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Committee backs bill to clarify fence responsibilities along federal land
Summary
The Senate Agricultural Affairs Committee voted to send Senate Bill 1053 to the floor with a "do pass" recommendation. The bill would codify existing court rulings that place responsibility for building and maintaining fences on landowners whose property borders federal land.
Senate Bill 1053, which would clarify fence-building responsibilities where private land borders federal land, was sent to the Senate floor with a "do pass" recommendation after discussion and public testimony.
Senator Mark Harris, Idaho State Senate, Legislative District 35, told the Agricultural Affairs Committee that the bill "deals with fences" and is intended to put longstanding court rulings into statute. "The courts have said that landowners that border federal land are responsible for building and maintaining their fences, if they want to keep livestock out or keep livestock from going in," Harris said. He cited recent local lawsuits in which landowners and ranchers litigated over fence removal and…
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