Idaho Electrical Licensing Law
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The following is the full text of Idaho’s electrical licensing law statutes as published in the Idaho Code. For the official version, see the Idaho Legislature.
Idaho Code § 54-1001
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Search Constitution pecnv.out TITLE 54 PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES CHAPTER 10 ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS AND JOURNEYMEN 54-1001. declaration of policy. The 2023 National Electrical Code, NFPA 70, is hereby adopted by the Idaho legislature. The 2023 National Electrical Code, NFPA 70, together with any amendments, revisions, or modifications by the Idaho electrical board through negotiated rulemaking shall collectively constitute and be named the Idaho electrical code. All installations in the state of Idaho of wires and equipment to convey electric current and installations of apparatus to be operated by such current, except as provided in this chapter, shall be made substantially in accord with the Idaho electrical code. History: [54-1001, added 2023, ch. 244, sec. 2, p. 745.]
Idaho Code § 54-1001B
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Search Constitution pecnv.out TITLE 54 PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES CHAPTER 10 ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS AND JOURNEYMEN 54-1001B. state Inspection provisions inapplicable when installation covered by municipal ordinance. (1) The provisions of this chapter relating to state inspection, except as provided in section 54-1001C , Idaho Code, shall not apply: (a) Within cities or counties that, by ordinance or building code, prescribe the manner in which wires or equipment to convey current and apparatus to be operated by such current shall be installed, provided that the provisions of the Idaho electrical code are used as the standard in the preparation of such ordinances or building codes and provided that actual inspections are made; or (b) Within cities or counties that receive inspections from another city or county that conducts inspections pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection, provided that the provisions of the Idaho electrical code shall be used as the standard for such inspections. (2) A city or county that conducts electrical code enforcement inspections shall do so only in compliance with the provisions of this section. (3) A city or county that has not previously instituted and implemented an electrical code enforcement program prior to the effective date of this act may elect to implement such a program by passing an ordinance evidencing the intent to do so. A city or county may contract with a public or private entity to administer its electrical code enforcement program pursuant to the provisions of this section. (4) A city or county that chooses to conduct its own electrical code enforcement inspections or to receive such inspections from another city or county shall provide the division of occupational and professional licenses notice of such decision in writing at least thirty (30) days prior to implementation. (5) A city or county that terminates a permitting and inspection program established pursuant to this section shall notify the division of occupational and professional licenses in writing of its intent to terminate such program. Upon termination of a city or county permitting and inspection program, the division of occupational and professional licenses shall provide electrical code enforcement services in the jurisdiction for a minimum of one (1) year. History: [54-1001B, added 1961, ch. 311, sec. 3, p. 583; am. 2023, ch. 244, sec. 3, p. 745; am. 2024, ch. 54, sec. 1, p. 268.]
Idaho Code § 54-1001C
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Search Constitution pecnv.out TITLE 54 PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES CHAPTER 10 ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS AND JOURNEYMEN 54-1001C. Inspections within municipalities — When authorized. The administrator of the division of occupational and professional licenses may make electrical inspections within any city upon written request from the mayor or manager of such city. Such inspections shall be made in accordance with the local ordinance or building code. Service of the inspector shall be furnished at cost, such cost to be paid monthly to the administrator by the city requesting inspection service. History: [54-1001C, added 1961, ch. 311, sec. 3, p. 583; am. 1974, ch. 39, sec. 78, p. 1023; am. 1996, ch. 421, sec. 39, p. 1430; am. 2023, ch. 15, sec. 33, p. 92.]
Idaho Code § 54-1001D
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Search Constitution pecnv.out TITLE 54 PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES CHAPTER 10 ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS AND JOURNEYMEN 54-1001D. Inspections of modular buildings — When authorized — Approval and certification. (1) Notwithstanding the exemption provided in subsection (1)(c) of section 54-1016 , Idaho Code, the administrator of the division of occupational and professional licenses may make electrical inspections of any modular building upon written request from the manufacturer. (a) Inspections shall be made in accordance with the codes adopted in this chapter. (b) Inspection fees shall be as provided in section 39-4303 , Idaho Code. (c) The administrator may issue electrical permits for the installation of electrical equipment, conductors and apparatus in modular buildings. (2) The administrator of the division of occupational and professional licenses is hereby authorized to make inspections of electrical installations as set forth herein and to issue inspection results covering such installations. History: [54-1001D, added 2004, ch. 250, sec. 4, p. 719; am. 2007, ch. 252, sec. 7, p. 744; am. 2018, ch. 208, sec. 2, p. 461; am. 2023, ch. 15, sec. 34, p. 93.]
Idaho Code § 54-1002
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Search Constitution pecnv.out TITLE 54 PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES CHAPTER 10 ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS AND JOURNEYMEN 54-1002. License essential to engage in business — Licensure authority exclusive to the state. (1) It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, company, firm, association or corporation to act, or attempt to act, as an electrical contractor or limited electrical contractor in this state until such person, partnership, company, firm, association or corporation shall have received a license as an electrical contractor or limited electrical contractor, as defined in this chapter, issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter by the administrator of the division of occupational and professional licenses. (2) It shall be unlawful for any person to act as a residential, journeyman, or master electrician in this state until such person shall have received a license as a residential, journeyman, or master electrician, as defined in this chapter, issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter by the administrator of the division of occupational and professional licenses, provided, however, that any person who has been issued a master electrician’s license pursuant to this chapter may act as a residential electrician or journeyman electrician. (3) It shall be unlawful for any person to act as a limited electrical installer in this state until such person shall have received a license as a limited electrical installer, as defined in this chapter, issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter by the administrator of the division of occupational and professional licenses, provided however, that any person who has been issued a master electrician’s license or a journeyman electrician’s license pursuant to this chapter may act as a limited electrical installer. (4) It shall be unlawful for any person to act as a provisional journeyman electrician in this state until such person has received a provisional journeyman electrician’s license, as defined in this chapter, issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter by the administrator of the division of occupational and professional licenses. (5) Licensure of electrical contractors, residential electricians, journeyman electricians, master electricians, provisional journeyman electricians, limited electrical installers, limited electrical contractors, facility accounts and registration of apprentice electricians and trainees shall be within the exclusive jurisdiction of the state pursuant to this chapter and no local jurisdiction shall have the authority to require additional licensure or registration or to require payment of any fees in order for any licensee or registrant to engage in the electrical construction trade within the local jurisdiction or to issue licenses or registrations to persons licensed or registered under this chapter that are inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter or rules promulgated by the division of occupational and professional licenses. The state shall investigate all local infractions and state violations of this chapter and prosecute the same. The local jurisdictions will assist the state by requesting investigations within their jurisdictions. Nothing in this chapter shall restrict a city or county from imposing stricter public safety rules, notwithstanding any provision of Idaho Code. History: [54-1002, added 1947, ch. 251, sec. 2, p. 681; am. 1961, ch. 311, sec. 4, p. 583; am. 1974, ch. 39, sec. 79, p. 1023; am. 1986, ch. 296, sec. 1, p. 743; am. 1996, ch. 421, sec. 40, p. 1430; am. 1997, ch. 397, sec. 1, p. 1259; am. 1999, ch. 99, sec. 1, p. 312; am. 1999, ch. 367, sec. 1, p. 968; am. 2000, ch. 39, sec. 1, p. 77; am. 2002, ch. 139, sec. 1, p. 391; am. 2018, ch. 208, sec. 3, p. 461; am. 2018, ch. 209, sec. 1, p. 468; am. 2019, ch. 292, sec. 1, p. 865; am. 2023, ch. 15, sec. 35, p. 93; am. 2023, ch. 244, sec. 4, p. 745.]
Idaho Code § 54-1003
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Search Constitution pecnv.out TITLE 54 PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES CHAPTER 10 ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS AND JOURNEYMEN 54-1003. Administrator authority. (1) Only the administrator of the division of occupational and professional licenses of the state of Idaho is authorized and empowered to conduct examinations and to pass upon the qualifications of applicants and to grant and issue licenses or registrations to such applicants as are found to be qualified to engage in the trade, business, or calling of a residential electrician, journeyman electrician, electrical contractor, master electrician, provisional journeyman electrician, limited electrical installer, limited electrical contractor, limited electrical installer trainee or apprentice electrician in the manner and upon the terms and conditions hereinafter provided. (2) No licenses or registrations granted hereunder shall be transferable. Licenses and registrations shall be issued upon the condition that the holder thereof shall comply with all provisions of this chapter. (3) The administrator of the division of occupational and professional licenses is authorized to impose civil penalties as provided in this chapter. History: [54-1003, added 1947, ch. 251, sec. 3, p. 681; am. 1961, ch. 311, sec. 5, p. 583; am. 1974, ch. 39, sec. 80, p. 1023; am. 1986, ch. 296, sec. 2, p. 743; am. 1996, ch. 421, sec. 41, p. 1431; am. 1997, ch. 397, sec. 2, p. 1259; am. 1999, ch. 99, sec. 2, p. 312; am. 1999, ch. 367, sec. 2, p. 969; am. 2000, ch. 242, sec. 1, p. 676; am. 2018, ch. 208, sec. 4, p. 462; am. 2018, ch. 209, sec. 2, p. 469; am. 2019, ch. 292, sec. 2, p. 866; am. 2023, ch. 15, sec. 36, p. 94; am. 2023, ch. 244, sec. 5, p. 746.]
Idaho Code § 54-1003A
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Search Constitution pecnv.out TITLE 54 PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES CHAPTER 10 ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS AND JOURNEYMEN 54-1003A. Definitions. (1) Electrical Contractor. Except as provided in section 54-1016 , Idaho Code, any person, partnership, company, firm, association or corporation engaging in, conducting, or carrying on the business of installing wires or equipment to carry electric current or installing apparatus to be operated by such current, or entering into agreements to install such wires, equipment or apparatus, shall for the purpose of this chapter be known as an electrical contractor. An electrical contractor, prior to being issued a license, shall be required to provide proof of liability insurance in the amount of three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) and proof of worker’s compensation insurance if applicable. (2) Journeyman Electrician. Except as provided in section 54-1016 , Idaho Code, and subsections (4), (5), (6), and (7) of this section, any person who personally performs or supervises the actual physical work of installing electrical wiring or equipment to convey electric current, or apparatus to be operated by such current, or engages in planning, lay out, or design of such wiring, equipment, or apparatus, or the supervision thereof, shall for the purpose of this chapter be known as a journeyman electrician. (3) Residential Electrician. Any person who personally performs or supervises the actual physical work of installing electrical wiring or equipment to convey electric current, or apparatus to be operated by such current in a residential setting, shall for the purposes of this chapter be known as a residential electrician. A residential electrician may work in a non-residential setting only as a registered apprentice electrician under the constant on-the-job supervision of a journeyman electrician. (4) Apprentice Electrician. Any person who, for the purpose of learning the trade of residential electrician or journeyman electrician, engages in the installation of electrical wiring, equipment, or apparatus while under the constant on-the-job supervision of a qualified residential electrician, journeyman electrician, or master electrician shall for the purpose of this chapter be known as an apprentice electrician. (5) Maintenance Electrician. Any person who is regularly employed to service, maintain or repair electrical apparatus, or to make minor repairs or alterations to existing electrical wires or equipment located on his employer’s premises shall for the purpose of this chapter be known as a maintenance electrician. (6) Master Electrician. A person who has the necessary qualifications, training, experience and technical knowledge to plan, lay out or design the installation of electrical wiring or equipment, or to supervise such planning, layout, or design, and who performs or supervises such planning, layout or design, shall for the purpose of this chapter be known as a master electrician. (7) Limited Electrical Installer. A person having the necessary qualifications, training, experience and technical knowledge to install, alter, repair and supervise the installation, alteration or repair of special classes of electrical wiring, apparatus or equipment within categories adopted by the board. Limited electrical installers shall perform work only within the scope of the restricted category for which the person is licensed. (8) Limited Electrical Contractor. Except as provided in section 54-1016 , Idaho Code, any person, partnership, company, firm, association or corporation engaging in, conducting or carrying on the business of installing, altering or repairing restricted categories of electrical wiring, apparatus or equipment within categories adopted by the board, or entering into agreements to perform such restricted work, shall for the purpose of this chapter be known as a limited electrical contractor. Limited electrical contractors shall perform work only within the scope of the restricted category for which the contractor is licensed. A limited electrical contractor, prior to being issued a license, shall be required to provide proof of liability insurance in the amount of three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) and proof of worker’s compensation insurance if applicable. (9) Limited Electrical Installer Trainee. Any person who engages in the installation of restricted categories of electrical wiring, equipment or apparatus under the constant on-the-job supervision of a qualified limited electrical installer shall for the purpose of this chapter be known as a limited electrical installer trainee. (10) Electrical Facility Employer Account or Facility Account. An employer licensed with the division of occupational and professional licenses who employs individuals holding valid journeyman or master electrician licenses to perform alterations, extensions and new installations of electrical systems or components thereof on premises owned by the employer. The employer may also employ maintenance electricians in accordance with section 54-1016 , Idaho Code. (11) Provisional Journeyman Electrician. Any person who has met the requirements of section 54-1007 (4), Idaho Code, and who wishes to perform the actual physical work of installing electrical wiring or equipment to convey electric current, or apparatus to be operated by such current, while under the constant on-the-job supervision of a qualified residential electrician, journeyman electrician, or master electrician may upon application, for the purposes of this chapter, be known as a provisional journeyman electrician. (12) Residential Setting. For the purposes of this chapter, residential setting means one (1) and two (2) family dwellings, townhouses, and multi-family structures up to three (3) stories. History: [54-1003A, added 1961, ch. 311, sec. 6, p. 583; am. 1986, ch. 296, sec. 3, p. 743; am. 1999, ch. 99, sec. 3, p. 312; am. 1999, ch. 367, sec. 3, p. 970; am. 2005, ch. 82, sec. 1, p. 294; am. 2018, ch. 208, sec. 5, p. 462; am. 2018, ch. 209, sec. 3, p. 469; am. 2019, ch. 292, sec. 3, p. 866; am. 2023, ch. 15, sec. 37, p. 94; am. 2023, ch. 244, sec. 6, p. 747.]
