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Senate committee sends bill to floor to codify fence-out responsibility adjacent to federal land
Summary
The committee voted to send Senate Bill 1053 to the Senate floor with a due-pass recommendation. The bill would place in Idaho code the long-standing rule that landowners adjoining federal land are responsible for building and maintaining boundary fences to control livestock.
Senator Mark Harris, Idaho State Senate, Legislative District 35, asked the committee to send Senate Bill 1053 to the floor, saying the measure would clarify that landowners who border federal land are responsible for building and maintaining fences to keep livestock in or out.
The measure, Harris said, “puts that into Idaho code to prevent future confusion,” and he asked the committee to consider giving Senate Bill 1053 a due pass recommendation.
The bill stems from recurring disputes, Harris and others told the committee. Harris described two cases in which litigation followed when fences were removed: one in…
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