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ID Code § 74-116 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 74 - TRANSPARENT AND ETHICAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 1 - PUBLIC RECORDS ACT|Section 74-116 - ORDER OF THE COURT — COURT COSTS AND ATTORNEY FEES.

74-116. ORDER OF THE COURT — COURT COSTS AND ATTORNEY FEES. (1) Whenever it appears that certain public records are being improperly withheld from a member of the public, the court shall order the public official charged with withholding the records to disclose the public record or show cause why he should not do so. The court shall decide the case after examining the pleadings filed by the parties and such oral arguments and additional evidence as the court may allow. The court may examine the record in camera in its discretion. (2) If the court finds that the public official’s decision to refuse disclosure is not justified, it shall order the public official to make the requested disclosure. If the court determines that the public official was justified in refusing to make the requested record available, he shall return the item to the public official without disclosing its content and shall enter an order supporting the decision refusing disclosure. In any such action, the court shall award reasonable costs and attorney fees to the prevailing party or parties, if it finds that the request or refusal to provide records was frivolously pursued.  History: [74-116, added 2015, ch. 140, sec. 5, p. 364.]
ID Code § 74-117 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 74 - TRANSPARENT AND ETHICAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 1 - PUBLIC RECORDS ACT|Section 74-117 - ADDITIONAL PENALTY.

74-117. ADDITIONAL PENALTY. If the court finds that a public official has deliberately and in bad faith improperly refused a legitimate request for inspection or copying, a civil penalty shall be assessed against the public official in an amount not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000), which shall be paid into the general account.  History: [74-117, added 2015, ch. 140, sec. 5, p. 364.]
ID Code § 74-118 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 74 - TRANSPARENT AND ETHICAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 1 - PUBLIC RECORDS ACT|Section 74-118 - IMMUNITY.

74-118. IMMUNITY. No public agency or independent public body corporate and politic, public official, or custodian shall be liable, nor shall a cause of action exist, for any loss or damage based upon the release of a public record governed by the provisions of this chapter if the public agency or independent public body corporate and politic, public official or custodian acted in good faith in attempting to comply with the provisions of this chapter.  History: [74-118, added 2015, ch. 140, sec. 5, p. 364.]
ID Code § 74-119 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 74 - TRANSPARENT AND ETHICAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 1 - PUBLIC RECORDS ACT|Section 74-119 - AGENCY GUIDELINES.

74-119. AGENCY GUIDELINES. By January 1, 2019, every state agency or independent public body corporate and politic shall adopt guidelines that identify the general subject matter of all public records kept or maintained by the state agency or independent public body corporate and politic, the custodian or custodians, and the physical location of such documents. Public agencies shall designate at least one (1) person as custodian to receive public records requests and shall provide an alternate custodian or alternate custodians for contingencies.  History: [74-119, added 2015, ch. 140, sec. 5, p. 364; am. 2018, ch. 143, sec. 4, p. 298.]
ID Code § 74-122 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 74 - TRANSPARENT AND ETHICAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 1 - PUBLIC RECORDS ACT|Section 74-122 - CONFIDENTIALITY LANGUAGE REQUIRED IN THIS CHAPTER.

74-122. CONFIDENTIALITY LANGUAGE REQUIRED IN THIS CHAPTER. On and after January 1, 2016, any statute which is added to the Idaho Code and provides for the confidentiality or closure of any public record or class of public records shall be placed in this chapter. Any statute which is added to the Idaho Code on and after January 1, 2016, and which provides for confidentiality or closure of a public record or class of public records and is located at a place other than this chapter shall be null, void and of no force and effect regarding the confidentiality or closure of the public record and such public record shall be open and available to the public for inspection as provided in this chapter.  History: [74-122, added 2015, ch. 140, sec. 5, p. 366.]
ID Code § 74-123 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 74 - TRANSPARENT AND ETHICAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 1 - PUBLIC RECORDS ACT|Section 74-123 - IDAHO CODE IS PROPERTY OF THE STATE OF IDAHO.

