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Rep. Raymond seeks repeal of outdated law that lets large counties marginalize local fair boards
Summary
Representative Gerald Raymond introduced RS 32,090 to repeal a statute that allows counties above a population threshold to designate county fair boards as advisory only; the committee introduced the RS by voice vote and lawmakers asked for clarification about local impacts.
Representative Gerald Raymond told the House Agriculture Affairs Committee he is seeking repeal of a law originally adopted after challenges in Ada County in 1989 that allowed counties above a population threshold to make their county fair boards advisory rather than in charge of fairs.
"Back in 1989 there were some challenges in Ada County as it relates to their very complex fair and their fair board," Representative Gerald Raymond said, and the statute then allowed a county commission by resolution to "name the County Fair Board as advisory only and the County Commissioners would essentially be responsible for the County Fair." Raymond said the statute had been amended in the 1990s to raise the…
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