Bill Description: House Bill 102 would allow a recreation district board to submit a petition to the county seeking the district's dissolution under extremely narrow circumstances.

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NOTE: The Senate Amendment to House Bill 102 (moved by Sen. Bernt) makes the bill irrelevant. The analysis has been updated and the rating has changed to zero.

Does it create, expand, or enlarge any agency, board, program, function, or activity of government? Conversely, does it eliminate or curtail the size or scope of government?

Recreation districts exist outside of the proper role of government, and under Idaho law, the only way to dissolve one is for at least 20% of the voters in the district to sign a petition seeking its dissolution.

House Bill 102 would amend Section 31-4320, Idaho Code, to allow this dissolution process to begin with a petition from a majority of the members of the recreation district’s board "if the number of qualified electors resident within the boundaries of the district has increased by more than two hundred percent (200%) since the creation of the recreation district."

The likelihood of this condition applying is essentially zero, rendering the bill effectively meaningless.

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