Bill Description: House Bill 423 would clarify compensation and benefits for the board members of special taxing districts. 

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NOTE: House Bill 423 is similar to House Bill 411 (2025) and House Bill 343 (2025). 

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There are many special taxing districts in Idaho, and the statutes creating and governing these districts are varied and often inconsistent. House Bill 423 would amend more than a dozen such statutes to bring increased clarity to the compensation and benefits paid to the boards that oversee these various districts.

In most case, the compensation provided would be tied to the relevant subsection of Section 59-509, Idaho Code, which provides a range of honorariums and compensation rates for members of boards, commissions, and councils.

In some cases, the changes would increase compensation. For example, the bill would amend Section 31-4904, Idaho Code, dealing with regional solid waste or domestic septage districts, which currently says board members "shall serve without compensation." The bill would strike this language and add a new provision saying, "Each member of the district board shall receive as compensation for the member's service a sum not to exceed three hundred dollars ($300) per meeting, payable monthly. Such compensation shall not exceed four thousand two hundred dollars ($4,200) per calendar year." This would be in addition to "actual and necessary travel expenses."

Some of these changes provide clarity, some increase compensation, and others may serve to prevent or reduce excessive rates of compensation in certain cases. It would be preferable for members of all government boards to receive reimbursement only.

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