{"id":997,"date":"2018-02-23T21:22:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-23T21:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/eminentdomain\/wp-eminentdomain\/2018\/02\/23\/lege-trend-update-protecting-property-rights-from-trespassers-in-the-west-the-opposition-the-attorney-general-opinion\/"},"modified":"2018-02-23T21:22:00","modified_gmt":"2018-02-23T21:22:00","slug":"lege-trend-update-protecting-property-rights-from-trespassers-in-the-west-the-opposition-the-attorney-general-opinion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/eminentdomain\/wp-eminentdomain\/lege-trend-update-protecting-property-rights-from-trespassers-in-the-west-the-opposition-the-attorney-general-opinion\/","title":{"rendered":"Lege Trend Update. Protecting Property Rights from Trespassers in the West. The Opposition &#038; The Attorney General Opinion."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The sole committee member voting against Idaho&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/legislature.idaho.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sessioninfo\/2018\/standingcommittees\/180208_hagr_0130PM-Agenda.pdf\">RS26114<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/legislature.idaho.gov\/sessioninfo\/2018\/legislation\/H0536\/\">HB 536<\/a>\u00a0asked for an <a href=\"http:\/\/legacy.idahostatesman.com\/AGtrespass.pdf\">opinion from the Idaho Attorney General <\/a>on the constitutionality of increasing trespass penalties.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Did the Idaho Attorney General find the trespass increases constitutional?<\/strong>\u00a0No<\/p>\n<p><strong>What constitutional issues did the Idaho Attorney General raise? &#8220;<\/strong>(The bill), as written, appears to be overly broad as it proscribes a great amount of lawful conduct and runs afoul of First Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment protections&#8221;<\/p>\n<div><strong>Other opposition?<\/strong>\u00a0Idaho Sheriff\u2019s Association, Idaho Association of Counties &amp; Idaho Prosecuting Attorneys Association<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.idahostatesman.com\/news\/politics-government\/state-politics\/article201103539.html\">Idaho Statesman |\u00a0Trespassing bill may violate Constitution, conflict with Idaho law, analysis says<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Refreshing our recollection on informed:intel, February 12, 2018<\/p>\n<p><strong>Increasing Trespass Penalties &amp; Fees to Protect Property Rights. Read the Bill from the West.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Idaho is considering\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/legislature.idaho.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sessioninfo\/2018\/standingcommittees\/180208_hagr_0130PM-Agenda.pdf\">RS26114<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/legislature.idaho.gov\/sessioninfo\/2018\/legislation\/H0536\/\">HB 536<\/a>\u00a0that will set trespass fees:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>$50 to $500<\/li>\n<li>increased fees for intentional trespass<\/li>\n<li>a 3rd offense would be a felony<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The bill&#8217;s author, a rancher, said of current trespass laws:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the laws are a patchwork<\/li>\n<li>the orange markings property owners are required to put up every 660 feet are onerous<\/li>\n<li>recreational trespass penalties are higher than criminal trespass penalties<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0 in addition to streamlining penaltiesalso requires:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>property owners to mark property at property boundaries, access points and streams.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/best-states\/idaho\/articles\/2018-02-08\/new-bill-would-tweak-idahos-trespassing-laws\">AP |\u00a0New Bill Would Tweak Idaho&#8217;s Trespassing Laws<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spokesman.com\/blogs\/boise\/2018\/feb\/09\/trespass-3-times-and-youd-face-felony-under-new-idaho-proposal\/\">Spokesman Review |\u00a0Trespass 3 times and you\u2019d face a felony under new Idaho proposal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The sole committee member voting against Idaho&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/legislature.idaho.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sessioninfo\/2018\/standingcommittees\/180208_hagr_0130PM-Agenda.pdf\">RS26114<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/legislature.idaho.gov\/sessioninfo\/2018\/legislation\/H0536\/\">HB 536<\/a>\u00a0asked for an <a href=\"http:\/\/legacy.idahostatesman.com\/AGtrespass.pdf\">opinion from the Idaho Attorney General <\/a>on the constitutionality of increasing trespass penalties.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Did the Idaho Attorney General find the trespass increases constitutional?<\/strong>\u00a0No<\/p>\n<p><strong>What constitutional issues did the Idaho Attorney General raise? &#8220;<\/strong>(The bill), as written, appears to be overly broad as it proscribes a great amount of lawful conduct and runs afoul of First Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment protections&#8221;<\/p>\n<div><strong>Ot\u2026<\/strong><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,14,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-agriculture","category-legislation-trend","category-private-property-rights","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/eminentdomain\/wp-eminentdomain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/eminentdomain\/wp-eminentdomain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/eminentdomain\/wp-eminentdomain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/eminentdomain\/wp-eminentdomain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/eminentdomain\/wp-eminentdomain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/eminentdomain\/wp-eminentdomain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/997\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/eminentdomain\/wp-eminentdomain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/eminentdomain\/wp-eminentdomain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/eminentdomain\/wp-eminentdomain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}