Idaho Code § 54-1004
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Search Constitution pecnv.out TITLE 54 PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES CHAPTER 10 ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS AND JOURNEYMEN 54-1004. Inspection of electrical installations — Notice of corrections — Disconnecting electrical service. The administrator of the division of occupational and professional licenses may, during reasonable hours, inspect, reinspect or test any electrical installation coming under the provisions of this act. If, upon inspection, any electrical installation is found to be not in conformity with the provisions of this act, the person, partnership, company, firm, association or corporation making such installation shall immediately be notified by any method, as determined by the division of occupational and professional licenses, including electronic communication. The notice shall clearly indicate any and all violations to be corrected and specify a definite period of time during which such corrections shall be made. The administrator may de-energize, have made safe or disconnect any conductor in cases of emergency where necessary for safety of life or property, or order the disconnection of electrical service to any electrical installation coming under the provisions of this act when such installation is found to be dangerous to life or property. History: [54-1004, added 1961, ch. 311, sec. 7, p. 583; am. 1974, ch. 39, sec. 81, p. 1023; am. 1996, ch. 421, sec. 42, p. 1431; am. 2018, ch. 208, sec. 6, p. 463; am. 2018, ch. 209, sec. 4, p. 470; am. 2023, ch. 15, sec. 38, p. 96.]
Idaho Code § 54-1005
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Search Constitution pecnv.out TITLE 54 PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES CHAPTER 10 ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS AND JOURNEYMEN 54-1005. Rules — Inspections — electrical permits and fees. (1) The administrator of the division of occupational and professional licenses is hereby authorized and directed to enforce rules consistent with this chapter for the administration of this chapter and to effectuate the purposes thereof, and for the examination and licensing of electrical contractors, residential electricians, journeyman electricians, master electricians, provisional journeyman electricians, limited electrical installers, limited electrical contractors, limited electrical installer trainees and apprentice electricians, and to make inspections of electrical installations referred to in section 54-1001 , Idaho Code, and to issue electrical permits covering such installations, and to collect the fees established therefor. (2) The administrator of the division of occupational and professional licenses may make electrical inspections for another state or local jurisdiction upon request by an appropriate building official. Such inspections shall be made in accordance with the applicable electrical codes of the requesting jurisdiction. Fees charged for such inspection services shall be as provided in the rules promulgated by the board. (3) Individuals, firms, cooperatives, corporations, or municipalities selling electricity, hereinafter known as the power supplier, shall not connect with or energize any electrical installation, coming under the provisions of this chapter, unless an inspection has been conducted and resulted as "passed" by the administrator, covering the installation to be energized. Electrical installations approved by the board and addressed through administrative rule may be connected and energized by the power supplier after the purchase of an electrical permit by a licensed electrical contractor. (4) It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, company, firm, association or corporation other than a power supplier to energize any electrical installation coming under the provisions of this chapter prior to the purchase of an electrical permit covering such installation. History: [54-1005, added 1947, ch. 251, sec. 5, p. 681; am. 1955, ch. 28, sec. 2, p. 46; am. 1961, ch. 311, sec. 8, p. 583; am. 1974, ch. 39, sec. 82, p. 1023; am. 1984, ch. 123, sec. 32, p. 294; am. 1986, ch. 296, sec. 4, p. 744; am. 1996, ch. 421, sec. 43, p. 1431; am. 1999, ch. 99, sec. 4, p. 313; am. 1999, ch. 367, sec. 4, p. 971; am. 2004, ch. 250, sec. 5, p. 719; am. 2018, ch. 208, sec. 7, p. 463; am. 2018, ch. 209, sec. 5, p. 471; am. 2019, ch. 292, sec. 4, p. 867; am. 2023, ch. 15, sec. 39, p. 96; am. 2023, ch. 244, sec. 7, p. 748.]
Idaho Code § 54-1006
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Search Constitution pecnv.out TITLE 54 PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES CHAPTER 10 ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS AND JOURNEYMEN 54-1006. Idaho electrical board. (1) The Idaho electrical board, hereinafter known as the board, is hereby created and made a part of the division of occupational and professional licenses. It shall be the responsibility and duty of the administrator of the division of occupational and professional licenses to administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter, and to serve as secretary to the Idaho electrical board. (2) The board shall consist of nine (9) members to be appointed by the governor and who shall serve at the pleasure of the governor. Two (2) members shall be licensed journeymen or master electricians; two (2) members shall be employees or officers of licensed electrical contractors; one (1) member shall be a licensed limited electrical installer or limited electrical contractor; one (1) member shall be an employee or officer of an electrical power provider; one (1) member shall be an employee or officer of a manufacturing plant or other large power user; one (1) member shall be an employee or director of a manufacturer or distributor of electrical supplies or materials; and one (1) member shall be from the public at large not directly associated with the electrical industry. Board members shall be appointed for a term of four (4) years. Members of the board shall hold office until expiration of the term to which the member was appointed and until his successor has been duly appointed and qualified. Whenever a vacancy occurs, the governor shall appoint a qualified person to fill the vacancy for the unexpired portion of the term. (3) All members of the board shall be citizens of the United States, residents of this state for not less than two (2) years and shall be qualified by experience, knowledge and integrity in formulating rules for examinations, in passing on the fitness and qualifications of applicants for licensure and in establishing standards for electrical products to be used in electrical installations coming under the provisions of this chapter. (4) The members of the board shall, every two (2) years, elect by majority vote of the members of the board a chairman who shall preside at meetings of the board and a vice chairman who shall preside at any board meeting in the event the chairman is not present. A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum. (5) The board is authorized and directed to prescribe and amend rules consistent with this chapter for the administration of this chapter, and to effectuate the purpose thereof, and for the examination and licensing of electrical contractors, residential electricians, journeyman electricians, master electricians, provisional journeyman electricians, limited electrical installers, limited electrical contractors, limited electrical installer trainees and apprentice electricians. The board shall also establish the categories for limited electrical installers and limited electrical contractor licensing and the fees to be charged for permits and inspections of electrical systems. The board shall establish by administrative rule the fines to be paid for citations issued and shall hear appeals regarding the imposition of civil penalties for violations of this chapter and the rules of the Idaho electrical board. The board is authorized to affirm, reject, decrease or increase the penalty imposed by the administrator. However, in no case shall the penalty exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each offense. (6) Each member of the board not otherwise compensated by public moneys shall be compensated as provided by section 59-509 (n), Idaho Code. History: [54-1006, added 1961, ch. 311, sec. 9, p. 583; am. 1974, ch. 39, sec. 83, p. 1023; am. 1980, ch. 247, sec. 57, p. 622; am. 1984, ch. 123, sec. 33, p. 295; am. 1986, ch. 305, sec. 1, p. 756; am. 1989, ch. 119, sec. 1, p. 265; am. 1996, ch. 421, sec. 44, p. 1432; am. 1999, ch. 169, sec. 1, p. 458; am. 1999, ch. 282, sec. 1, p. 704; am. 1999, ch. 367, sec. 5, p. 971; am. 2000, ch. 39, sec. 2, p. 78; am. 2000, ch. 120, sec. 1, p. 260; am. 2000, ch. 242, sec. 2, p. 677; am. 2001, ch. 151, sec. 3, p. 548; am. 2002, ch. 98, sec. 1, p. 268; am. 2011, ch. 23, sec. 1, p. 64; am. 2012, ch. 29, sec. 1, p. 86; am. 2016, ch. 340, sec. 12, p. 938; am. 2018, ch. 209, sec. 6, p. 471; am. 2019, ch. 292, sec. 5, p. 868; am. 2021, ch. 222, sec. 9, p. 626; am. 2023, ch. 244, sec. 8, p. 749.]
Idaho Code § 54-1007
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Search Constitution pecnv.out TITLE 54 PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES CHAPTER 10 ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS AND JOURNEYMEN 54-1007. Issuance of licenses — Reciprocity. (1) The administrator shall issue licenses to such persons as have by examination shown themselves to be fit, competent and qualified to engage in the trade of residential electrician, journeyman electrician, limited electrical installer or master electrician as defined in section 54-1003A , Idaho Code, and to such persons, firms, partnerships, associations or corporations as have shown themselves to be fit, competent and qualified to engage in the business of electrical contracting or limited electrical contracting as defined in section 54-1003A , Idaho Code. (2) An apprentice electrician, as defined in section 54-1003A , Idaho Code, may take the journeyman’s examination if he has completed the required related instruction for electrical apprentices as approved by the Idaho state board for career technical education, completion of which shall be evidenced by a certificate from an approved provider, and has worked the number of hours as prescribed by the Idaho electrical board, provided that for all the time he is claiming to have worked as an apprentice electrician, the apprentice shall have been registered with the division of occupational and professional licenses as an apprentice. The electrical board may by rule fix the apprentice registration fee, in an amount not to exceed the costs of issuing apprentice registration certificates and enforcing the apprentice registration provisions of this chapter, and may also by rule establish requirements relative to the manner of registration renewal, verification of employment, the number of instructional hours completed, and the number of hours worked. (3) Any person who has worked as a licensed journeyman for a period of not less than four (4) years and who has worked the number of hours as prescribed by rule of the board as a licensed journeyman electrician shall be considered as qualified to apply for a master electrician’s license in this state. The Idaho electrical board, in establishing by rule the requirements for a master electrician’s license, shall also take into account the applicant’s performance as a journeyman electrician. When issuing a master electrician’s license to a person, the administrator shall also issue a journeyman electrician’s license to such person at no additional cost and without any additional requirements beyond those required to receive a master electrician’s license. (4) Notwithstanding subsection (2) of this section, any person who can demonstrate eight (8) years of work experience, defined as a minimum of sixteen thousand (16,000) hours, making electrical installations on the job, shall be considered as qualified to apply for a journeyman electrician’s license in this state. (5) A person qualifies for a residential electrician license if he passes the residential electrician examination approved by the board, has completed a two (2) year course of related instruction for residential electrical apprentices as approved by the Idaho electrical board and the Idaho state board for career technical education, and submits proof of four thousand (4,000) hours of electrical experience as an Idaho-registered apprentice or in accordance with the requirements of the jurisdiction where the applicant obtained such experience. Completion of an approved course as required pursuant to this subsection shall be evidenced by a certificate from an approved provider. An applicant for a journeyman electrician license may utilize the experience hours identified in this section toward the work experience requirement for a journeyman electrician license. (6) To the extent that other states that provide for the licensing of electricians require qualifications at least equal to those contained in this chapter, the administrator may enter reciprocal agreements with such other states to grant licenses to electricians licensed by such other states. The administrator, on the recommendation of the Idaho electrical board, may grant licenses to electricians licensed by such other states upon payment by the applicant of the required fee and upon furnishing proof to the board that the applicant has qualifications at least equal to those provided herein for applicants for written examinations. Applicants who qualify for a license under this subsection are not required to take a written examination. (7) A provisional journeyman electrician, as defined in section 54-1003A , Idaho Code, may take the residential electrician or journeyman electrician examination. Upon passing the examination, the administrator of the division of occupational and professional licenses shall issue the provisional journeyman electrician a residential or journeyman electrician’s license. History: [54-1007, added 1947, ch. 251, sec. 7, p. 681; am. 1961, ch. 311, sec. 10, p. 583; am. 1972, ch. 142, sec. 1, p. 309; am. 1974, ch. 39, sec. 84, p. 1023; am. 1986, ch. 296, sec. 5, p. 745; am. 1986, ch. 309, sec. 1, p. 760; am. 1996, ch. 421, sec. 45, p. 1433; am. 1999, ch. 99, sec. 5, p. 314; am. 1999, ch. 329, sec. 25, p. 864; am. 1999, ch. 367, sec. 6, p. 972; am. 2002, ch. 123, sec. 1, p. 347; am. 2003, ch. 135, sec. 1, p. 392; am. 2004, ch. 245, sec. 1, p. 711; am. 2009, ch. 112, sec. 1, p. 364; am. 2011, ch. 16, sec. 1, p. 52; am. 2016, ch. 25, sec. 43, p. 59; am. 2018, ch. 209, sec. 7, p. 472; am. 2019, ch. 66, sec. 1, p. 157; am. 2019, ch. 292, sec. 6, p. 870; am. 2023, ch. 15, sec. 40, p. 97; am. 2023, ch. 244, sec. 9, p. 750; am. 2024, ch. 16, sec. 15, p. 150; am. 2025, ch. 77, sec. 1, p. 352.]