74-123. IDAHO CODE IS PROPERTY OF THE STATE OF IDAHO. (1) The Idaho Code is the property of the state of Idaho, and the state of Idaho and the taxpayers shall be deemed to have a copyright on the Idaho Code. If a person reproduces or distributes the Idaho Code for the purpose of direct or indirect commercial advantage, the person shall owe to the Idaho code commission, as the agent of the state of Idaho, a royalty fee in addition to the fee charged for copying the Idaho Code. Any person who reproduces or distributes the Idaho Code in violation of the provisions of this section, shall be deemed to be an infringer of the state of Idaho’s copyright. The Idaho code commission, through the office of the attorney general, is entitled to institute an action for any infringement of that particular right committed while the Idaho code commission or its designated agent has custody of the Idaho Code. (2) A court having jurisdiction of a civil action arising under this section may grant such relief as it deems appropriate. At any time while an action under this section is pending, the court may order the impounding, on such terms as it deems reasonable, of all copies claimed to have been made or used in violation of the Idaho code commission’s copyright pursuant to this section. (3) An infringer of the state of Idaho’s copyright pursuant to this section is liable for any profits the infringer has incurred by obtaining the Idaho Code for commercial purposes or is liable for statutory damages as provided in subsection (4) of this section. (4) The Idaho code commission, as agent of the copyright owner, may elect, at any time before final judgment is rendered, to recover, instead of actual damages and profits, an award of statutory damages for all infringements involved in the action, with respect to the Idaho Code for which any one (1) infringer is liable individually, or for which any two (2) or more infringers are liable jointly and severally, in a sum of not less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) or more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), as the court considers just. (5) In any civil action under this section, the court may allow the recovery of full costs by or against any party and may also award reasonable attorney’s fees to the prevailing party as part of the costs. (6) The Idaho code commission is hereby authorized to license and charge fees for the use of the Idaho Code. The Idaho code commission may grant a license for the use of the Idaho Code to a public agency in the state and waive all or a portion of the fees. All fees recovered by the Idaho code commission shall be deposited in the general account.  History: [74-123, added 2015, ch. 140, sec. 5, p. 367.]
ID Code § 74-125 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 74 - TRANSPARENT AND ETHICAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 1 - PUBLIC RECORDS ACT|Section 74-125 - EVIDENCE FROM PRELIMINARY HEARING — ADMISSION — REQUIREMENTS.

74-125. EVIDENCE FROM PRELIMINARY HEARING — ADMISSION — REQUIREMENTS. Prior to admitting into evidence recorded testimony from a preliminary hearing, the court must find that the testimony offered is: 1. Offered as evidence of a material fact and that the testimony is more probative on the point for which it is offered than any other evidence which the proponent can procure through reasonable efforts; and 2. That the witness is, after diligent and good faith attempts to locate, unavailable for the hearing; and 3. That at the preliminary hearing, the party against whom the admission of the testimony is sought had an adequate opportunity to prepare and cross-examine the proffered testimony.  History: [74-125, added 2015, ch. 140, sec. 5, p. 368.]
ID Code § 74-126 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 74 - TRANSPARENT AND ETHICAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 1 - PUBLIC RECORDS ACT|Section 74-126 - SEVERABILITY.

74-126. SEVERABILITY. The provisions of this act are hereby declared to be severable and if any provision of this act or the application of such provision to any person or circumstance is declared invalid for any reason, such declaration shall not affect the validity of remaining portions of this act.  History: [74-126, added 2015, ch. 140, sec. 5, p. 369.]
ID Code § 74-201 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 74 - TRANSPARENT AND ETHICAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 2 - OPEN MEETINGS LAW|Section 74-201 - FORMATION OF PUBLIC POLICY AT OPEN MEETINGS.

74-201. FORMATION OF PUBLIC POLICY AT OPEN MEETINGS. The people of the state of Idaho in creating the instruments of government that serve them, do not yield their sovereignty to the agencies so created. Therefore, the legislature finds and declares that it is the policy of this state that the formation of public policy is public business and shall not be conducted in secret.  History: [74-201, added 2015, ch. 140, sec. 5, p. 369.]
ID Code § 74-203 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 74 - TRANSPARENT AND ETHICAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 2 - OPEN MEETINGS LAW|Section 74-203 - GOVERNING BODIES — REQUIREMENT FOR OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS.

