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Committee advances bill requiring Idaho license for homeowner-exemption tracking
Summary
The Senate Local Government and Taxation Committee voted to send House Bill 316 to the floor with a do-pass recommendation after testimony that the bill clarifies counties should use Idaho driver’s license numbers to track homeowner exemptions, with an exception for active-duty military and a 90-day window for new residents.
The Senate Local Government and Taxation Committee voted March 6 to send House Bill 316 to the Senate floor with a do-pass recommendation after sponsor Representative Jeff Ehlers and a county-association witness described the measure as a technical clarification to help counties track homeowner exemptions.
Representative Jeff Ehlers, R.-Meridian, said the bill follows last year’s House Bill 449 and “specifies it needs to be an Idaho license.” He told the committee the clarification was needed because some counties had interpreted the prior language to allow…
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