Idaho Code § 54-1008
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Search Constitution pecnv.out TITLE 54 PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES CHAPTER 10 ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS AND JOURNEYMEN 54-1008. Duration of license. (1) All licenses, including license renewals, for master electricians, residential electricians, journeyman electricians, and limited electrical installers shall be issued for a period of three (3) years and shall expire three (3) years from the birthday of the licensee unless renewed, revoked, or suspended. (2) Electrical contractor and limited electrical contractor licenses shall be issued for a period of two (2) years and shall expire two (2) years from the birthday of the licensee unless renewed, revoked, or suspended. (3) Electrical apprentice registrations issued or renewed shall be issued for a period of two (2) years. No person shall be issued an apprentice license for more than five (5) two (2) year periods. (4) Limited electrical installer trainee registrations shall be issued for a period of three (3) years. (5) Facility account licenses shall be issued and renewed for a period of two (2) years. (6)(a) Provisional journeyman electrician’s licenses shall be issued for a period of six (6) months and shall expire six (6) months from the date issued, during which time a provisional journeyman electrician shall apply for and take the journeyman electrician examination. A six (6) month renewal shall be issued upon application if: (i) The applicant has taken, but failed to pass, the journeyman electrician examination within the six (6) month period; or (ii) The applicant has failed to take the journeyman electrician examination within the six (6) month period and has shown that exceptional circumstances prevented the applicant from taking the journeyman electrician examination. (b) A provisional journeyman electrician’s license shall be issued and renewed only once. If the applicant fails to pass the journeyman electrician examination, or fails to take the journeyman electrician examination, within one (1) year from the date of issue of a provisional journeyman electrician’s license, the applicant is no longer eligible to apply for a provisional journeyman electrician’s license. (7) Each licensing period and each registration period shall end at midnight on the last day of the month of the licensing or registration period. Licenses and registrations not renewed by this date shall have expired. (8) The board shall promulgate rules to provide for a staggered system of issuing and renewing licenses. History: [54-1008, added 1947, ch. 251, sec. 8, p. 681; am. 1961, ch. 311, sec. 11, p. 583; am. 2002, ch. 53, sec. 1, p. 120; am. 2006, ch. 82, sec. 1, p. 244; am. 2009, ch. 112, sec. 2, p. 365; am. 2018, ch. 208, sec. 8, p. 464; am. 2018, ch. 209, sec. 8, p. 473; am. 2019, ch. 66, sec. 2, p. 159; am. 2019, ch. 292, sec. 7, p. 871; am. 2023, ch. 244, sec. 10, p. 751; am. 2024, ch. 86, sec. 8, p. 394.]
Idaho Code § 54-1009
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Search Constitution pecnv.out TITLE 54 PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES CHAPTER 10 ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS AND JOURNEYMEN 54-1009. Revocation or suspension of licenses — Hearings — Taking testimony. (1) The administrator shall have power to revoke or suspend any license or registration if the same was obtained through error or fraud, or if the holder thereof is shown to be grossly incompetent, or has willfully violated any of the rules prescribed by the board, or as prescribed in this chapter; or has, after due notice, failed or refused to correct, within the specified time, any electrical installation not in compliance with the provisions of this chapter, or has failed to pay within the time provided, civil penalties which have become final by operation of law. (2) The administrator shall have the power to suspend any electrical contractor or limited electrical contractor license if, at any time during the term of active contractor or limited contractor licensure, the licensee failed to maintain required liability insurance or applicable worker’s compensation insurance. (3) Before any license shall be revoked or suspended, the holder thereof shall have written notice enumerating the charges against him and shall be given a hearing by said administrator, and have an opportunity to produce testimony in his behalf, at a time and place specified in said notice, which time shall not be less than five (5) days after the service thereof. (a) The proceedings shall be governed by the provisions of chapter 52, title 67 , Idaho Code. (b) Any party aggrieved by the action of the administrator shall be entitled to judicial review thereof in accordance with the provisions of chapter 52, title 67 , Idaho Code. (4) The administrator shall have the power to appoint, by an order in writing, a hearing officer to take testimony, who shall have power to administer oaths, issue subpoenas and compel the attendance of witnesses, and the decision of the administrator shall be based on his examination of the testimony taken and the records produced. Any person whose license has been revoked may, after the expiration of one (1) year from the date of such revocation, but not before, apply for a new license. History: [54-1009, added 1947, ch. 251, sec. 9, p. 681; am. 1961, ch. 311, sec. 12, p. 583; am. 1974, ch. 39, sec. 85, p. 1023; am. 1984, ch. 123, sec. 34, p. 296; am. 1993, ch. 216, sec. 60, p. 645; am. 1999, ch. 68, sec. 1, p. 179; am. 2000, ch. 242, sec. 3, p. 678; am. 2006, ch. 83, sec. 1, p. 245; am. 2018, ch. 208, sec. 9, p. 464; am. 2018, ch. 209, sec. 9, p. 474.]
Idaho Code § 54-1010
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Search Constitution pecnv.out TITLE 54 PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES CHAPTER 10 ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS AND JOURNEYMEN 54-1010. Installations by electrical contractor performed by licensed residential or journeyman electrician — Prior certificate holders entitled to license — List of electricians in contractor’s employ. (1) Any electrical contractor who works as a residential or journeyman electrician, as herein defined, shall be required to have a residential electrician’s license or journeyman electrician’s license or master electrician’s license issued under the provisions of this act. All installations of electrical wiring, equipment or apparatus made by an electrical contractor shall be done by or under the direct supervision of a licensed residential electrician, licensed journeyman electrician, or licensed master electrician. (2) The individual owner of an electrical contracting business shall employ a full-time journeyman electrician with over two thousand (2,000) hours of documented experience as a licensed journeyman electrician or a master electrician; however, an individual owner of an electrical contracting business may act as his own journeyman electrician or master electrician provided that he has complied with the provisions of this section and section 54-1002 , Idaho Code, pertaining to journeyman electricians. Each electrical contractor in this state shall, upon request of the administrator or his authorized agent, furnish a list of journeyman electricians in said electrical contractor’s employ. (3) Any individual working as an apprentice electrician, as defined in this act, must be registered with the division of occupational and professional licenses as an apprentice electrician, as provided in section 54-1007 , Idaho Code, and it shall be unlawful for an individual to work as an apprentice electrician without possessing a current apprentice registration certificate. The supervision ratio in a residential setting shall be one (1) residential electrician, journeyman electrician, or master electrician to no more than six (6) apprentice electricians. The supervision ratio in any setting other than a residential setting shall be one (1) journeyman electrician or master electrician to no more than two (2) apprentice electricians. No supervision ratio applies to an apprentice electrician who has completed six thousand (6,000) or more hours of work experience as an Idaho-registered apprentice or in accordance with the requirements of the jurisdiction where the applicant obtained such experience and who is currently enrolled in or has completed a board-approved career technical education program. (4) Any individual working as a limited electrical installer trainee, as defined in this chapter, must be registered with the division of occupational and professional licenses as a limited electrical installer trainee. It shall be unlawful for an individual to work as a limited electrical installer trainee without possessing a current registration certificate. No supervision ratio applies to limited electrical installer trainees. (5) The provisions of this section preempt, eliminate, and prohibit any cities, counties, incorporated or unincorporated areas, special use districts, or any other local governmental entities of any kind from adopting requirements through any code, ordinance, process, policy, or guidance that differ from or are more extensive than the requirements of this section. The preemption provided for in this subsection shall apply to any local code, ordinance, process, policy, or guidance in effect prior to, on, or after July 1, 2023. History: [54-1010, added 1961, ch. 311, sec. 13, p. 583; am. 1974, ch. 39, sec. 86, p. 1023; am. 1986, ch. 309, sec. 2, p. 761; am. 1996, ch. 421, sec. 46, p. 1434; am. 1999, ch. 367, sec. 7, p. 973; am. 2018, ch. 208, sec. 10, p. 465; am. 2018, ch. 209, sec. 10, p. 474; am. 2023, ch. 15, sec. 41, p. 98; am. 2023, ch. 244, sec. 11, p. 752; am. 2024, ch. 180, sec. 1, p. 667.]
Idaho Code § 54-1013
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Search Constitution pecnv.out TITLE 54 PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES CHAPTER 10 ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS AND JOURNEYMEN 54-1013. Renewal of licenses OR REGISTRATIONS — Inactive licenses. (1) A license or registration once issued under this chapter, unless revoked or suspended as herein provided, may be renewed at any time during the final month of the licensing period on the payment of the renewal fee herein specified, proof of satisfaction of applicable continuing education requirements for journeyman electricians or master electricians as established by the electrical board, proof of satisfaction of applicable apprentice and specialty trainee instruction and work requirements as established by the electrical board, and provided that all outstanding civil penalties, and permit or other fees, have been paid in full, and all outstanding correction notices have been satisfactorily resolved. For electrical contractors and specialty electrical contractors, proof of liability insurance in the amount of three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) shall also be required, and proof of worker’s compensation insurance shall be required if applicable. (2) Any license or registration that has expired may be revived at any time within one (1) year from the last day of the final month of the licensing period, by payment of the revival fee herein specified, together with all outstanding civil penalties, and permit or other fees and penalties, and upon proof that outstanding correction notices have been satisfactorily resolved. For electrical contractors and limited electrical contractors, proof of liability insurance in the amount of three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) shall also be required, and proof of worker’s compensation insurance shall be required if applicable. (3) Certificates of competency issued prior to July 1, 1961, shall, for the purpose of this chapter, be considered as licenses and may be renewed or revived as herein provided. (4) The administrator may renew, on an inactive basis, the license of an electrical contractor or limited electrical contractor who is not engaged in electrical contracting in this state. The board shall fix and collect an inactive license fee for such an inactive license renewal in an amount not to exceed one hundred fifty dollars ($150). Each inactive license shall be issued for a period of one (1) year. An electrical contractor or limited electrical contractor holding an inactive license may not engage in the practice of electrical contracting or limited electrical contracting in this state. If an electrical contractor or limited electrical contractor wishes to convert his inactive license to an active license, he may do so by paying a processing fee of thirty dollars ($30.00) and providing proof of the required liability insurance and applicable worker’s compensation insurance. History: [54-1013, added 1947, ch. 251, sec. 13, p. 681; am. 1961, ch. 311, sec. 14, p. 583; am. 1986, ch. 307, sec. 1, p. 758; am. 1999, ch. 100, sec. 1, p. 315; am. 2000, ch. 242, sec. 4, p. 678; am. 2002, ch. 53, sec. 2, p. 120; am. 2005, ch. 82, sec. 2, p. 295; am. 2006, ch. 83, sec. 2, p. 246; am. 2009, ch. 112, sec. 3, p. 366; am. 2011, ch. 16, sec. 2, p. 53; am. 2018, ch. 209, sec. 11, p. 475; am. 2019, ch. 66, sec. 3, p. 159; am. 2023, ch. 244, sec. 12, p. 753.]
Idaho Code § 54-1014
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Search Constitution pecnv.out TITLE 54 PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES CHAPTER 10 ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS AND JOURNEYMEN 54-1014. Fees. The administrator of the division of occupational and professional licenses shall charge the following fees: (1) Application for license or registration (2) Six-month licenses: (a) Provisional journeyman electrician license (b) Provisional journeyman electrician license renewal (i) If a provisional journeyman electrician applies for a residential electrician or journeyman electrician license, the pro rata value of any time remaining on his provisional journeyman electrician license shall be credited toward the application fee for the residential electrician or journeyman electrician license. (3) One-year licenses and registration, in accordance with sections 54-1008 and 54-1013 , Idaho Code: (a) Electrical contractor license (b) Electrical contractor license renewal (c) Electrical contractor license revival (d) Limited electrical contractor license (e) Limited electrical contractor license renewal (f) Limited electrical contractor license revival (g) Facility account license (h) Apprentice electrician registration (i) At the time the apprentice applies for a residential electrician or journeyman electrician license, the pro rata value of any remaining time on an apprentice electrician working license shall be credited toward the purchase of the residential electrician or journeyman electrician license. (i) Apprentice electrician registration renewal (j) Apprentice electrician registration revival (4) Three-year licenses and registration, in accordance with sections 54-1008 and 54-1013 , Idaho Code: (a) Master and journeyman electrician license (b) Master and journeyman electrician license renewal (c) Master and journeyman electrician license revival (d) Journeyman or residential electrician license (e) Journeyman or residential electrician license renewal (f) Journeyman or residential electrician license revival (g) Limited electrical installer license (h) Limited electrical installer license renewal (i) Limited electrical installer license revival (j) Limited electrical installer trainee registration (i) At the time the limited electrical installer trainee applies for a limited electrical installer license, the pro rata value of any remaining time on a limited electrical installer trainee working license shall be credited toward the purchase of the limited electrical installer license. (k) Limited electrical installer trainee registration renewal (l) Limited electrical installer trainee registration revival History: [54-1014, added 1947, ch. 251, sec. 14, p. 681; am. 1961, ch. 311, sec. 15, p. 583; am. 1974, ch. 39, sec. 87, p. 1023; am. 1986, ch. 191, sec. 1, p. 487; am. 1996, ch. 421, sec. 47, p. 1434; am. 1999, ch. 99, sec. 6, p. 314; am. 1999, ch. 367, sec. 8, p. 973; am. 2002, ch. 53, sec. 4, p. 121; am. 2006, ch. 82, sec. 3, p. 244; am. 2009, ch. 112, sec. 4, p. 367; am. 2018, ch. 208, sec. 11, p. 466; am. 2018, ch. 209, sec. 12, p. 476; am. 2019, ch. 66, sec. 4, p. 160; am. 2019, ch. 292, sec. 8, p. 872; am. 2023, ch. 15, sec. 42, p. 98; am. 2023, ch. 244, sec. 13, p. 753; am. 2025, ch. 77, sec. 2, p. 354.]