74-203. GOVERNING BODIES — REQUIREMENT FOR OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS. (1) Except as provided below, all meetings of a governing body of a public agency shall be open to the public and all persons shall be permitted to attend any meeting except as otherwise provided by this act. No decision at a meeting of a governing body of a public agency shall be made by secret ballot. (2) Deliberations of the board of tax appeals created in chapter 38, title 63, Idaho Code, the public utilities commission and the industrial commission in a fully submitted adjudicatory proceeding in which hearings, if any are required, have been completed, and in which the legal rights, duties or privileges of a party are to be determined are not required by this act to take place in a meeting open to the public. Such deliberations may, however, be made and/or conducted in a public meeting at the discretion of the agency. (3) Meetings of the Idaho life and health insurance guaranty association established under chapter 43, title 41, Idaho Code, the Idaho insurance guaranty association established under chapter 36, title 41, Idaho Code, and the surplus line association approved by the director of the Idaho department of insurance as authorized under chapter 12, title 41, Idaho Code, are not required by this act to take place in a meeting open to the public. (4) A governing body shall not hold a meeting at any place where discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, sex, age or national origin is practiced. (5) All meetings may be conducted using telecommunications devices which enable all members of a governing body participating in the meeting to communicate with each other. Such devices may include, but are not limited to, telephone or video conferencing devices and similar communications equipment. Participation by a member of the governing body through telecommunications devices shall constitute presence in person by such member at the meeting; provided however, that at least one (1) member of the governing body, or the director of the public agency, or the chief administrative officer of the public agency shall be physically present at the location designated in the meeting notice, as required under section 74-204, Idaho Code, to ensure that the public may attend such meeting in person. The communications among members of a governing body must be audible to the public attending the meeting in person and the members of the governing body.  History: [74-203, added 2015, ch. 140, sec. 5, p. 369.]
ID Code § 74-205 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 74 - TRANSPARENT AND ETHICAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 2 - OPEN MEETINGS LAW|Section 74-205 - WRITTEN MINUTES OF MEETINGS.

74-205. WRITTEN MINUTES OF MEETINGS. (1) The governing body of a public agency shall provide for the taking of written minutes of all its meetings. Neither a full transcript nor a recording of the meeting is required, except as otherwise provided by law. All minutes shall be available to the public within a reasonable time after the meeting, and shall include at least the following information: (a) All members of the governing body present; (b) All motions, resolutions, orders, or ordinances proposed and their disposition; (c) The results of all votes, and upon the request of a member, the vote of each member, by name. (2) Minutes pertaining to executive sessions. Minutes pertaining to an executive session shall include a reference to the specific statutory subsection authorizing the executive session and shall also provide sufficient detail to identify the purpose and topic of the executive session but shall not contain information sufficient to compromise the purpose of going into executive session.  History: [74-205, added 2015, ch. 140, sec. 5, p. 371.]
ID Code § 74-206A (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 74 - TRANSPARENT AND ETHICAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 2 - OPEN MEETINGS LAW|Section 74-206A - NEGOTIATIONS IN OPEN SESSION.

74-206A. NEGOTIATIONS IN OPEN SESSION. (1) All negotiations between a governing body and a labor organization shall be in open session and shall be available for the public to attend. This requirement also applies to negotiations between the governing body’s designated representatives and representatives of the labor organization. This requirement shall also apply to meetings with any labor negotiation arbitrators, fact finders, mediators or similar labor dispute meeting facilitators when meeting with both parties to the negotiation at the same time. Provided, however, a governing body or its designated representatives may hold an executive session for the specific purpose of: (a) Deliberating on a labor contract offer or to formulate a counteroffer; or (b) Receiving information about a specific employee, when the information has a direct bearing on the issues being negotiated and a reasonable person would conclude that the release of that information would violate that employee’s right to privacy. (2) All documentation exchanged between the parties during negotiations, including all offers, counteroffers and meeting minutes, shall be subject to public writings disclosure laws. (3) Any other provision of law notwithstanding, including any other provisions to the contrary in sections 33-402 and 74-204, Idaho Code, the governing body shall post notice of all negotiation sessions at the earliest possible time practicable. This shall be done by the governing body by immediately posting notice of the negotiation session on the front page of its official website. If time permits, the governing body shall also post notice within twenty-four (24) hours at its regular meeting physical posting locations. (4) Public testimony, if any, shall be posted as an agenda item.  History: [(74-206A) 67-2345A, added 2015, ch. 271, sec. 2, p. 1126; am. and redesig. 2016, ch. 47, sec. 41, p.125; am. 2019, ch. 85, sec. 1, p. 211.]
ID Code § 74-207 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 74 - TRANSPARENT AND ETHICAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 2 - OPEN MEETINGS LAW|Section 74-207 - OPEN LEGISLATIVE MEETINGS REQUIRED.

