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LEGISLATURE
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IDAHO
Sixty-eighth
Legislature
Second
Regular
Session
-
2026
IN
THE
HOUSE
OF
REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE
BILL
NO.
781
BY
STATE
AFFAIRS
COMMITTEE
AN
ACT
1
RELATING
TO
AGRICULTURAL
PESTS;
AMENDING
SECTION
25
-
2601,
IDAHO
CODE,
TO
RE
-
2
VISE
PROVISIONS
REGARDING
THE
POWER
OF
COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
TO
CONTROL
3
AGRICULTURAL
PESTS;
AND
DECLARING
AN
EMERGENCY
AND
PROVIDING
AN
EFFEC
-
4
TIVE
DATE.
5
Be
It
Enacted
by
the
Legislature
of
the
State
of
Idaho:
6
SECTION
1.
That
Section
25
-
2601,
Idaho
Code,
be,
and
the
same
is
hereby
7
amended
to
read
as
follows:
8
25
-
2601.
CONTROL
OF
PESTS
-
-
POWERS
OF
COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS.
The
9
board
of
county
commissioners
of
each
and
every
county
of
this
state
are
10
all
hereby
granted
full
power
and
authority
to
declare
any
predatory
ani
-
1
1
mal,
including
coyote,
that
feeds
upon,
preys
upon
or
destroys
any
poultry
12
or
livestock
of
any
kind
upon
any
public
or
private
lands
within
their
re
-
13
spective
counties,
or
any
rodent,
jack
-
rabbit,
gopher,
ground
squirrel,
14
cricket,
locust,
grasshopper
and
other
insect
pests
or
plant
disease
causing
15
organisms/agents
or
any
other
invertebrate
organism
that
feeds,
preys
upon,
16
or
destroys
any
livestock,
natural
grasses,
or
cultivated
crops
of
any
kind
17
upon
any
public
or
private
lands
within
their
respective
counties,
of
the
18
following
to
be
agricultural
pests
,
and
to
take
all
steps
that
they
may
deem
19
necessary
to
control
such
pests
.
:
20
(1)
Any
predatory
animal
that
feeds
on,
preys
on,
or
destroys
any
poul
-
21
try
or
livestock
on
any
public
or
private
lands
within
their
respective
coun
-
22
ties;
23
(2)
Any
rodent,
including
but
not
limited
to
mice,
gophers,
ground
24
squirrels,
jackrabbits,
or
rats,
such
as
the
Norway
rat
and
roof
rat,
on
any
25
public
or
private
lands
within
their
respective
counties;
26
(3)
Any
insect,
including
but
not
limited
to
crickets,
locusts,
and
27
grasshoppers,
or
any
other
invertebrate
organism
that
feeds
on,
preys
on,
28
or
destroys
poultry
or
livestock
operations,
natural
grasses,
cultivated
29
crops
of
any
kind,
or
the
earth
on
any
public
or
private
lands
within
their
30
respective
counties;
and
31
(4)
Any
plant
disease
-
causing
organism
or
agent
that
feeds
on,
preys
32
on,
or
destroys
poultry
or
livestock
operations,
natural
grasses,
culti
-
33
vated
crops
of
any
kind,
or
the
earth
on
any
public
or
private
lands
within
34
their
respective
counties.
35
SECTION
2.
An
emergency
existing
therefor,
which
emergency
is
hereby
36
declared
to
exist,
this
act
shall
be
in
full
force
and
effect
on
and
after
37
July
1,
2026.
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