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Bill would repeal law allowing counties to convert fair boards to advisory status
Summary
Representative Gerald Raymond introduced RS 32090 to repeal an older statute that lets county commissioners in higher‑population counties designate county fair boards as advisory only; the sponsor said the law is outdated and the proposal would grandfather two counties currently operating under advisory status.
Representative Gerald Raymond told the committee he brought RS 32090 in response to an older remedy enacted after 1989 Ada County fair board problems. Under that law, which Raymond described as adopted in 1989 and later amended to raise the population threshold from 100,000 to 200,000, a county with a large population could permit county commissioners to name the fair board advisory only; Raymond said some had suggested raising the threshold again to 500,000 but he recommended full repeal and…
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