Idaho State Statutes - Idaho Attorney Directory

The board which may by written
agreement authorize the bureau of occupational licenses as agent to act in its
interest, shall have the following duties and powers:
(a) To conduct examinations to ascertain the qualifications of applicants
for outfitter's or guide's licenses, and to issue such licenses to qualified
applicants, with such restrictions and limitations thereon as the board may
find reasonable.
(b) To prescribe and establish rules of procedure to carry into effect
the provisions of this chapter including, but not limited to, rules
prescribing all requisite qualifications of training, experience, knowledge of
rules of governmental bodies, condition and type of gear and equipment,
examinations to be given applicants, whether oral, written or demonstrative,
or a combination thereof.
(c) To conduct hearings and proceedings to suspend, revoke or restrict
the licenses of outfitters or guides, and to suspend, revoke or restrict said
licenses for due cause in the manner hereinafter provided.
(d) The board is expressly vested with the power and the authority to
enforce the provisions of this chapter including obtaining injunctive relief
and to make and enforce any and all reasonable rules which shall by it be
deemed necessary and which are not in conflict with the provisions of this
chapter, for the express purpose of safeguarding the health, safety, welfare
and freedom from injury or danger of those persons utilizing the services of
outfitters and guides, and for the conservation of wildlife and range
resources.
(e) The board shall have the power to cooperate with the federal and
state government through its appropriate agency or instrumentality in matters
of mutual concern regarding the business of outfitting and guiding in Idaho.
(f) The board shall have the power throughout the state of Idaho to
request the attendance of witnesses and the production of such books, records
and papers as may be required at any hearing before it, and for that purpose
the board may request a district court to issue a subpoena for any witness or
a subpoena duces tecum to compel the production of any books, records or
papers. Subpoenas shall be directed to the sheriff of any county in the state
of Idaho where such witness resides or may be found. Subpoenas shall be served
and returned in the same manner as subpoenas in a criminal case. The fees and
mileage of the sheriff and witnesses shall be the same as that allowed in
district court criminal cases, which fees and mileage shall be paid from any
funds in the state treasury available therefor in the same manner as other
expenses of the board are paid. Disobedience of any subpoena issued by the
district court or the refusal by any witness in failing to testify concerning
any matter regarding which he may lawfully be interrogated, or the failure to
produce any books, records or papers shall constitute a contempt of the
district court of any county where such disobedience or refusal occurs, and
said court, or any judge thereof, by proceedings for contempt in said court,
may, if such contempt be found, punish said witness as in any other case of
disobedience of a subpoena issued from such court or refusal to testify
therein.
(g) The board shall have the power to appoint an executive director to
serve at the pleasure of the board. The executive director shall carry out
such administrative duties as delegated to the director by the board. The
board may, in its discretion, refuse, sustain or reverse, by majority vote,
any action or decision of the executive director. The executive director shall
be exempt from the provisions of chapter 53, title 67, Idaho Code, and shall
receive a salary that is fixed by the board.
(h) The board shall have the power to hire enforcement agents in order to
conduct investigations and enforce the provisions of this chapter. All
enforcement agents appointed by the board who are certified by the Idaho peace
officer standards and training advisory council, shall have the power of peace
officers limited to:
1. Enforcement of the provisions of this chapter.
2. Responding to express requests from other law enforcement agencies for
aid and assistance in enforcing other laws. For purposes of this section,
such a request from a law enforcement agency shall mean only a request as
to a particular and singular violation or suspicion of violation of law,
and shall not constitute a continuous request for assistance outside the
purview of enforcement of the provisions of this chapter.
(i) By August 1 of each year, the board shall provide to the director of
the department of fish and game, in a manner and form prescribed by the
director, the number of each species of big game taken in each management unit
by clients of licensed outfitters between July 1 of the immediately preceding
calendar year and June 30 of the current calendar year.
(j) The board shall by rule designate the number of deer or elk tags
allocated pursuant to section 36-408(4), Idaho Code, among the authorized
operating areas within the game management area, unit or zone.

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