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House panel fails to advance bill requiring replacement access before counties vacate roads to public lands
Summary
The House Transportation and Defense Committee declined to advance House Bill 101, which would have required counties and highway districts to provide replacement access to Idaho public lands before removing or vacating roads that access those lands.
Representative Cornel Rasor (Bonner and Boundary County, District 1) introduced House Bill 101, saying the measure "requires counties, road districts, etcetera, make certain that Idaho's public lands, the lands that are actually owned by the sovereign people of Idaho have access." The committee declined to advance the bill after a roll-call vote.
The bill would have amended provisions in Title 40 to require that when a county, highway district or other jurisdiction removes, abandons or vacates a road that provides access to public lands, the jurisdiction must first ensure a "suitable replacement" access is available. Rasor said the text and the bill's statement of purpose explain the provisions and referenced judicial-determination and validation language in the draft.
Opponents, including Owyhee County Commissioner Cindy Bachman, told the committee the bill was a…
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