Idaho Code § 54-1015
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Search Constitution pecnv.out TITLE 54 PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES CHAPTER 10 ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS AND JOURNEYMEN 54-1015. occupational licenses fund — RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS. All fees, charges, and fines received by the board under the provisions of this chapter shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the occupational licenses fund, and all costs and expenses incurred by the board under the provisions of this chapter shall be a charge against and paid from the fund for such purposes. The funds collected under this chapter shall be immediately available for the administration of this chapter, the provisions of any other law notwithstanding. History: [54-1015, added 2021, ch. 224, sec. 38, p. 673.]
Idaho Code § 54-1016
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Search Constitution pecnv.out TITLE 54 PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES CHAPTER 10 ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS AND JOURNEYMEN 54-1016. Exemptions. (1) Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to apply to: (a) Any regulated utility, telephone company, rural telephone cooperative or municipal communications utility, or its employees, in the installation or maintenance of communication circuits, wires and apparatus by or for such entities or their communications service customers; (b) Any electrical public utility, or its employees, in the installation and maintenance of electrical wiring, circuits, apparatus and equipment by or for such public utility or comprising a part of its plants, lines or system; (c) Modular buildings as defined in section 39-4301 , Idaho Code, that are constructed in the state of Idaho for installation on building sites outside the state; provided however, that no modular building shall be installed on a building site in the state of Idaho until it has been approved and bears the insignia of approval of the division as being in compliance with the requirements set forth in section 39-4304 , Idaho Code. (2) The licensing provisions of this chapter shall not apply to: (a) Any property owner performing noncommercial electrical work in the owner’s primary or secondary residence or associated outbuildings or land associated with the entire property on which those buildings sit, except that homeowner installations of renewable power generation connected to the community power grid shall be subject to a preplan review in accordance with local jurisdictions’ policies and procedures prior to the purchase of a permit; (b) Any person regularly employed as a maintenance electrician performing electrical maintenance work on the premises owned and operated by his employer, provided that electrical work is limited to maintenance and replacement of electrical fixtures, electrical conductors, electrical equipment and electrical apparatus on a like-for-like basis; (c) Any telephone company, rural telephone cooperative, or municipal communications utility, its employees, its subsidiaries, and employees of the subsidiaries performing work on customer-owned facilities under the exclusive control of the telephone company, rural telephone cooperative, or municipal communications utility; (d) Any telephone company, rural telephone cooperative, or municipal communications utility, its employees, its subsidiaries, and employees of the subsidiaries performing repair work on customer-owned facilities at the request of the customer; (e) Any electrical public utility, rural electrical cooperative, municipal power utility, its employees, its subsidiaries, and employees of the subsidiaries performing work on customer-owned facilities under the exclusive control of the electrical public utility, rural electrical cooperative, or municipal power utility; (f) Any electrical public utility, rural electrical cooperative, municipal power utility, its employees, its subsidiaries, and employees of the subsidiaries performing emergency repair work on customer-owned facilities at the request of the customer; (g) A fire department employee who is acting in his official capacity as a representative of his agency when he is replacing, maintaining, or repairing a hard-wired smoke or carbon monoxide alarm at the request of a homeowner in a one (1) or two (2) family dwelling unit, provided that such fire department employee has received annual training regarding electrical safety and installation of the devices identified in this paragraph; (h) A limited electrical contractor, limited electrical installer, or employee of a company holding a limited electrical contractor license who is replacing or installing a fire alarm communication device (DACT). A person provided for in this paragraph shall obtain a permit if required by the authority having jurisdiction but must not be required to submit design plans. The fire alarm communication device (DACT) may be inspected if required by the authority having jurisdiction after replacement of the fire alarm communication device (DACT). The fee for a permit shall not exceed one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125); or (i) A nonprofit organization that is chartered to build houses and that has tax-exempt status under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, including a religious corporation, and such organization’s volunteers, performing electrical installations for a single-family dwelling unit. An organization described in this paragraph shall designate a primary contact person with whom inspectors may communicate. (3) The licensing provisions of this chapter shall not apply to individuals licensed pursuant to chapter 50, title 54 , Idaho Code, or certificated pursuant to chapter 26, title 54 , Idaho Code, as follows: (a) Individuals holding a current heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) license or a current plumbing certification may install electrical circuitry and make connections from the disconnecting means to a water heater as long as the disconnect is in sight from the unit and the circuit from the disconnecting means to the water heater is no more than fifty (50) feet long. (b) Individuals holding a current HVAC license may install: (i) Electrical space heaters with no attached ductwork; (ii) Electrical connections to HVAC equipment from the disconnecting means to the unit as long as the disconnect is in sight from the unit and the circuit from the disconnecting means to the HVAC equipment is no more than fifty (50) feet long; and (iii) Ventilating fans, except ducted range hoods in residences. (c) HVAC licensees may install control wiring of twenty-four (24) volts or less for HVAC equipment of five (5) tons or less in capacity. Plumbing certificate holders are not authorized to install control wiring in HVAC equipment, regardless of voltage. (d) Individuals holding a current limited energy electrical license may install electrical circuitry and make connections from utilization equipment installed under the restricted category of the limited electrical installer license to outlets, as long as those outlets are in sight from such utilization equipment and not more than fifty (50) feet from such utilization equipment. Outlets shall be installed by others. (4) To the extent that a plumbing or HVAC installation permit issued by the Idaho division of occupational and professional licenses includes any part of an electrical installation, the permit issued and inspection performed shall be sufficient to satisfy the permitting and inspecting requirements of this chapter if all required permit fees have been paid. (5) Approval and certification requirements of product and equipment as set forth in this chapter and in the adopted edition of the national electrical code do not apply to industrial machinery unless the board has made a determination that such product, machine or classes of products and machines present an undue hazard to life and property. (6) Apprentice registration requirements shall not apply to high school students enrolled in an educational program recognized by the board in which the performance of electrical installation is a formal component of the program. The exemption is limited to students performing residential installations as part of such program under the constant on-the-job supervision of a licensed residential electrician or a licensed journeyman electrician and a permit for the work is obtained from the authority having jurisdiction. Work hours performed by such students shall not apply toward apprentice work requirements. (7) Neither local jurisdictions nor the state fire marshal shall have the authority to amend the exemptions provided for in this section or to adopt any ordinance, law, or rule in conflict with the provisions of this section. History: [54-1016, added 1947, ch. 251, sec. 16, p. 681; am. 1961, ch. 311, sec. 17, p. 583; am. 2004, ch. 250, sec. 6, p. 720; am. 2005, ch. 235, sec. 1, p. 715; am. 2007, ch. 197, sec. 1, p. 597; am. 2007, ch. 252, sec. 8, p. 745; am. 2015, ch. 233, sec. 1, p. 731; am. 2017, ch. 325, sec. 1, p. 856; am. 2018, ch. 199, sec. 1, p. 446; am. 2018, ch. 208, sec. 12, p. 466; am. 2018, ch. 209, sec. 13, p. 476; am. 2021, ch. 214, sec. 1, p. 588; am. 2022, ch. 301, sec. 1, p. 951; am. 2023, ch. 244, sec. 14, p. 754.]
Idaho Code § 54-1017
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Search Constitution pecnv.out TITLE 54 PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES CHAPTER 10 ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS AND JOURNEYMEN 54-1017. Violations of act a misdemeanor. Any person, partnership, company, firm, association, or corporation who shall engage in the trade, business or calling of an electrical contractor, residential electrician, journeyman electrician, master electrician, limited electrical installer, limited electrical contractor, limited electrical installer trainee or apprentice electrician without a license or required registration as provided for by this act, or who shall violate any of the provisions of this act or the rules of the Idaho electrical board or of the administrator of the division of occupational and professional licenses provided for in this chapter, or who shall refuse to perform any duty lawfully enjoined upon him by the administrator within the prescribed time, or who shall fail, neglect, or refuse to obey any lawful order given or made by the administrator shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. In addition, any such person, partnership, company, firm, association, or corporation shall be subject to the civil penalties established by administrative rule, but not to exceed three thousand dollars ($3,000) per violation. Each day of such violation shall constitute a separate offense. A violation will be considered a second or additional offense only if it occurs within one (1) year from the first violation. History: [54-1017, added 1947, ch. 251, sec. 17, p. 681; am. 1961, ch. 311, sec. 18, p. 583; am. 1974, ch. 39, sec. 89, p. 1023; am. 1984, ch. 123, sec. 36, p. 297; am. 1996, ch. 421, sec. 49, p. 1435; am. 1999, ch. 169, sec. 2, p. 458; am. 1999, ch. 368, sec. 9, p. 974; am. 2000, ch. 39, sec. 3, p. 79; am. 2018, ch. 209, sec. 14, p. 478; am. 2023, ch. 15, sec. 43, p. 99; am. 2023, ch. 244, sec. 15, p. 757.]
Idaho Code § 54-1018
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Search Constitution pecnv.out TITLE 54 PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES CHAPTER 10 ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS AND JOURNEYMEN 54-1018. Separability. If any clause, sentence, section, provision or part of this act shall be adjudged to be unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, by any court of competent jurisdiction, such judgment shall not impair, affect or invalidate the remainder of this act which shall remain in full force and effect thereafter. History: [54-1018, added 1947, ch. 251, sec. 18, p. 681.]
Idaho Code § 54-1019
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Search Constitution pecnv.out TITLE 54 PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES CHAPTER 10 ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS AND JOURNEYMEN 54-1019. Qualifications of inspectors. The administrator of the division of occupational and professional licenses shall appoint the number of deputy electrical inspectors as may be required for the effective enforcement of the provisions of this chapter. All inspectors shall be skilled in electrical installations with not less than four (4) years of actual experience as a journeyman or master electrician, shall possess journeyman or master electrician licenses in the state of Idaho prior to appointment and shall be fully familiar with the provisions of this chapter and rules made both by the administrator and the Idaho electrical board. No inspector employed by the division of occupational and professional licenses and assigned to the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter shall be engaged or financially interested in an electrical business, trade, practice or work, or the sale of any supplies connected therewith, nor shall he act as an agent, directly or indirectly, for any person, firm, copartnership, association or corporation so engaged. Inspectors employed by municipalities electing to claim exemption under this chapter must possess the qualifications set forth in this section. Inspectors employed by the division of occupational and professional licenses shall take and pass, before the end of their probationary period, a general inspector’s test approved by the Idaho electrical board. Inspectors shall be required to participate in continuous education training as directed by the Idaho electrical board and administered by the division of occupational and professional licenses. The board may also promulgate rules relative to the applicability of this provision to existing electrical inspectors with permanent status in the division. History: [54-1019, added 1986, ch. 308, sec. 1, p. 759; am. 1996, ch. 421, sec. 50, p. 1435; am. 2018, ch. 207, sec. 1, p. 459; am. 2023, ch. 15, sec. 44, p. 99.]
Idaho Code § 54-1901
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Search Constitution pecnv.out TITLE 54 PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES CHAPTER 19 PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTORS 54-1901. Legislative intent — Definitions. (1) The legislature finds that it is in the best interests of the people of the state of Idaho to establish a process for licensure of public works contractors to be administered through the public works contractors license board. To assure that experienced and qualified contractors provide services to public entities in Idaho, the board is charged with licensing as provided in this chapter. Effective licensing procedures should assure that contractors of integrity provide work for which they have specific experience and expertise and that public facilities are constructed and rebuilt by efficient and cost-effective means. Licensing should also protect the public health and safety through judicious exercise of investigative, disciplinary and enforcement activities. (2) For the interpretation of this chapter, unless the context indicates a different meaning: (a) "Person" includes any individual, firm, copartnership, corporation, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, association or other organization, or any combination thereof acting as a unit. (b) "Public works contractor," which term is synonymous with the term "builder," "subcontractor" and "specialty contractor," and in this chapter referred to as "contractor" or "licensee," includes any person who, in any capacity, undertakes, or offers to undertake, or purports to have the capacity to undertake any construction, repair or reconstruction of any public work, or submits a proposal to, or enters into a contract with, the state of Idaho, or any county, city, school district, sewer district, fire district, or any other taxing subdivision or district of any public or quasi-public corporation of the state, or with any agency, or with any other public board, body, commission, department or agency, or officer or representative thereof, authorized to let or award contracts for the construction, repair or reconstruction of any public work. (c) "Public works construction" includes any or all of the following branches: (i) Heavy construction, which is defined as constructing substantially in its entirety any fixed works and structures (not including "building construction"), without limitation, for any or all of the following divisions of subjects: irrigation, drainage, sanitation, sewage, water power, water supply, reservoirs, flood control, reclamation, inland waterways, railroads, grade separations, track elevation, elevated highways, hydroelectric developments, aqueducts, transmission lines, duct lines, pipelines, locks, dams, dikes, levees, revetments, channels, channel cutoffs, intakes, drainage, excavation and disposal of earth and rocks, foundations, piers, abutments, retaining walls, viaducts, shafts, tunnels, airports, air bases and airways, and other facilities incidental to the same; (ii) Highway construction, which is defined as all work included in highway construction contracts, including, without limitation, highways, roads, streets, bridges, tunnels, sewer and street grading, street paving, curb setting, surfacing and other facilities incidental to any of the same; (iii) Building construction, which is defined as all work in connection with any structure now built, being built, or hereafter built, for the support, shelter and enclosure of persons, chattels, personal and movable property of any kind, requiring in its construction the use of more than two (2) unrelated building trades or crafts. (iv) Specialty construction, which is defined as any work in connection with any public works construction, requiring special skill and the use of specially skilled trades or crafts. (d) "Board" means the board created by this chapter under the name of "public works contractors license board." (e) "Administrator" means the administrator of the division of occupational and professional licenses. (f) "Year" means the fiscal year ending June 30, each year. (g) "Federal aid funds" means a direct grant in aid, matching funds, or loan from an agency of the federal government and designated for a specific public works project. Revenue sharing funds, federal impact funds, timber stumpage fees, and similar indirect allowances and subsidies not designated for a specific public works project shall not be regarded as "federal aid funds" within the meaning of this section. (h) "Government obligation" means a public debt obligation of the United States government or the state of Idaho and an obligation whose principal and interest is unconditionally guaranteed by the United States government or the state of Idaho. (i) "Public entity" means the state of Idaho, or any county, city, school district, sewer district, fire district, or any other taxing subdivision or district of any public or quasi-public corporation of the state, or any agency thereof, or with any other public board, body, commission, department or agency, or officer or representative thereof. (j) "Bid" or "bidder" means any proposal submitted by a public works contractor to a public entity in competitive bidding for the construction, alteration, repair or improvement of any public works construction. History: [54-1901, added 1941, ch. 115, sec. 1, p. 212; am. 1955, ch. 223, sec. 1, p. 480; am. 1982, ch. 140, sec. 1, p. 395; am. 1982, ch. 147, sec. 1, p. 409; am. 1986, ch. 67, sec. 1, p. 189; am. 1991, ch. 282, sec. 1, p. 727; am. 1999, ch. 201, sec. 1, p. 530; am. 2001, ch. 300, sec. 1, p. 1086; am. 2005, ch. 213, sec. 24, p. 658; am. 2023, ch. 15, sec. 45, p. 100.]
