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House approves bill allowing recreation-district boards to request dissolution elections
Summary
The Idaho House on Feb. 7 passed House Bill 102, which adds a board-driven option to the petition process for dissolving recreation districts. Supporters said the change reduces an onerous signature threshold; opponents warned it could make districts vulnerable and risk local services such as pools and youth programs.
The Idaho House of Representatives on Feb. 7 passed House Bill 102, a measure that lets a majority of a recreation-district board petition county commissioners to place a dissolution question before voters as an alternative to the current 20% petition-signature requirement. Representative, District 21 (bill sponsor) presented the measure. The House recorded the outcome as 56 ayes, 13 nays, 1 absent; the bill will be transmitted to the Senate.
Supporters said the bill reduces a practical barrier to formally dissolving inactive recreation districts. Representative, District 21 (bill sponsor) told colleagues that in some districts the 20% signature requirement has grown from roughly 1,000 signatures in the 1970s to “over 19,000 signatures” today for a Meridian-area district, making citizen petitions…
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