Bill Analyses and Ratings
Bill Information: H0890 – Repeal State Administrative Facilities Disposal Law
Bill Summary
This bill repeals Section 67-5709A of Idaho Code, which had established a separate legal framework governing the sale, transfer, or disposition of state administrative facilities. By eliminating this section, the bill removes a parallel disposal pathway that previously allowed the state board of examiners to authorize disposal of surplus real property classified as ‘state administrative facilities’ outside the standard process. Two conforming amendments accompany the repeal: Section 58-331 is amended to remove the exception that carved out administrative facilities from the standard surplus property process, and Section 67-2024A is amended to remove the subsection authorizing the board of examiners to handle administrative facility disposals.
The net result is a consolidation of state surplus real property disposal under a single authority — the state board of land commissioners — eliminating the bifurcated system that had treated administrative facilities differently from other surplus real property. All surplus real property, including former administrative facilities, now flows through a single, uniform disposition process. The bill carries an emergency clause, taking effect immediately upon passage and approval.
Overall Assessment
This bill is a narrow administrative and procedural reform that streamlines the internal legal framework governing how Idaho disposes of surplus state-owned real property. It does not create new policy, expand or restrict rights, allocate funding, or affect any substantive area of governance beyond the mechanics of property disposal procedures. As such, it does not meaningfully implicate any of the evaluation metrics used to assess legislative impact across policy areas.
Because the bill’s sole effect is to consolidate surplus real property disposal authority under one board rather than two, it receives a score of zero across all nineteen evaluation categories. The change is procedural in nature and does not advance or detract from any of the principles or priorities reflected in the rating framework. No category — from citizen involvement and education to natural resources, economy, or law and order — is substantively affected by this technical consolidation of administrative authority.
Rating Breakdown
ARTICLE I. Responsibility in Government (0)
By repealing Section 67-5709A and removing the corresponding subsection from Section 67-2024A, the bill eliminates a parallel, separate disposal process for state administrative facilities that existed alongside the standard surplus property framework. Consolidating all surplus real property disposal under the state board of land commissioners removes redundant bureaucratic pathways, reducing opportunities for inconsistent application and making the process more transparent and accountable to a single authority.
ARTICLE II. Citizen Involvement in Government (0)
This bill restructures internal state government procedures for disposing of surplus real property. It makes no changes to public participation rights, electoral processes, or mechanisms for citizen engagement with government.
ARTICLE III. Education (0)
The bill's changes are confined to state surplus property disposal procedures and have no bearing on education policy, school funding, curriculum, or any related matter.
ARTICLE IV. Agriculture (0)
The bill addresses the administrative process for disposing of state-owned surplus real property and has no connection to agricultural policy, farming operations, water law, or rural land use.
ARTICLE V. Water (0)
The bill modifies procedures for state surplus property disposal and contains no provisions affecting water rights, water management, or related policy.
ARTICLE VI. Natural Resources and Environment (0)
Although the bill involves real property, it addresses only the administrative process for disposing of surplus state-owned facilities. It does not alter land use policy, environmental protections, or natural resource management authority.
ARTICLE VII. Energy (0)
The bill is limited to state surplus property disposal procedures and has no connection to energy production, regulation, or infrastructure policy.
ARTICLE VIII. Idaho National Laboratories (0)
The bill concerns general state surplus real property and administrative facilities. It has no bearing on the Idaho National Laboratory, nuclear research, or related federal-state partnerships.
ARTICLE IX. Private Property Rights (0)
The bill governs the disposal of state-owned surplus property and does not affect private property rights, regulatory takings, or the rights of private landowners in any way.
ARTICLE X. State and Federal Lands (0)
While the bill touches on state-owned real property, it addresses only the internal administrative process for surplus property disposal and does not engage questions of federal land ownership, transfer of federal lands to the state, or state land management policy.
ARTICLE XI. Wildlife Management (0)
The bill makes procedural changes to state surplus property disposal and has no connection to wildlife management, hunting and fishing regulations, or predator control.
ARTICLE XII. Economy (0)
The bill streamlines an internal government property process but does not directly affect commerce, taxation, labor markets, small business regulation, or broader economic development policy.
ARTICLE XIII. Health and Welfare (0)
The bill's scope is limited to state surplus real property disposal procedures and has no effect on health care, public health programs, or welfare policy.
ARTICLE XIV. American Family (0)
The bill addresses state government property procedures and has no bearing on family policy, parental rights, marriage, or related social issues.
ARTICLE XV. Older Americans (0)
The bill makes administrative changes to state surplus property law and contains no provisions affecting services, benefits, or policies for older Idahoans.
ARTICLE XVI. Law and Order with Justice (0)
The bill restructures state property disposal procedures and has no connection to criminal justice, law enforcement, gun rights, or judicial processes.
ARTICLE XVII. National Defense - Securing the Border (0)
The bill is confined to state surplus real property disposal and has no relationship to national defense, border security, veterans' affairs, or military matters.
ARTICLE XVIII. Election of Judges and Idaho Supreme Court Justices (0)
The bill addresses state property disposal procedures and has no connection to judicial selection, elections, or constitutional interpretation.
ARTICLE XIX. Religious Liberty (0)
The bill makes administrative changes to state surplus property law and has no bearing on religious freedom, conscience protections, or related rights.