74-207. OPEN LEGISLATIVE MEETINGS REQUIRED. All meetings of any standing, special or select committee of either house of the legislature of the state of Idaho shall be open to the public at all times, except in extraordinary circumstances as provided specifically in the rules of procedure in either house, and any person may attend any meeting of a standing, special or select committee, but may participate in the committee only with the approval of the committee itself.  History: [74-207, added 2015, ch. 140, sec. 5, p. 372.]
ID Code § 74-401 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 74 - TRANSPARENT AND ETHICAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 4 - ETHICS IN GOVERNMENT|Section 74-401 - SHORT TITLE.

74-401. SHORT TITLE. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Ethics in Government Act of 2015."  History: [74-401, added 2015, ch. 140, sec. 5, p. 373.]
ID Code § 74-402 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 74 - TRANSPARENT AND ETHICAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 4 - ETHICS IN GOVERNMENT|Section 74-402 - POLICY AND PURPOSE.

74-402. POLICY AND PURPOSE. It is hereby declared that the position of a public official at all levels of government is a public trust and it is in the public interest to: (1) Protect the integrity of government throughout the state of Idaho while at the same time facilitating recruitment and retention of personnel needed within government; (2) Assure independence, impartiality and honesty of public officials in governmental functions; (3) Inform citizens of the existence of personal interests which may present a conflict of interest between an official’s public trust and private concerns; (4) Prevent public office from being used for personal gain contrary to the public interest; (5) Prevent special interests from unduly influencing governmental action; and (6) Assure that governmental functions and policies reflect, to the maximum extent possible, the public interest.  History: [74-402, added 2015, ch. 140, sec. 5, p. 373.]
ID Code § 74-405 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 74 - TRANSPARENT AND ETHICAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 4 - ETHICS IN GOVERNMENT|Section 74-405 - NONCOMPENSATED PUBLIC OFFICIAL — EXCEPTION.

74-405. NONCOMPENSATED PUBLIC OFFICIAL — EXCEPTION. When a person is a public official by reason of his appointment or election to a governing board of a governmental entity for which the person receives no salary or fee as compensation for his service on said board, he shall not be prohibited from having an interest in any contract made or entered into by the board of which he is a member, if he strictly observes the procedure set out in section 18-1361A, Idaho Code.  History: [74-405, added 2015, ch. 140, sec. 5, p. 376.]
ID Code § 74-406 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 74 - TRANSPARENT AND ETHICAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 4 - ETHICS IN GOVERNMENT|Section 74-406 - CIVIL PENALTY.

74-406. CIVIL PENALTY. (1) Any public official who intentionally fails to disclose a conflict of interest as provided for in section 74-404, Idaho Code, shall be guilty of a civil offense, the penalty for which may be a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500), provided that the provisions of this subsection shall not apply to any public official where the governmental entity on which said official serves has put into operation an ethics commission or board described in section 74-404(6), Idaho Code. (2) The penalty prescribed in subsection (1) of this section does not limit the power of either house of the legislature to discipline its own members, nor limit the power of governmental entities, including occupational or professional licensing bodies, to discipline their members or personnel. A violation of the provisions of this chapter shall not preclude prosecution and conviction for any criminal violation that may have been committed.  History: [74-406, added 2015, ch. 140, sec. 5, p. 376.]
ID Code § 74-501 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 74 - TRANSPARENT AND ETHICAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 5 - PROHIBITIONS AGAINST CONTRACTS WITH OFFICERS|Section 74-501 - OFFICERS NOT TO BE INTERESTED IN CONTRACTS.

