Committee approves bill clarifying Attorney General's authority to seek declaratory or injunctive relief
Senate Bill 1251 would statutorily confirm the Attorney General's authority to pursue declaratory judgments and injunctive relief to enforce Idaho Code; sponsors said the change clarifies existing common-law powers and the committee passed the bill with a do-pass recommendation.
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Representative Skogg presented Senate Bill 1251 to make explicit in statute that the Attorney General may pursue declaratory relief and injunctive remedies to civilly enforce Idaho law when a statutory remedy is unclear. The sponsor and committee members discussed precedent going back to a 1938 case; witnesses said the practice exists but the bill reduces uncertainty.
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