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Senate Commerce Committee forwards two construction-related RSs to print after debate on liens and choice-of-law
Summary
The committee voted to send RS 31,943 (materialmen liens) and RS 31,944 (choice-of-law for construction contracts) to print. Sponsor testimony said the lien change would remove a rarely-used provision that elevated lien disputes on court dockets; the choice-of-law change would require projects built in Idaho to be subject to Idaho law and courts.
The Idaho Senate Commerce and Human Resources Committee voted to send two proposed statutory revisions to print: RS 31,943, which modifies mechanics’ and materialmen’s lien law, and RS 31,944, which addresses choice-of-law and jurisdiction for construction contracts.
Senator Todd Lakey (State Senator, District 23) presented RS 31,943 and described the provision targeted for deletion as a rarely used subsection that “says if you file that lien you can then file a demand with the court to say all right I am now the most important case judge on your docket and you…
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