Idaho Code
Idaho Code § 31-710 (2026)
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(1) The regular meetings of the boards of commissioners must be held at their respective county seats on the second Monday of each month of the year, or if the board determines that county affairs require regular meetings more often, then at such times as may be provided for in advance by ordinance, and must continue from time to time until all the business before them has been addressed. Such other meetings must be held, to canvass election returns, equalize taxation, and for other purposes as are prescribed by law or provided for by the board.
(2) Adjourned meetings may be provided for, fixed and held for the transaction of business, by an order duly entered of record, in which must be specified the character of business to be transacted at such meetings, and none other than that specified must be transacted.
(3) Notifications of meetings of the board shall be held in accordance with the open meetings law as provided in chapter 2, title 74, Idaho Code.
(4) All meetings of the board must be public, and the books, records, and accounts must be kept at the office of the clerk, open at all times for public inspection, free of charge.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases, 2002–2010 · leading case: State v. Yzaguirre, 163 P.3d 1183 (Idaho 2007).
State v. Yzaguirre, 163 P.3d 1183 (Idaho 2007). “" Idaho Code § 31-710 (4). The Legislature provides for no exceptions in the county law.”
Farrell v. Bd. of Com'rs, Lemhi Cnty., 64 P.3d 304 (Idaho 2002). “” I.C. § 31-710(4). Idaho Code § 67-2345 , however, provides for “executive sessions” which need not be conducted in public under the following circumstances: 6 (1) Nothing contained in this act shall be construed to prevent, upon a two-thirds (2/3) vote recorded in the minutes…”
Noble v. Kootenai Cnty., 231 P.3d 1034 (Idaho 2010). “Idaho Code § 31-710 governs how meetings shall be conducted by county boards of commissioners, and subsection four provides that “[a]ll meetings of the board must be public.”
Mussman v. Kootenai Cnty., 244 P.3d 212 (Idaho 2010). “The only apparent purpose for such an internal-approval mechanism would be for the County to control and filter the dissemination of otherwise public information because there is no allegation that the interpretations at issue in this case are confidential or proprietary in…”
— Idaho Code § 31-710(4) — 2 cases
Farrell v. Bd. of Com'rs, Lemhi Cnty., 64 P.3d 304 (Idaho 2002). “” I.C. § 31-710(4). Idaho Code § 67-2345 , however, provides for “executive sessions” which need not be conducted in public under the following circumstances: 6 (1) Nothing contained in this act shall be construed to prevent, upon a two-thirds (2/3) vote recorded in the minutes…”
Mussman v. Kootenai Cnty., 244 P.3d 212 (Idaho 2010). “The only apparent purpose for such an internal-approval mechanism would be for the County to control and filter the dissemination of otherwise public information because there is no allegation that the interpretations at issue in this case are confidential or proprietary in…”
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