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Rep. Raymond introduces RS32090 to repeal old law allowing counties to make fair boards advisory
Summary
Representative Gerald Raymond introduced RS32090 to repeal a decades-old statute that let counties with certain populations designate county fair boards as advisory; sponsor said the law is outdated and would be grandfathered for the two counties already operating under advisory status.
Representative Gerald Raymond introduced RS32090 to the House Agriculture Affairs Committee, proposing repeal of a law enacted after 1989 that gave counties above a population threshold authority to designate county fair boards as advisory and transfer responsibility for county fairs to county commissioners.
"Back in 1989 there were some challenges in Ada County ... there was legislation that was passed as a remedy," Raymond said. He summarized the statute's history: an initial population threshold was set at 100,000, later raised to 200,000, and that…
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