Idaho Code 54-2602
(1) Certificate of competency requirements of this chapter shall not be deemed to apply to: (a) Any person who does plumbing work in a single or duplex family dwelling, including accessory buildings, quarters and grounds in connection with such dwelling; provided that such person owns or is a contract purchaser of the premises, and provided further that such person shall comply with the minimum standards and rules applicable to plumbing practices provided by this chapter. (b) Farm buildings located outside the incorporated limits of any city unless such buildings are connected to a public water or sewer system; and a farm building is hereby defined to be a structure located on agricultural zoned property and designed and constructed to house farm implements, hay, grain, poultry, livestock or other horticultural products and includes sheds, barns, corrals or fences. This definition does not include a place for human habitation or a place of regular employment where agricultural products are extracted, processed, treated or packaged; a place used by the public; or conditioned livestock housing. (c) Logging, mining or construction camps when plumbing installations are made to conform with the recommendations of the department of environmental quality. (d) Piping systems in industrial processing plants located outside the incorporated limits of any city unless such systems are connected to a public water or sewer system. (e) Work on plumbing systems on premises owned or operated by an employer who regularly employs maintenance or construction plumbers, provided that alterations, extensions and new construction shall comply with the minimum standards and rules applicable to plumbing practices provided by this chapter. (f) Nothing contained in this section or any other provision of this code shall be construed or applied to require a sewer contractor, sewage disposal contractor, or any excavating or utility contractor who generally engages in the business of installing, altering or repairing sewers, private and public sewage disposal systems, and water distribution and/or drainage lines outside the foundation walls of any building or structure to obtain a valid contractor’s certificate of competency or to employ only journeymen plumbers possessing a valid journeyman plumber’s certificate of competency or registration or to in any way require that his employees be registered, licensed or declared competent by the board. (g) Water treatment installations and repairs when installed in residential or business properties, provided the same, when installed, repaired or completed, shall be inspected by a designated, qualified and properly identified agent of the division of occupational and professional licenses as to quality of workmanship and compliance with the applicable provisions of this chapter. (h) Plumbing work within modular buildings as defined in section39-4301, Idaho Code, that are constructed in the state of Idaho for installation on building sites outside the state; provided however, that no modular building shall be installed on a building site in the state of Idaho until it has been approved and bears the insignia of approval of the division as being in compliance with the requirements set forth in section39-4304, Idaho Code. (i) Individuals holding a current installer license pursuant to the provisions ofchapter 21, title 44, Idaho Code, may make connections from manufactured home or mobile home sewer or water facilities to existing sewer or water facilities on-site. (j) Individuals licensed pursuant tochapter 10, title 54, Idaho Code, orchapter 50, title 54, Idaho Code, as follows: (i) Individuals holding a current HVAC or electrical license may install electrical circuitry from the disconnecting means to a water heater and electrical connections to the water heater as long as the disconnect is in sight from the unit and the circuit from the disconnecting means to the water heater is no more than fifty (50) feet long. (ii) Individuals holding a current HVAC license may install gas piping and piping for hydronic systems. (iii) Individuals holding a current HVAC license may install boilers that are not otherwise subject to inspection by the industrial commission or its authorized agent. (k) A nonprofit organization that is chartered to build houses and that has tax-exempt status under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, including a religious corporation, and such organization’s volunteers, performing plumbing installations for a single-family dwelling unit. An organization described in this paragraph shall designate a primary contact person with whom inspectors may communicate. (2) To the extent that an electrical or HVAC installation permit issued by the Idaho division of occupational and professional licenses includes any part of a plumbing installation, the permit issued and inspection performed shall be sufficient to satisfy the permitting and inspecting requirements of this chapter if all required permit fees have been paid. (3) Apprentice registration requirements shall not apply to high school students enrolled in an educational program recognized by the board in which the performance of plumbing installation is a formal component of the program. The exemption is limited to students performing residential installations as part of such program under the constant on-the-job supervision of a licensed journeyman plumber and a permit for the work is obtained from the authority having jurisdiction. Work hours performed by such students shall not apply toward apprentice work requirements. (4) Any person, firm, copartnership, association or corporation making water treatment installations and/or repairs in accordance with the provisions of this chapter shall maintain a surety bond in the amount of two thousand dollars ($2,000).
Idaho Code 54-5003
As used in this chapter: (1) "Heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC)" means and includes the business, trade, practice or work, materials and fixtures used in the design, construction, installation, improvement, extension and alteration of all piping, venting, ductwork, appliances and appurtenances in connection with any heating, ventilation or air conditioning system or subsystems of such. (2) "Heating, ventilation and air conditioning apprentice" means any person who, as his principal occupation, is engaged in learning and assisting in installation, improvement, extension, alteration or repair of HVAC systems. An apprentice shall perform HVAC work under the supervision of an HVAC journeyman or HVAC contractor. (3) "Heating, ventilation and air conditioning contractor" means any person who fabricates, installs, maintains, services and repairs warm air heating and water heating systems, heat pumps, complete with warm air appliances including, but not limited to, boilers, pool heaters, space heaters, decorative gas and solid fuel-burning appliances, and gas, propane, electric or oil-fired water heaters; ventilating systems complete with blowers and plenum chambers; air conditioning systems complete with air conditioning unit and the ducts, registers, flues, humidity and thermostatic controls of air, liquid or gas temperatures below fifty (50) degrees fahrenheit or ten (10) degrees celsius, and air filters in connection with any of these systems. (4) "Heating, ventilation and air conditioning journeyman" means any person who, as his principal occupation, is engaged in the installation, improvement, extension, alteration or repair of HVAC systems and who is familiar with the provisions of this chapter and who works in the employ and under direction of an HVAC contractor. (5) "Heating, ventilation and air conditioning specialty apprentice including specialty limited heating apprentice" means any person who, as his principal occupation, is engaged in learning and assisting in a specific aspect of installation, improvement, extension, alteration or repair of HVAC systems that includes, but is not limited to, such aspects as gas piping, gas appliances and installation, or decorative gas-fired appliances. A specialty apprentice shall perform HVAC work under the supervision of an HVAC journeyman, HVAC specialty journeyman, HVAC contractor or an HVAC specialty contractor. (6) "Heating, ventilation and air conditioning specialty contractor including specialty limited heating contractor" means any person who, as his principal occupation, is engaged in a specific aspect of the heating, ventilation and air conditioning trade that includes, but is not limited to, such aspects as gas piping, gas appliances and installation, or decorative gas-fired appliances. (7) "Heating, ventilation and air conditioning specialty journeyman including specialty limited heating journeyman" means any person who, as his principal occupation, is engaged in a specific aspect of installation, improvement, extension, alteration or repairing of HVAC systems that includes, but is not limited to, such aspects as gas piping, gas appliances and installation, or decorative gas-fired appliances. A specialty journeyman is familiar with the provisions of this chapter and works in the employ and under direction of an HVAC contractor or an HVAC specialty contractor. (8) "Heating, ventilation and air conditioning system" means any heating, ventilation or air conditioning system in a residential, private, public or semipublic building or structure including, but not limited to, any mechanical means of heating or air conditioning and to gas piping, venting, ductwork and controls. (9) "Local government" means any incorporated city or any county in the state. (10) "Specialty limited heating" as it applies to the definitions of "heating, ventilation and air conditioning specialty apprentice," "heating, ventilation and air conditioning specialty contractor" and "heating, ventilation and air conditioning specialty journeyman" means any person who installs, maintains, services and repairs LP gas-fired appliances, LP fuel gas piping and related exhaust venting. This definition of specialty limited heating shall exclude boilers, hydronic systems, ducted forced air systems, ventilating and air conditioning systems, systems with a BTU input rating over three hundred thousand (300,000), solid fuel and electric fueled systems. A "specialty limited heating journeyman" is required to meet the experience requirement and either the education or examination requirement set forth in this section to receive a certificate of competency. The education of a "specialty limited heating journeyman" shall include one hundred twenty (120) hours of instruction approved by the board for career technical education in LP gas specialty education. The experience requirement of a "specialty limited heating journeyman" shall be two (2) years’ experience working in the trade, in compliance with the requirements of the state in which the applicant received his supervision or as a registered HVAC apprentice or registered HVAC specialty apprentice making HVAC installation on the job under the supervision of a qualified HVAC journeyman or qualified HVAC specialty journeyman. The examination required in this section shall be developed by the board for career technical education and approved by the Idaho heating, ventilation and air conditioning board.
Idaho Code 54-5015
(1) Only the administrator of the division of occupational and professional licenses of the state of Idaho is authorized and empowered to conduct examinations and to pass upon the qualifications of applicants, and to grant and issue certificates of competency and registration of apprentices to such applicants as are found to be qualified to engage in the trade, business, work or practice of heating, ventilation and air conditioning. (2) No local jurisdiction shall have the authority to require additional certification or registration or to require payment of any fees in order for any HVAC contractor, specialty contractor, journeyman, specialty journeyman, apprentice, or specialty apprentice to engage in the heating, ventilation and air conditioning trade within the local jurisdiction or to issue certificates to persons certified or registered under the provisions of this chapter. (3) Nothing in this chapter shall restrict a city or county from imposing stricter public safety rules, notwithstanding any provision of Idaho Code. (4) A certificate issued pursuant tochapter 26, title 54, Idaho Code, or a license issued pursuant tochapter 10, title 54, Idaho Code, shall be acceptable for all HVAC installation work that falls within the scope of the certificate or license that has been issued. This will allow: (a) Individuals holding a current HVAC or electrical license or a current plumbing certification to install electrical circuitry from the disconnecting means to a water heater and electrical connections to the water heater as long as the disconnect is in sight from the unit and the circuit from the disconnecting means to the water heater is no more than fifty (50) feet long; (b) Individuals holding a current HVAC or electrical license to install: (i) Electrical space heaters with no attached ductwork; (ii) Electrical connections to HVAC equipment from the disconnecting means to the unit as long as the disconnect is in sight from the unit and the circuit from the disconnecting means to the HVAC equipment is no more than fifty (50) feet long; and (iii) Ventilating fans, except ducted range hoods in residences; (c) Individuals holding either an HVAC certification or plumbing certification to install: (i) Boilers that are not otherwise subject to inspection by the industrial commission or its authorized agent; (ii) Fuel piping; (iii) Piping for hydronic systems; and (iv) Piping for steam and hot water boiler systems; (d) HVAC licensees to install control wiring of twenty-four (24) volts or less for HVAC equipment of five (5) tons or less in capacity. (5) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, plumbing certificate holders are not authorized to install control wiring in HVAC equipment, regardless of voltage.
Idaho Code 54-5016
(1) On and after January 1, 2005, it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership, company, association or corporation to do or cause to be done, whether acting as principal, agent or employee, any construction, installation, improvement, extension or alteration of any heating, ventilation or air conditioning system in any building, residence or structure in the state of Idaho without first obtaining a permit from the authority having jurisdiction authorizing such work to be done, except that no permit shall be required to perform work related to repair or maintenance of an existing HVAC system. (2) To the extent that a plumbing or electrical installation permit issued by the Idaho division of occupational and professional licenses includes any part of an HVAC system installation, or an HVAC installation permit issued by the division includes any part of a plumbing or electrical installation, the permit issued and inspection performed shall be sufficient to satisfy the permitting and inspection requirements of the other division entities. (3) The plumbing, HVAC and electrical boards shall promulgate rules adopting fees that will allow the division of occupational and professional licenses entity issuing a permit to charge, in addition to the permit fee it would originally charge, additional permit fees that relate to the HVAC portion of an installation for which a plumbing or electrical installation permit is being obtained, or the electrical and plumbing portions of an installation for which an HVAC permit is being obtained. (4) No provision of this chapter shall preclude local governments from collecting fees for permits and inspections where such work is regulated and enforced by city or county code or ordinance. Municipalities may also require fees for permits and inspections in areas designated by local code or ordinance as areas of city impact.
