2020 IACT Legislative Review and Updates
In-depth review of legislative sessions covering various bills, Medicaid expansion, and whistleblower reform. Analysis of House Bill 583, State General Funds allocation, and differing views on House Bills 600 and 642. Explore the impact of legislative decisions on public employees, county budgets, and healthcare access in the state.
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2020 IACT Legislative Review GoToWebinar Tuesday, May 12, 2020
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House Bill 583 Protects public employees that experience adverse action as a result of reporting waste and violations of a law, rule or regulation. Caps non-economic damages ($370,000 plus inflation). May result in positive fiscal impact because prior to this legislation, the Supreme Court held that no cap on damages for whistleblower claims existed. Law Effective: 07/01/2020
State General Funds Legislature appropriated Medicaid expansion funding for state fiscal year 2021 (July 1, 2020 - June 30, 2021). No county contribution.
House Bill 600 Sponsor: Rep. Britt Raybould Counties would have funded 30% of Medicaid expansion from revenue sharing. Would have repealed county medically indigent program and suspended CAT program. IAC Position: Opposed Held in House Health and Welfare Committee.
House Bill 642 Sponsor: Rep. Fred Wood Counties would have forgone 17% of annual revenue sharing. No individual eligible for Medicaid or insurance would have qualified for county medically indigent program or CAT program. IAC Position: Opposed Passed House Health and Welfare Committee but was not taken up for vote by full House.
What to Expect in 2021 Medicaid expansion enrollment may increase in 2020 dues to COVID-19 public health crisis, increasing overall cost to state. Legislators will likely make another attempt to divert county revenue sharing to partially fund Medicaid expansion.
House Bill 354 Sponsor: Representative Steve Harris Requires counties and other taxing distristrics to reserve current year forgone property taxes for future use. Fiscal Impact: No immediate fiscal impact; however, failure to reserve current year forgone will result in loss of future budget/levy capacity Law effective 07/01/2020
House Bill 409 Sponsor: Rep. Mike Moyle Would have established a 4% cap on property tax budget increases for up to three years. IAC Position: Opposed Failed Senate 11-24
House Bill 517a Sponsor: Representative Terry Gestrin Revises provisions regarding local improvement district liens for delinquent assessments. Certifies that collections shall be governed by the provisions of Chapter 10, Title 63, Idaho Code, including those governing collection, satisfaction, and extinguishment of delinquent amounts. Collections shall be handled in the same manner as delinquent property taxes. No fiscal impact anticipated. Law Effective: 03/24/2020
House Bill 518aaS Sponsor: Representative Doug Ricks Adds additional disclosure requirements to property tax notices in Section 63-902, Idaho Code. The initial legislation was introduced with minimal input from counties and would have required thousands of dollars worth of programming to fulfill the requirements. IAC and members of IACT met with Rep. Ricks regarding concerns about the requirements and costs involved. Ricks agreed to ask the Senate to send the bill to the amending order to make changes aimed at reducing costs while still providing additional transparency. Rep. Ricks submitted the amendment to Legislative Services (LSO).
House Bill 518aaS In the rush to adjourn LSO did not draft the amendment correctly as requested by Rep. Ricks. The original amendment would have required that additional information (including expiration dates of bonds) be either as an insert with the property tax notice or with an included website link or QR code on the tax notice. The amended language drafted by LSO and adopted by the legislature failed to include this language. Penalties for failure to comply were removed in the amendment. The Idaho Tax Commission sent out guidance on April 8th recommending treasurers follow the original intent of the amendment.
House Bill 518aaS The clerical error was brought to Senator Rice s attention recently. As chair of the Senate Local Government and Taxation committee, he remembers the proposed amendment and the intent behind it. He recommended calling the Chair of Judiciary and Rules, Senator Todd Lakey. Because it was a clerical error, it can likely be fixed outside of the session. Owyhee County Treasurer Annette Dygert reached out to Senator Lakey yesterday afternoon to follow up. Law Effective: 07/01/2020
House Bill 521 Sponsors: Rep. Greg Chaney and Sen. Jim Rice Provides sales and use tax exemption for purchase of server equipment for use in data center facilities. Probits new construction property taxes associated with data centers. Fiscal impact: loss of new construction property tax budget capacity for data centers. Law effective 07/01/2020
House Bill 552 Sponsor: Representative Priscilla Giddings Expands property tax reduction program for veterans to include veterans who are unemployed due to a service related disability. IAC Position: Neutral No fiscal impact Law effective 01/01/2020
House Bill 553 Sponsor: Riley Stegner and Associates Freezes forestland productivity classifications as of January 1, 2021. Indexes value based on five year rolling average of stumpage values. Codifies rule 962. IAC Position: Neutral Fiscal Impact: Minimal Status: Various implementation dates
House Bill 560 Sponsor: Representative Megan Blanksma Establishes that taxable value of agricultural land is its actual use value. Codifies recently adopted ISTC rules regarding methodology for determining value of agricultural land. IAC Position: Neutral No fiscal impact Law effective 07/01/2020
House Bill 562 Sponsor: Idaho Realtors Removes April deadline to apply for homeowners exemption. Applications may be made at any time during the year. Fiscal Impact: Exemptions granted after budgets/levies are set will result in loss of tax revenue. IAC Position: Opposed Law Effective: 01/01/2021
Failed Legislation Regarding Assessment Process H0561: Would have allowed 3rd party fee appraisal or verified arms length sales price to override assessed value (vetoed by Governor). H0590: Would have altered methodology for appraising commercial property (held in H Rev & Tax). IAC Position: Opposed
Senate Bill 1277aaH Amendment Sponsor: Rep. Mike Moyle, Rep. Robert Anderst, Sen. Jim Rice Would have raised homeowners exemption to $112,000 and required local government to reduce budgets to prevent tax shift. IAC Position: Opposed Senate failed to concur in House amendments.
Senate Bill 1416 Sponsor: Sen. Steve Vick Would have raised the homeowners exemption to $120,000. Would have re-indexed the homeowners exemption. IAC Position: Support Was not brought up for vote in Senate.
Senate Bill 1417 Sponsors: Sen. Kelly Anthon, Sen. Dave Lent, Sen. Grant Burgoyne Would have expanded eligibility for the property tax reduction program (PTR/circuit breaker). IAC Position: Support Passed Senate 31-1-3, House refused to hear the bill.
Property Tax Interim Committee Property tax interim committee to be appointed by Legislative Council on June 5, 2020. Committee will include 5 house members and 5 senators. Likely will include a nonvoting county member. Committee will evaluate Idaho s property tax system and make recommendations to full legislature in 2021. Committee likely will be extended for 2021 interim.
Senate Bill 1233 Sponsors: Sen. Patti Anne Lodge, Rep. Fred Wood & Rep. Steve Harris Revises provisions within the existing Sunshine Law by expanding those who may file a campaign finance report. Ensures that the candidate or political committee always has access to file a timely report should their respective treasurer be unavailable. No fiscal impact anticipated IAC Position: Neutral Law Retroactive to 01/01/2020
Senate Bill 1280 Sponsor: Phil McGrane, Ada County Clerk This bill is a follow-up to recent campaign finance reforms that took effect January 1, 2020 regarding the exemption of local government candidates from filing campaign finance reports unless and until the candidate receives contributions or expends funds in the amount of $500 or more. S1280 extends this exemption to include judicial candidates. IAC Position: Neutral No fiscal impact anticipated Law Retroactive to 03/09/2020
