Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding an amount in damages.
SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS -- Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding an amount in damages.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
This bill amends Idaho Code 7-1509 by updating the dollar value limit for cases which fall under the small lawsuit criteria and have been evaluated to be less than $35,000. This is a follow-up bill to the change that ocurred in 2018 that raised the limit of the SLRA from $25,000 to $35,000 which reflected the change in the value of the dollar over time. This statute provides a fair, efficient, and inexpensive system to settle small dollar amount cases, thereby reducing the number of civil cases which would otherwise end up in court.
HOW THEY VOTED
Senate Third Reading
YEA (34)
NAY (0)
ABSENT / NOT VOTING (1)
House Third Reading
YEA (58)
NAY (0)
LATEST ACTION
Session Law Chapter 187 Effective: 07/01/2019
BILL INFO
- Session
- 2019
- Chamber
- senate
- Status date
- Mar 21, 2019