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TITLE 42 IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE — WATER RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION
CHAPTER 1 APPROPRIATION OF WATER — GENERAL PROVISIONS
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42-101
NATURE OF PROPERTY IN WATER.
42-102
MEASUREMENT OF WATER.
42-103
RIGHT ACQUIRED BY APPROPRIATION.
42-104
APPROPRIATION MUST BE FOR BENEFICIAL PURPOSE.
42-105
USE OF NATURAL WATERWAYS — MEASUREMENT OF COMMINGLED WATER — APPROVAL OF RIGHT TO EXCHANGE WATER.
42-106
PRIORITY.
42-107
PRIORITY — WASTE, SEEPAGE, AND SPRING WATERS.
42-108
CHANGE IN POINT OF DIVERSION, PLACE OF USE, PERIOD OF USE, OR NATURE OF USE — APPLICATION OF ACT.
42-108A
LEASING OF WATER FOR HYDROELECTRIC GENERATION — EXCEPTION TO REQUIREMENT OF APPLICATION TO CHANGE NATURE OF USE.
42-108B
LEASING OF WATER UNDER ESTABLISHED RIGHTS — NOTICE — APPEAL.
42-109
CHANGE IN COURSE OF DITCH — WHEN PROHIBITED.
42-110
RIGHT TO DIVERT WATER.
42-111
DOMESTIC PURPOSES DEFINED.
42-112
COMPLETION DEFINED.
42-113
IN-STREAM AND OTHER WATER USE FOR LIVESTOCK.
42-114
STOCK WATERING PERMIT.
42-115
STORAGE.
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CHAPTER 23 RECONSTRUCTION OF DAMS AND RELATED APPURTENANCES — HYDROELECTRIC FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION
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43-2301
RECONSTRUCTION OF DAMS, CANALS AND OTHER IRRIGATION DISTRICT WORKS AND RELATED APPURTENANCES — HYDROELECTRIC FACILITIES — EXECUTION OF CONTRACTS — REVENUES — TRUSTS.
43-2302
ISSUANCE OF BONDS — TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
43-2303
INTERIM NOTES.
43-2304
PUBLICATION — LEGAL REMEDIES.
43-2305
ELECTION ON CONTRACTS.
43-2306
ACTS REQUIRED.
43-2307
BONDS TAX EXEMPT.
43-2308
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43-301
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
43-302
OFFICE OF BOARD.
43-303
MEETINGS OF BOARD.
43-304
GENERAL POWERS OF BOARD — BY-LAWS — RIGHT OF ENTRY — ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY.
43-305
DRAINAGE OF LANDS — PAYMENT OF COST — APPORTIONMENT OF COST WHEN PAYMENT DEFERRED.
43-306
LEVY AUTHORIZED FOR PURPOSE OF DRAINING LANDS WITHIN DISTRICT.
43-307
AUTHORITY TO EXERCISE FUNCTIONS OF DRAINAGE DISTRICTS.
43-308
AUTHORITY TO EXERCISE FUNCTIONS OF DRAINAGE DISTRICTS — PETITION AND RESOLUTION.
43-309
NOTICE OF HEARING OF PETITION.
43-310
HEARING — OBJECTIONS — FINDINGS.
43-311
DECREE GRANTING PETITION — VESTING OF POWERS AND AUTHORITY IN DISTRICT.
43-312
APPEALS.
43-313
ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS — CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION.
43-314
ELECTRICAL POWER PLANTS — SALE OF SURPLUS POWER — RATIFICATION OF CONTRACT.
43-315
ASSESSMENT FOR EXTERMINATION OF RODENTS.
43-316
LEGAL TITLE TO PROPERTY.
43-317
CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY — ACTIONS.
43-318
SALE OF PERSONAL OR REAL PROPERTY — PROCEDURE — SALE OF FEDERAL OR STATE LICENSE OR PERMIT.
43-318A
TRADE-IN OR EXCHANGE OF DISTRICT PROPERTY.
43-319
COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
43-320
OFFICERS MUST NOT BE INTERESTED IN CONTRACTS.
43-321
SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS — ELECTIONS — COLLECTION OF ASSESSMENTS — DELINQUENT LIST.
43-322
POWER TO INCUR DEBTS — WARRANTS.
43-322A
POWER TO INCUR DEBTS — MITIGATION PLANS AND RECHARGE PROJECTS — JUDICIAL EXAMINATION.
43-323
PLACE OF USE.
43-324
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION.
43-325
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO HAVE ACCESS TO BOOKS.
43-326
POWER TO MAINTAIN PARKS.
43-327
DELINQUENT ASSESSMENTS — SHUTTING OFF OF WATER.
43-328
PETITION TO CONSTRUCT IMPROVEMENTS FOR IRRIGATION — ASSENT OF PETITIONERS TO ASSESSMENT OF COST OF IMPROVEMENT.
43-329
ELECTIONS TO DETERMINE QUESTION AS TO CONSTRUCTION OF IMPROVEMENT — RESOLUTION OF DIRECTORS.
43-330
MAJORITY OF VOTES AS DETERMINATIVE — CONSTRUCTION OF IMPROVEMENT — COST — APPORTIONMENT — ASSESSMENT.
43-330A
CONTRACTS WITH LANDOWNERS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF IMPROVEMENTS.
43-330B
CONTRACT PROVISIONS.
43-330C
COMPLIANCE.
43-330D
CONTRACT TO BE RECORDED.
43-330E
DISTRICT TO OWN DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM.
43-330F
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF PRESSURIZED DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS.
43-330G
DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS FOR LAND IN MORE THAN ONE IRRIGATION DISTRICT — JOINT CONTRACT — DIVISION OF MANAGEMENT — ASSESSMENTS.
43-331
DIRECTORS MAY CONSTRUCT OR MAINTAIN IMPROVEMENTS, LEVY ASSESSMENTS.
43-332
APPORTIONMENT OF WATER TO TRACTS — EMPLOYMENT OF PERSON TO DISTRIBUTE WATER — ASSESSMENT OF COST — LIEN ON LAND.
43-333
RESOLUTION FOR WATER DISTRIBUTION WORKS OR SERVICES — HEARING OF OBJECTIONS — CONSTRUCTION, REPAIR OR MAINTENANCE OF IMPROVEMENT — APPORTIONMENT OF COSTS — ASSESSMENT.
43-334
PROCEDURE FOR LEVY AND COLLECTION OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENT — APPEAL.
43-335
LEASING OF WATER RIGHTS BY IRRIGATION DISTRICT WITHIN THE DISTRICT BY DISTRICT’S WHERE LANDOWNER CAN RECEIVE WATER THROUGH THE DISTRICT’S IRRIGATION SYSTEM.
43-336
NOTIFICATION OF LANDOWNERS REGARDING LEASE.
43-337
REQUIREMENTS OF ELECTION FOR LANDOWNERS.
43-338
LEASING OF WATER RIGHTS INSIDE THE DISTRICT BY AN IRRIGATION DISTRICT WHERE THE LANDOWNER CANNOT RECEIVE WATER THROUGH THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM.
43-339
NO LEVY AGAINST LANDS WHERE WATER RIGHTS ARE LEASED.
43-340
USE OF MONEYS RECEIVED FOR LEASED WATER RIGHTS.
43-341
EFFECT ON WATER RIGHTS BY LEASING.
43-342
LANDOWNER MAY NOT RECEIVE WATER FROM THE DISTRICT AFTER AGREEING TO LEASE WATER RIGHTS.
43-343
AUTHORITY TO CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE GROUND WATER RECHARGE PROJECT.
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TITLE 49 MOTOR VEHICLES
CHAPTER 4 MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION
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49-401
REGISTRATION FEE IN LIEU OF PROPERTY TAX.
49-401A
OWNER TO SECURE REGISTRATION FROM A COUNTY ASSESSOR OR THE DEPARTMENT.
49-401B
APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION — RECEIPT FOR FEE — RECORD OF APPLICANTS.
49-401C
ELECTRONIC VEHICLE CREDENTIAL PROVIDERS.
49-402
ANNUAL REGISTRATION.
49-402A
UTILITY TRAILERS — REGISTRATION, FEES AND TRANSFERS.
49-402B
OPTIONAL BIENNIAL REGISTRATION.
49-402C
SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE PROGRAMS — STANDARDIZED PLATE COLOR AND DESIGN.
49-402D
SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE PREQUALIFICATION PROCESS.
49-402E
RENTAL FLEET REGISTRATION.
49-403
DISABLED VETERAN — LICENSE PLATES.
49-403A
PURPLE HEART RECIPIENT — LICENSE PLATES.
49-403B
GOLD STAR — LICENSE PLATES.
49-403C
PURPLE HEART RECIPIENT MOTORCYCLE LICENSE PLATE.
49-404
NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERS — DISTINCTIVE PLATES.
49-404A
MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES RESERVE — SPECIAL PLATES.
49-405
RADIO AMATEURS — SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES.
49-406
IDAHO OLD TIMER — SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE PROGRAM — REGISTRATION AND STANDARD LICENSE PLATES.
49-406A
IDAHO CLASSIC — SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE PROGRAM — REGISTRATION AND STANDARD LICENSE PLATES.
49-407
YEAR OF MANUFACTURE PLATE.
49-408
STREET ROD.
49-408A
CUSTOM VEHICLE LICENSE PLATES.
49-409
PERSONALIZED LICENSE PLATES.
49-410
SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES AND PLACARDS FOR PERSONS WITH A DISABILITY — PARKING PRIVILEGES — PLACARDS FOR CERTAIN TEMPORARILY DISABLED PERSONS — ENFORCEMENT.
49-411
DEALER AND MANUFACTURER PLATE — FEES.
49-412
VEHICLE DEALER LOANER PLATE.
49-414
LEGISLATIVE LICENSE PLATES — FEES.
49-415
FORMER PRISONER OF WAR LICENSE PLATES.
49-415A
CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR LICENSE PLATES.
49-415B
PEARL HARBOR SURVIVOR SPECIAL PLATES.
49-415D
SUPPORT OUR TROOPS PLATES.
49-415G
IDAHO NORTH AMERICA PLATE — SPECIAL PERMANENT OR BUSINESS LOGO.
49-416
STATEHOOD CENTENNIAL LICENSE PLATES.
49-417
IDAHO WILDLIFE SPECIAL PLATES.
49-417A
IDAHO TIMBER SPECIAL PLATES.
49-417B
IDAHO AGRICULTURE PLATES.
49-417C
FAMOUS POTATOES LICENSE PLATES.
49-417D
IDAHO RANGELAND PLATES.
49-417E
IDAHO WORLD FAMOUS POTATOES BLACK AND WHITE LICENSE PLATE.
49-417F
IDAHO WORLD FAMOUS POTATOES WHITE AND TEAL LICENSE PLATE.
49-418
VETERANS PLATES.
49-418A
IDAHO COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY PLATES.
49-418B
IDAHO YOUTH PLATES.
49-418C
FIREFIGHTERS LICENSE PLATES.
49-418D
MILITARY VETERAN MOTORCYCLE LICENSE PLATE.
49-419
IDAHO SNOWSKIER PLATES.
49-419A
IDAHO SAWTOOTH NATIONAL RECREATION AREA PLATES.
49-419C
IDAHO WHITE WATER RAFTING PLATES.
49-419E
IDAHO MOUNTAIN BIKING PLATES.
49-420
IDAHO SNOWMOBILE PLATES.
49-420A
IDAHO STATE CAPITOL COMMISSION PLATES.
49-420B
LEWIS AND CLARK COMMEMORATIVE PLATES.
49-420C
PEACE OFFICER MEMORIAL PLATES.
49-420D
APPALOOSA LICENSE PLATES.
49-420E
IDAHO CORVETTE PLATES.
49-420J
SELWAY-BITTERROOT WILDERNESS PLATES.
49-420K
IDAHO AVIATION FOUNDATION PLATES.
49-420L
IDAHO TERRITORY SESQUICENTENNIAL PLATES.
49-420M
IDAHO 4-H PLATES.
49-420N
ROCKY MOUNTAIN ELK FOUNDATION PLATES.
49-420O
IDAHO FRIENDS OF THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION PLATES.
49-420P
IDAHO ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PLATES.
49-420Q
PET FRIENDLY LICENSE PLATES.
49-420R
CHOOSE LIFE LICENSE PLATES.
49-420S
DON’T TREAD ON ME LICENSE PLATES.
49-420T
USS IDAHO SSN 799 COMMEMORATIVE LICENSE PLATE.
49-420U
AN APPEAL TO HEAVEN LICENCE PLATES.
49-421
REGISTRATION CARDS.
49-422
REGISTRATION FEES — MANUFACTURED HOMES AND TOWED RECREATIONAL VEHICLES.
49-425
LOST CERTIFICATE OR LICENSE PLATE — DUPLICATES.
49-426
EXEMPTIONS FROM OPERATING FEES.
49-427
REGISTRATION CARD TO BE CARRIED.
49-428
DISPLAY OF PLATE AND STICKERS.
49-429
DISPLAY OF COPY OF APPLICATION PENDING RECEIPT OF LICENSE PLATE.
49-430
REGISTRATION TO BE RENEWED.
49-431
ASSIGNMENT OR TRANSFER OF INTEREST — PROCEDURE.
