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Senate Agriculture committee approves printing of bill clarifying fence responsibility along federal allotments
Summary
Sen. Mark Harris presented RS 32,111 to the Idaho Senate Agriculture Committee to add language to Title 35 clarifying that private landowners, not the federal government, are responsible for fences bordering federal allotments; the committee voted to send the request to print.
Sen. Mark Harris, R–District 35, told the Senate Agriculture Committee that RS 32,111 would add language to Title 35 of the Idaho Code to clarify that landowners who border federal land and allotments are responsible for constructing and maintaining fences.
The clarification, Harris said, reflects existing practice and responds to a lawsuit last year that had raised uncertainty about who must…
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