official recording of a growing location, person, plant, sales location or any other item or place as one that has met specified requirements and therefore eligible for a particular activity, operation or purpose. (52) "Regulated article" means any item the movement of which is governed by a quarantine or any other rule. (53) "Regulated nonquarantine pest" means a nonquarantine pest whose presence affects the intended use of plants with an economically unacceptable impact. (54) "Regulated pest" means quarantine pest or regulated nonquarantine pest. (55) "Regulated or restricted area" means a geographical area in which special restrictions on the management of certain plant materials are imposed. (56) "Regulatory incident" means the detection of a pest under circumstances which indicate the absence of establishment. (57) "Restrictive measure" means a phytosanitary measure allowing only specified actions that are subject to certain requirements. (58) "Shipment" means anything which is, may be, or has been transported from one place to another. (59) "Significant damage or harm" means that level of economic impact that results in damage, injury or loss that exceeds the cost of control for a particular crop. (60) "State plant regulatory official" means the employee(s) designated to enforce the provisions of a state’s plant pest laws, quarantines and rules. (61) "State quarantine" means a rule promulgated pursuant to state authority that identifies a pest or pests and imposes requirements for certification of regulated articles as being in compliance with specified restrictions or requirements for pest freedom. (62) "Suppressive area" means a plant pest infested area where phytosanitary measures are being applied to reduce the plant pest population and thereby limit the spread of the pest. (63) "Survey" means the systematic search for pests in accordance with mutually agreed upon methods designed to assure confidence in their meaning and accuracy for pest prevention purposes such as control, verification of pest-free areas, identification of possible harm, evaluation of probability of harm, and taking appropriate actions to prevent predicted significant harm. Surveys may be performed for the purposes of detection, delimitation or verification. (64) "Undesirable plant" means any plant species which is detrimental to the quality of the product of that crop, by competition, cross-pollination, or any other means to the production of the crop for which a crop management area was established. History: [22-2005, added 2002, ch. 89, sec. 2, p. 212.] How current is this law?