PROJECT CHOICE PROGRAM FEE – Amends existing law to revise a provision regarding the Project Choice program fee.

LEGISLATURE
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IDAHO
Sixty-eighth
Legislature
Second
Regular
Session
-
2026
IN
THE
SENATE
SENATE
BILL
NO.
1379
BY
JUDICIARY
AND
RULES
COMMITTEE
AN
ACT
1
RELATING
TO
THE
PROJECT
CHOICE
PROGRAM
FEE;
AMENDING
SECTION
49
-
454,
IDAHO
2
CODE,
TO
REVISE
A
PROVISION
REGARDING
THE
PROJECT
CHOICE
PROGRAM
FEE;
3
PROVIDING
SEVERABILITY;
AND
DECLARING
AN
EMERGENCY
AND
PROVIDING
AN
EF
-
4
FECTIVE
DATE.
5
Be
It
Enacted
by
the
Legislature
of
the
State
of
Idaho:
6
SECTION
1.
That
Section
49
-
454,
Idaho
Code,
be,
and
the
same
is
hereby
7
amended
to
read
as
follows:
8
49
-
454.
PROJECT
CHOICE
FEE.
(1)
A
project
choice
program
fee
of
three
9
dollars
($3.00)
eight
dollars
($8.00)
shall
be
collected
in
addition
to
each
10
registration
fee
assessed
pursuant
to
section
49
-
402(1),
(2)
or
(3),
49
-
411,
1
1
49
-
412
or
49
-
434(1),
Idaho
Code.
Such
fees
shall
be
deposited
to
the
Idaho
12
law
enforcement
fund
established
in
section
67
-
2914,
Idaho
Code.
13
(2)
The
project
choice
program
fee
shall
be
collected
and
deposited
14
pursuant
to
subsection
(1)
of
this
section
for
registrations
for
calendar
15
year
2007
and
thereafter.
16
(3)
The
project
choice
fee
shall
be
used,
subject
to
appropriation,
17
exclusively
for
the
purposes
of
creating
a
career
ladder
within
the
Idaho
18
state
police
and
to
provide
salaries
to
encourage
the
hiring
and
retention
19
of
trained
and
qualified
employees
for
Idaho
state
police
positions.
Idaho
20
state
police
personnel
who
have
participated
in
and
benefited
from
the
use
of
21
the
project
choice
fee,
as
of
July
1,
2010,
shall
continue
to
participate
in
22
and
benefit
from
the
project
choice
fee
while
employed
by
the
Idaho
state
po
-
23
lice.
Provided
however,
that
beginning
July
1,
2010,
the
use
of
the
project
24
choice
fee
shall
be
restricted
in
the
following
manner:
the
project
choice
25
fee
shall
be
used
exclusively
for
the
purposes
of
creating
a
career
ladder
26
for
commissioned
officers,
dispatch
personnel
and
forensic
personnel
within
27
the
Idaho
state
police;
and
to
provide
salaries
to
encourage
the
hiring
and
28
retention
of
trained
and
qualified
commissioned
officers,
dispatch
person
-
29
nel
and
forensic
personnel.
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SECTION
2.
SEVERABILITY.
The
provisions
of
this
act
are
hereby
declared
31
to
be
severable
and
if
any
provision
of
this
act
or
the
application
of
such
32
provision
to
any
person
or
circumstance
is
declared
invalid
for
any
reason,
33
such
declaration
shall
not
affect
the
validity
of
the
remaining
portions
of
34
this
act.
35
SECTION
3.
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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