74-501. OFFICERS NOT TO BE INTERESTED IN CONTRACTS. Members of the legislature, state, county, city, district and precinct officers, must not be interested in any contract made by them in their official capacity, or by any body or board of which they are members.  History: [74-501, added 2015, ch. 140, sec. 5, p. 377.]
ID Code § 74-502 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 74 - TRANSPARENT AND ETHICAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 5 - PROHIBITIONS AGAINST CONTRACTS WITH OFFICERS|Section 74-502 - REMOTE INTERESTS.

74-502. REMOTE INTERESTS. (1) A public officer shall not be deemed to be interested in a contract, within the meaning of section 74-501, Idaho Code, if he has only a remote interest in the contract and if the fact and extent of such interest is disclosed to the body of which he is an officer and noted in the official minutes or similar records prior to the formation of the contract, and thereafter the governing body authorizes, approves, or ratifies the contract in good faith by a vote of its membership sufficient for the purpose without counting the vote or votes of the officer having the remote interest. As used in this section, "remote interest" means: (a) That of a nonsalaried officer of a nonprofit corporation; or (b) That of an employee or agent of a contracting party where the compensation of such employee or agent consists entirely of fixed wages or salary; or (c) That of a landlord or tenant of a contracting party; or (d) That of a holder of less than one percent (1%) of the shares of a corporation or cooperative which is a contracting party. (2) Although a public official’s interest in a contract may be only remote, a public official shall not influence or attempt to influence any other officer of the board of which he is an officer to enter into the contract. Violation of the provisions of this subsection shall be a misdemeanor as provided in section 74-509, Idaho Code. Any contract created or entered into in violation of the provisions of this subsection shall be void.  History: [74-502, added 2015, ch. 140, sec. 5, p. 377.]
ID Code § 74-503 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 74 - TRANSPARENT AND ETHICAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 5 - PROHIBITIONS AGAINST CONTRACTS WITH OFFICERS|Section 74-503 - OFFICERS NOT TO BE INTERESTED IN SALES.

74-503. OFFICERS NOT TO BE INTERESTED IN SALES. State, county, district, precinct and city officers must not be purchasers at any sale nor vendors at any purchase made by them in their official capacity.  History: [74-503, added 2015, ch. 140, sec. 5, p. 377.]
ID Code § 74-504 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 74 - TRANSPARENT AND ETHICAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 5 - PROHIBITIONS AGAINST CONTRACTS WITH OFFICERS|Section 74-504 - PROHIBITED CONTRACTS VOIDABLE.

74-504. PROHIBITED CONTRACTS VOIDABLE. Every contract made in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter may be avoided at the instance of any party except the officer interested therein.  History: [74-504, added 2015, ch. 140, sec. 5, p. 377.]
ID Code § 74-505 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 74 - TRANSPARENT AND ETHICAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 5 - PROHIBITIONS AGAINST CONTRACTS WITH OFFICERS|Section 74-505 - DEALING IN WARRANTS PROHIBITED.

74-505. DEALING IN WARRANTS PROHIBITED. The state treasurer and state controller, the several county, city, district or precinct officers of this state, their deputies and clerks, are prohibited from purchasing or selling, or in any manner receiving to their own use or benefit, or to the use or benefit of any person or persons, whatever, any state, county, or city warrants, scrip, orders, demands, claims, or other evidences of indebtedness against the state, or any county or city thereof, except evidences of indebtedness issued to or held by them for services rendered as such officer, deputy or clerk, and evidences of the funded indebtedness of such state, county, city, district or corporation.  History: [74-505, added 2015, ch. 140, sec. 5, p. 377.]
ID Code § 74-506 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 74 - TRANSPARENT AND ETHICAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 5 - PROHIBITIONS AGAINST CONTRACTS WITH OFFICERS|Section 74-506 - AFFIDAVIT OF NONVIOLATION A PREREQUISITE TO ALLOWANCE OF ACCOUNTS.

74-506. AFFIDAVIT OF NONVIOLATION A PREREQUISITE TO ALLOWANCE OF ACCOUNTS. Every officer whose duty it is to audit and allow the accounts of other state, county, district, city or precinct officers, must, before allowing such accounts, require each of such officers to make and file with him an affidavit that he has not violated any of the provisions of this chapter.  History: [74-506, added 2015, ch. 140, sec. 5, p. 377.]