T67CH37
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67-3701
TITLE 67 STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS CHAPTER 37 IDAHO CODE CLEANUP ACT 67-3701. SHORT TITLE. This act shall be known and may be cited as the Idaho Code Cleanup Act. History: [67-3701, added 2025, ch. 2, sec. 1, p. 3.]
67-3702
TITLE 67 STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS CHAPTER 37 IDAHO CODE CLEANUP ACT 67-3702. DECLARATION OF NECESSITY. It is the intent of the legislature to ensure that the state laws provided in Idaho Code are streamlined, up-to-date, and essential for the citizens of Idaho, while best serving the public health, safety, and welfare. To this end, the legislature recognizes the need for a comprehensive effort to review the Idaho Code for the purpose of eliminating bureaucracy. Accordingly, in the interest of addressing the accumulation of unnecessary provisions, the purpose of this chapter is to establish an efficient process for the identification of provisions that are obsolete, outdated, or unnecessary so that such provisions may be considered for removal. History: [67-3702, added 2025, ch. 2, sec. 1, p. 3.]
67-3703
TITLE 67 STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS CHAPTER 37 IDAHO CODE CLEANUP ACT 67-3703. DEFINITIONS. For the purposes of this chapter: (1) Obsolete means expired, unused, void, unenforceable, or not enforced. (2) Outdated means no longer applicable or pertinent, duplicative with other portions of code, or superseded by other laws. (3) State agency means each department, commission, board, council, agency, institution, division, office, committee, authority, or other administrative unit of the state. (4) Unnecessary means that public health, safety, and welfare is not served by the portion of code. History: [67-3703, added 2025, ch. 2, sec. 1, p. 4.]
67-3704
TITLE 67 STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS CHAPTER 37 IDAHO CODE CLEANUP ACT 67-3704. Review of Idaho code — report. (1) On or before September 1, 2025, all state agencies shall: (a) Review their enabling statutes, associated code sections, and any code sections that they enforce; and (b) Report to the legislature for consideration any code chapters, sections, or subsections that are deemed by the agency to be obsolete, outdated, or unnecessary. The report shall include, for each chapter, section, or subsection identified, a concise notation as to why such portion of code is deemed by the state agency to be obsolete, outdated, or unnecessary and whether it should be repealed or otherwise removed from Idaho Code. (2) The report required pursuant to this section shall be delivered to the Idaho legislative services office through an online web portal to be established for this purpose. (3) In addition to the requirements of this section, an agency may include in its report: (a) Information regarding additional code chapters, sections, or subsections that are not within its purview but that are identified by such agency as obsolete, outdated, or unnecessary; and (b) Information regarding code chapters, sections, or subsections that remain necessary for the public health, safety, and welfare but that could be made more concise through legislative action. History: [67-3704, added 2025, ch. 2, sec. 1, p. 4.]