49-432
TEMPORARY REGISTRATION FOR RESIDENTS AND NONRESIDENTS — FEES.
49-434
OPERATING FEES.
49-434A
PENALTIES FOR FAILURE TO PAY OPERATING FEES.
49-435
PROPORTIONAL REGISTRATION OF COMMERCIAL VEHICLES.
49-437
INCREASE IN MAXIMUM GROSS WEIGHT — FEES FOR REMAINING PORTION OF YEAR.
49-438
PENALTY FOR EXCEEDING REGISTERED GROSS WEIGHT OR PERMITTED MAXIMUM REGISTERED GROSS WEIGHT.
49-439
AUDIT GUIDELINES.
49-443
LICENSE PLATES TO BE FURNISHED BY DEPARTMENT — FORM AND CONTENTS.
49-443B
LICENSE PLATES FOR STATE VEHICLES AND VEHICLES BELONGING TO TAXING DISTRICTS.
49-444
RECREATION VEHICLE REGISTRATION.
49-445
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE ANNUAL LICENSE.
49-446
COUNTY ASSESSOR TO ADMINISTER AND COLLECT LICENSE FEE.
49-447
DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE IDENTIFICATION.
49-448
DISPOSITION OF FEES.
49-449
CANCELLATION OF REGISTRATION UPON NOTICE OF THEFT.
49-450
ADDITIONAL FEE FOR EACH PLATE ISSUED.
49-450A
PLATE MANUFACTURING ACCOUNT.
49-451
VEHICLE LICENSE COST RECOVERY FEE — LIMITATIONS.
49-452
EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES FEE.
49-453
MOTORCYCLE SAFETY PROGRAM FEE.
49-454
PROJECT CHOICE FEE.
49-456
VIOLATIONS OF REGISTRATION PROVISIONS.
49-457
ELECTRIC VEHICLE FEE — PLUG-IN HYBRID VEHICLE FEE.
49-458
MILITARY VEHICLES.
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TITLE 49 MOTOR VEHICLES
CHAPTER 6 RULES OF THE ROAD
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49-601
APPLICATION.
49-602
UNATTENDED MOTOR VEHICLE.
49-603
STARTING PARKED VEHICLE.
49-604
LIMITATIONS ON BACKING.
49-605
DRIVING UPON SIDEWALK.
49-606
COASTING PROHIBITED.
49-607
OPENING AND CLOSING VEHICLE DOORS.
49-608
RIDING IN MANUFACTURED HOMES OR COMMERCIAL COACHES.
49-609
PERSONS RIDING ANIMALS OR DRIVING ANIMAL-DRAWN VEHICLES.
49-612
OBSTRUCTION TO DRIVER’S VIEW OR DRIVING MECHANISM.
49-613
PUTTING GLASS OR OTHER INJURIOUS MATERIALS ON HIGHWAY PROHIBITED.
49-614
STOP WHEN TRAFFIC OBSTRUCTED.
49-615
DRIVERS TO EXERCISE DUE CARE.
49-616
DRIVING THROUGH SAFETY ZONE PROHIBITED.
49-619
SLOW MOVING VEHICLES — RESTRICTIONS AND EXCEPTIONS, EQUIPMENT — EMBLEMS ON CERTAIN MACHINERY — LIMITED EXEMPTION.
49-623
AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY OR POLICE VEHICLES.
49-624
DRIVER DUTY UPON APPROACHING A STATIONARY VEHICLE DISPLAYING FLASHING LIGHTS.
49-625
OPERATION OF VEHICLES ON APPROACH OF AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY OR POLICE VEHICLES.
49-626
FOLLOWING FIRE APPARATUS PROHIBITED.
49-627
CROSSING FIRE HOSE.
49-630
DRIVE ON RIGHT SIDE OF ROADWAY — EXCEPTIONS.
49-631
PASSING VEHICLES PROCEEDING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS.
49-632
OVERTAKING A VEHICLE ON THE LEFT.
49-633
WHEN PASSING ON THE RIGHT IS PERMITTED.
49-634
LIMITATIONS ON OVERTAKING ON THE LEFT.
49-635
FURTHER LIMITATIONS ON DRIVING ON LEFT OF CENTER OF HIGHWAY.
49-636
ONE-WAY HIGHWAYS.
49-637
DRIVING ON HIGHWAYS LANED FOR TRAFFIC.
49-638
FOLLOWING TOO CLOSELY.
49-639
TURNING OUT OF SLOW MOVING VEHICLES.
49-640
VEHICLES APPROACHING OR ENTERING UNMARKED OR UNCONTROLLED INTERSECTION.
49-641
VEHICLE TURNING LEFT.
49-642
VEHICLE ENTERING HIGHWAY.
49-643
HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE.
49-644
REQUIRED POSITION AND METHOD OF TURNING.
49-645
LIMITATIONS ON TURNING AROUND.
49-648
OBEDIENCE TO SIGNAL INDICATING APPROACH OF TRAIN OR OTHER ON-TRACK EQUIPMENT.
49-649
COMPLIANCE WITH STOPPING REQUIREMENT AT ALL RAILROAD GRADE CROSSINGS.
49-650
MOVING HEAVY EQUIPMENT AT RAILROAD GRADE CROSSINGS.
49-651
EMERGING FROM ALLEY, DRIVEWAY OR BUILDING.
49-652
SCHOOL SAFETY PATROLS — FAILURE TO OBEY UNLAWFUL.
49-654
BASIC RULE AND MAXIMUM SPEED LIMITS.
49-655
MINIMUM SPEED REGULATION.
49-656
SPECIAL SPEED LIMITATIONS.
49-657
WORK ZONE SPEED LIMITS — PENALTY.
49-658
SCHOOL ZONE SPEED LIMIT — PENALTY.
49-659
STOPPING, STANDING OR PARKING OUTSIDE BUSINESS OR RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS.
49-660
STOPPING, STANDING OR PARKING PROHIBITED IN SPECIFIED PLACES.
49-661
ADDITIONAL PARKING REGULATIONS.
49-662
OFFICERS AUTHORIZED TO REMOVE VEHICLES.
49-663
RESTRICTED USE OF NEIGHBORHOOD ELECTRIC VEHICLES ON HIGHWAYS.
49-665
RIDING ON MOTORCYCLES.
49-666
MOTORCYCLE, MOTORBIKE, UTV AND ATV SAFETY HELMETS AND SEATBELTS — REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS.
49-669
SNOWMOBILE OPERATION LIMITED.
49-672
PASSENGER SAFETY FOR CHILDREN.
49-673
SAFETY RESTRAINT USE.
49-674
HARVEST SEASON.
49-675
LEGISLATIVE INTENT.
49-676
DYED FUEL — INSPECTION.
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TITLE 49 MOTOR VEHICLES
CHAPTER 7 PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLES
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49-701
PEDESTRIAN OBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS.
49-702
PEDESTRIANS’ RIGHT-OF-WAY IN CROSSWALKS.
49-703
PEDESTRIANS TO USE RIGHT HALF OF CROSSWALKS.
49-704
CROSSING AT OTHER THAN CROSSWALKS.
49-705
PEDESTRIANS YIELD TO AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLES.
49-706
PEDESTRIAN WITH A DISABILITY HAS RIGHT-OF-WAY.
49-707
PEDESTRIANS’ RIGHT-OF-WAY ON SIDEWALKS.
49-708
PEDESTRIANS ON HIGHWAYS.
49-709
PEDESTRIANS SOLICITING RIDES OR BUSINESS.
49-710
BRIDGE AND RAILROAD SIGNALS.
49-713
APPLICATION.
49-714
TRAFFIC LAWS APPLY TO PERSONS ON BICYCLES AND OTHER HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLES — DUE CARE.
49-715
RIDING ON BICYCLES.
49-716
CLINGING TO OR FOLLOWING VEHICLES.
49-717
POSITION ON HIGHWAY.
49-718
RIDING TWO ABREAST.
49-719
CARRYING ARTICLES.
49-720
STOPPING — TURN AND STOP SIGNALS.
49-721
BICYCLES ON SIDEWALKS.
49-722
BICYCLE RACING.
49-723
LIGHT AND REFLECTOR REQUIRED AT NIGHT.
49-724
ADDITIONAL LIGHTS AUTHORIZED.
49-725
RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF ELECTRIC-ASSISTED BICYCLES.
49-726
INSURANCE, LICENSING, AND REGISTRATION.
49-727
LABELING.
49-728
PATH USE BY ELECTRIC-ASSISTED BICYCLES.
49-729
VIOLATION.
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TITLE 50 MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS
CHAPTER 3 POWERS
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50-301
CORPORATE AND LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT POWERS.
50-302
PROMOTION OF GENERAL WELFARE — PRESCRIBING PENALTIES.
50-302A
CONFINEMENT IN CITY OR COUNTY JAIL FOR VIOLATING ORDINANCE.
50-303
RECREATION AND CULTURE.
50-304
PRESERVATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH.
50-305
HOSPITALS — MAINTENANCE.
50-306
PUBLIC CARRIERS.
50-307
LICENSE OCCUPATIONS AND BUSINESSES.
50-308
MAINTENANCE OF PEACE — LICENSING AND REGULATING AMUSEMENTS.
50-309
FIRE DEPARTMENT — FIRE ZONES.
50-310
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.
50-311
CREATION — VACATION OF STREETS — EMINENT DOMAIN — REVERSION OF VACATED STREETS.
50-312
IMPROVEMENT OF STREETS — SPECIAL LEVY.
50-313
PUBLIC WAYS — SUPERVISION.
50-314
STREETS AND PUBLIC PLACES — REGULATIONS.
50-315
REHABILITATION IMPROVEMENTS.
50-316
SIDEWALKS — GENERAL REGULATIONS.
50-317
REMOVAL OF SNOW, ICE, RUBBISH AND WEEDS.
50-318
IDENTIFICATION OF STREETS AND HOUSES.
50-319
ANIMALS AT LARGE — REGULATION.
50-320
CEMETERIES.
50-321
AVIATION FACILITIES — ACQUISITION, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.
50-322
TRANSIT SYSTEMS.
50-323
DOMESTIC WATER SYSTEMS.
50-324
CITIES AUTHORIZED TO JOINTLY PURCHASE OR LEASE, MAINTAIN OR OPERATE A JOINT WATER SYSTEM.
50-325
POWER PLANTS — POWER DISTRIBUTION.
50-326
WATER, LIGHT, POWER AND GAS PLANTS — LEASING — SELLING — PROCEDURE.
50-327
SALE OF EXCESS POWER.
50-328
UTILITY TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS — REGULATIONS.
50-329
FRANCHISE ORDINANCES — REGULATIONS.
50-329A
FRANCHISE ORDINANCES — FEES.
50-330
RATES OF FRANCHISE HOLDERS — REGULATIONS.
50-331
CONTROL OF WATERS.
50-332
CONTROL OF SEWERS AND DRAINS.
50-333
FLOOD PREVENTION — DRAINAGE.
50-334
ABATEMENT OF NUISANCES.
50-335
DESTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS INIMICAL TO SAFETY AND HEALTH.
50-336
TRAFFIC SAFETY EDUCATION PROGRAM — FEES.
50-342
ELECTRIC POWER — PURCHASE OR DISPOSAL.
50-342A
PARTICIPATION IN GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION PROJECTS.
50-344
SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL.
50-345
COMPUTERIZED MAPPING SYSTEM FEES.
50-346
MUNICIPALITY PROHIBITIONS ON UTILITY CONNECTIONS.
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TITLE 61 PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION
CHAPTER 1 PUBLIC UTILITIES LAW — APPLICATION AND DEFINITIONS
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61-101
TITLE AND APPLICATION.
61-102
COMMISSION.
61-103
COMMISSIONER.
61-104
CORPORATION.
61-105
PERSON.
61-110
RAILROAD.
61-111
RAILROAD CORPORATION.
61-113
COMMON CARRIER.
61-114
PIPELINE.
61-115
PIPELINE CORPORATION.
61-116
GAS PLANT.
61-117
GAS CORPORATION.
61-118
ELECTRIC PLANT.
61-119
ELECTRICAL CORPORATION.
61-120
TELEPHONE LINE.
61-121
TELEPHONE CORPORATION — TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES.
61-124
WATER SYSTEM.
61-125
WATER CORPORATION.
61-129
PUBLIC UTILITY.
61-130
REFERENCE TO OTHER STATUTES AND LAWS.
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TITLE 61 PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION
CHAPTER 3 DUTIES OF PUBLIC UTILITIES
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61-301
CHARGES JUST AND REASONABLE.
61-301A
REQUIRING SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER — PROHIBITED — EXCEPTION.
61-302
MAINTENANCE OF ADEQUATE SERVICE.
61-303
RULES AND REGULATIONS JUST AND REASONABLE.
61-305
SCHEDULES OF PUBLIC UTILITIES.
61-306
SCHEDULES — CHANGE IN FORM.
61-307
SCHEDULES — CHANGE IN RATE AND SERVICE.
61-308
SCHEDULES — JOINT RATES.
61-313
SCHEDULE CHARGES ONLY PERMITTED.
61-313A
EXISTING AGREEMENTS.
61-314
SCHEDULE OF RATES WITHIN AND WITHOUT STATE.
61-315
DISCRIMINATION AND PREFERENCE PROHIBITED.
61-316
PROFITS.
61-317
SLIDING SCALE OF CHARGES — AUTOMATIC ADJUSTMENT.
