Update on landlord bill in idaho

[Brian Stutzman]

We had a committee hearing a Boise in the Senate at 4:30 yesterday Friday. things were going well till law enforcement objected on safety grounds. Several senators told us that they could not sign off on something that law enforcement didn't feel good about. So they sent our bill to what's called amending orders. Most the time that's a death sentence for a bill. When I showed some shock, two senators assured me that they would make friendly amendments very quickly cuz they saw a need for this bill. There was a lot of support they just want law enforcement on board. So we had a half hour discussion with law enforcement and they want to be able to be the ones that deliver the notice after the eviction has been ordered, and then they want to be the ones that go and clear the property at the end of the three days. The Ada County sheriff that was there was adamant hat there would be a lot of trouble with some renegade landlord just went in at the 3-day mark and started moving stuff out. He said some tenants are so upset that starts shooting at people. So the sheriff wanted to do the handoff of the occupancy to keep everybody safe. That storyline whether you agree with it or not was bought and believed in by the senators. So we've got to make some amendments over the weekend and I'll be working on that. If anyone wants to look at Idaho code 63-11C, that's where they want to take away the requirement that we have to pay to store an auction the tenants items. The sheriff agreed that that's a lousey way do business. That's That's the main part of our bill anyway is to make this quick uniform and low cost. Any input?