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Committee sends bill to floor clarifying fence responsibility along federal land
Summary
A Senate committee voted to send Senate Bill 1053 to the floor after hearing testimony that the measure would codify existing court rulings that landowners bordering federal land are responsible for building and maintaining fences to control livestock.
Sen. Mark Harris, Idaho State Senate, Legislative District 35, asked the committee to send Senate Bill 1053 to the full Senate, saying the bill would put existing court rulings into state code so landowners understand fence responsibilities along federal land.
Harris said the measure “puts that into Idaho code to prevent future confusion,” and cited litigation in Adams County and a earlier Bonneville County case as examples where courts ultimately ruled that private landowners who border federal land bear fence construction and maintenance responsibility if they want livestock kept off their property.
The bill’s backers told the…
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