61-318
INTERCHANGE OF TRAFFIC — DUTY OF ESTABLISHING JOINT RATES.
61-319
INTERCHANGE OF TELEPHONE MESSAGES.
61-320
FALSE BILLING — TRANSPORTATION AT LESS THAN SCHEDULED RATES PROHIBITED.
61-321
FALSE CLAIM FOR DAMAGES.
61-323
TELEPHONE COMPANIES — LONG AND SHORT DISTANCE SERVICE.
61-324
RAILROADS — SWITCH CONNECTION.
61-325
RAILROADS — SPURS.
61-327
ELECTRIC UTILITY PROPERTY — ACQUISITION BY CERTAIN PUBLIC AGENCIES PROHIBITED.
61-328
ELECTRIC UTILITIES — SALE OF PROPERTY TO BE APPROVED BY COMMISSION.
61-329
UNLAWFUL TRANSFER OR ACQUISITION — ESCHEAT.
61-330
EVASIONS OF ACT — CONCLUSIVE PRESUMPTIONS.
61-331
VIOLATION OF ACT — CRIMINAL PENALTY.
61-332
PURPOSE OF ELECTRIC SUPPLIER STABILIZATION ACT.
61-332A
DEFINITIONS FOR ELECTRIC SUPPLIER STABILIZATION ACT.
61-332B
ELECTRIC SUPPLIER PROHIBITED FROM SERVING CONSUMERS OR FORMER CONSUMERS OF ANOTHER ELECTRIC SUPPLIER.
61-332C
PROVISIONS FOR SELECTING ELECTRIC SUPPLIER FOR NEW ELECTRIC SERVICE ENTRANCES.
61-332D
WHEELING SERVICES.
61-333
AUTHORIZING CONTRACTS AMONG ELECTRIC SUPPLIERS TO RESOLVE TERRITORIES, CONSUMERS AND TO TRANSFER FACILITIES.
61-333A
INCREASED AREA — EXTENSION OF SERVICE PERMITTED.
61-333B
MUNICIPAL CORPORATION RESTRICTED IN SERVING NEW AREA PREVIOUSLY SERVED BY UTILITY OR COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION — VOLUNTARY AGREEMENTS — ELECTION — APPEALS.
61-333C
NONMUNICIPAL SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS PROHIBITED FROM EXTENDING SERVICE.
61-334
SPECIAL RULES OF INTERPRETATION.
61-334A
REMEDIES FOR VIOLATION OF THIS ACT.
61-334B
COMMISSION SUPERVISION AND AUTHORITY.
61-334C
ELECTRIC SUPPLIER IMMUNITY.
61-336
ADDITIONAL AUTHORITIES OF ELECTRICAL OR NATURAL GAS CORPORATIONS.
61-337
FISH AND WILDLIFE MITIGATION INFORMATION.
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TITLE 61 PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION
CHAPTER 5 POWERS AND DUTIES OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
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61-501
INVESTMENT OF AUTHORITY.
61-502
DETERMINATION OF RATES.
61-502A
RESTRICTION ON RATES AUTHORIZING RETURN ON PROPERTY NOT PROVIDING UTILITY SERVICE.
61-502B
ALLOCATION OF GAIN UPON SALE OF WATER RIGHT.
61-503
POWER TO INVESTIGATE AND FIX RATES AND REGULATIONS.
61-505
JOINT HEARINGS AND INVESTIGATIONS — RECIPROCITY — CONTRACTS WITH REGULATORY AGENCIES OF NEIGHBORING STATES.
61-506
INTERSTATE RATES.
61-507
DETERMINATION OF RULES AND REGULATIONS.
61-508
IMPROVEMENTS MAY BE ORDERED — COST.
61-509
REGULATION OF TRAIN AND STREET CAR SERVICE.
61-510
RAILROAD SERVICE — PHYSICAL CONNECTIONS.
61-511
RAILROAD SERVICE — SPURS AND SWITCH CONNECTIONS.
61-512
RAILROAD SERVICE — CARS OF CONNECTING RAILROAD.
61-513
TELEPHONE COMPANIES — PHYSICAL CONNECTIONS.
61-514
JOINT USE OF PLANT AND EQUIPMENT.
61-515
SAFETY REGULATIONS.
61-515A
SAFETY AND SANITARY EQUIPMENT AND CONDITIONS.
61-516
PRIORITY DESIGNATION FOR ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION PROJECTS.
61-517
ACCIDENTS — INVESTIGATION — ORDER OR RECOMMENDATION OF COMMISSION — REPORT BY UTILITY.
61-518
RAILROAD SERVICE — FURNISHING CARS.
61-519
EXPRESS SERVICE — DELIVERY OF TELEPHONE MESSAGES.
61-520
SERVICE OF ELECTRIC, GAS, AND WATER CORPORATIONS — DETERMINATION OF STANDARDS.
61-521
AUTHORITY TO ENTER PREMISES.
61-522
CONSUMER MAY HAVE COMMODITY OR APPLIANCE TESTED.
61-523
VALUATION.
61-524
SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS.
61-525
DEPRECIATION ACCOUNT.
61-526
CERTIFICATE OF CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY.
61-527
CERTIFICATE OF CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY — EXERCISE OF RIGHT OR FRANCHISE.
61-528
CERTIFICATE OF CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY — CONDITIONS.
61-529
CERTIFICATE OF CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY — ELECTRICITY EXCLUSIVELY FOR MINES EXCEPTED.
61-531
PLAN FOR CURTAILMENT OF ELECTRIC OR GAS CONSUMPTION.
61-532
ADOPTION OR REJECTION OF PLANS — PROCEDURE.
61-533
AUTHORITY TO DECLARE EMERGENCY.
61-534
CURTAILMENT OF SERVICE BY SUPPLIERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH PLANS.
61-535
ORDER FOR CURTAILMENT OF CONSUMPTION BY CONSUMERS.
61-536
LIABILITY OF SUPPLIERS.
61-537
CONTRACTS OF SUPPLIERS SUBJECT TO PROVISIONS OF LAW.
61-538
POLE ATTACHMENTS — REGULATION.
61-539
WATER RIGHTS OF AN ELECTRICAL CORPORATION — NO COMMISSION JURISDICTION.
61-540
AUTHORIZING NEGOTIATION AND EXECUTION OF CONTRACTS BY THE STATE OF IDAHO WITH ELECTRICAL CORPORATIONS REGARDING CERTAIN WATER RIGHTS IDENTIFIED IN SECTION 61-539, IDAHO CODE.
61-541
BINDING RATEMAKING TREATMENTS APPLICABLE WHEN COSTS OF A NEW ELECTRIC GENERATION FACILITY ARE INCLUDED IN RATES.
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TITLE 61 PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION
CHAPTER 9 ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES BY PUBLIC UTILITIES
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61-901
ELECTRIC, TELEPHONE, WATER AND GAS UTILITIES — ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES AUTHORIZED — LIENS — PLEDGES — PURPOSES — TERMS — SUPERVISION AND CONTROL OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION.
61-902
PETITION FOR AUTHORITY — NOTICE AND HEARING — ORDER — REFUND.
61-903
SECURITIES WHICH MAY BE ISSUED WITHOUT ORDER OF COMMISSION.
61-904
PETITIONS — PROMPT DISPOSITION — CONTINUANCES.
61-905
FEES TO BE PAID.
61-906
NO LIABILITY ON PART OF STATE.
61-907
ACT SUPERIOR TO ALL LAWS.
61-908
SAVING CLAUSE.
61-909
EXEMPTIONS.
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TITLE 62 RAILROADS AND OTHER PUBLIC UTILITIES
CHAPTER 4 OPERATION OF RAILROADS
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62-401
CHECKING BAGGAGE.
62-402
ACCOMMODATIONS FOR PASSENGERS AND FREIGHT.
62-403
REFUSAL TO ACCEPT PASSENGERS OR FREIGHT.
62-404
ACCOMMODATIONS TO BE SUFFICIENT.
62-405
PRINTED RULES AND REGULATIONS.
62-406
ERECTION AND MAINTENANCE OF FENCES — LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES.
62-407
CROSSINGS AND CATTLE GUARDS.
62-408
CLAIM FOR DAMAGES.
62-409
RECOVERY OF ATTORNEYS’ FEES.
62-410
BOOK OF DESCRIPTIONS OF STOCK KILLED.
62-411
DISPOSAL OF CARCASS.
62-412
BELL OR WHISTLE.
62-413
EJECTION OF PASSENGERS FOR MISCONDUCT — PENALTY FOR EMPLOYEE’S VIOLATIONS.
62-418
RAILROADS AND OTHER CARRIERS — EMPLOYEE INSPECTING SHIPMENTS TO GIVE SHIPPER COPY OF REPORT.
62-419
PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO GIVE REPORT OR MAKING FALSE REPORT.
62-420
“TRACK MOTOR CARS” DEFINED.
62-421
EQUIPMENT OF TRACK MOTOR CARS WITH SPECIFIED ELECTRIC LIGHTS.
62-422
EQUIPMENT OF TRACK MOTOR CARS.
62-423
VIOLATIONS AS TO EQUIPMENT PENALIZED.
62-424
HEARING ON ABANDONMENT.
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TITLE 63 REVENUE AND TAXATION
CHAPTER 6 EXEMPTIONS FROM TAXATION
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63-601
ALL PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION.
63-602
PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION.
63-602A
PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION — GOVERNMENT PROPERTY.
63-602B
PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION — RELIGIOUS LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES, CORPORATIONS OR SOCIETIES.
63-602C
PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION — FRATERNAL, BENEVOLENT, OR CHARITABLE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES, CORPORATIONS OR SOCIETIES.
63-602D
PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION — CERTAIN HOSPITALS.
63-602E
PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION — PROPERTY USED FOR SCHOOL OR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES.
63-602F
PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION.
63-602G
PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION — HOMESTEAD.
63-602H
VALUE OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY IN CERTAIN ZONED AREAS.
63-602I
PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION — HOUSEHOLD GOODS, WEARING APPAREL AND OTHER PERSONAL EFFECTS IN CERTAIN CASES.
63-602J
PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION — MOTOR VEHICLES AND VESSELS PROPERLY REGISTERED.
63-602L
PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION — INTANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY.
63-602M
PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION — CERTAIN SECURED DUES AND CREDITS.
63-602N
PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION — IRRIGATION WATER AND STRUCTURES — CERTAIN PROPERTY OF IRRIGATION DISTRICTS OR CANAL COMPANIES.
63-602P
PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION — FACILITIES FOR WATER OR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL.
63-602Q
PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION — CERTAIN COOPERATIVE TELEPHONE LINES.
63-602R
PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION — AGRICULTURAL CROPS.
63-602S
PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION — FRUITS AND VEGETABLES HELD FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION, AND SEEDS, SHIPPED OUT OF THE STATE.
63-602T
PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION — PERSONAL PROPERTY MANUFACTURED OR PROCESSED IN THIS STATE AND ACTUALLY SOLD AND SHIPPED OUT OF STATE.
63-602U
PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION — PERSONAL PROPERTY SHIPPED INTO THE STATE AND STORED IN A PUBLIC OR PRIVATE WAREHOUSE STRUCTURE, AND DESIGNATED FOR SHIPMENT OUT OF THE STATE TO BE CONSIDERED IN TRANSIT.
63-602V
PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION — PERSONAL PROPERTY SHIPPED INTO THE STATE AND STORED IN THE ORIGINAL PACKAGE.
63-602W
BUSINESS INVENTORY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION — BUSINESS INVENTORY THAT IS A COMPONENT OF REAL PROPERTY THAT IS A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING.
63-602X
PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION — CASUALTY LOSS.
63-602Y
PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION — EFFECT OF CHANGE OF STATUS.
63-602Z
EXEMPTION FROM OCCUPANCY TAX.
63-602AA
PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION — EXCEPTIONAL SITUATIONS.
63-602BB
PARTIAL EXEMPTION FOR REMEDIATED LAND.
63-602CC
PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION — QUALIFIED EQUIPMENT UTILIZING POSTCONSUMER WASTE OR POSTINDUSTRIAL WASTE.
63-602DD
MANUFACTURED HOMES USED UNDER A DEALER’S PLATE OR AS A SHEEP AND COW CAMP.
63-602EE
PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION — CERTAIN TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY.
63-602GG
PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION — LOW-INCOME HOUSING OWNED BY NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.
63-602HH
PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION — SIGNIFICANT CAPITAL INVESTMENTS.
63-602II
PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION — UNUSED INFRASTRUCTURE.
63-602JJ
PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION — CERTAIN PROPERTY OF PRODUCER OF ELECTRICITY BY MEANS OF WIND, SOLAR, OR GEOTHERMAL ENERGY — RATE-REGULATED ELECTRIC UTILITY COMPANIES, RATE-REGULATED AFFILIATED GAS COMPANIES, AND RATE-REGULATED GAS COMPANIES.
63-602KK
PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION — CERTAIN PERSONAL PROPERTY.
63-602NN
PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION — CERTAIN BUSINESS PROPERTY.
63-602OO
PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION — OIL OR GAS RELATED WELLS.
63-604
LAND ACTIVELY DEVOTED TO AGRICULTURE DEFINED.
63-605
LAND USED TO PROTECT WILDLIFE AND WILDLIFE HABITAT.
63-606A
SMALL EMPLOYER GROWTH INCENTIVE EXEMPTION.
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