ADOPTING ORDINANCE

ORDINANCE NO. 140

   AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING

   THE COUNTY CODE OF TWIN FALLS COUNTY, IDAHO

   BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF TWIN FALLS COUNTY, IDAHO:

   Section 1: From and after the date of passage of this ordinance, the County Code of Twin Falls County, Idaho, prepared by Sterling Codifiers, Inc., contains a compilation of all ordinances of a general nature together with the changes made to said ordinances, under the direction of the governing body of the county, with the exception of the Twin Falls County Zoning Ordinance #21, the Planned Unit Development Ordinance #23, the Twin Falls Subdivision Ordinance #17, and the Twin Falls County Areas of City Impact Ordinances, which will be codified at a later date, under the direction of the governing body of the county, shall be accepted in all courts without question as the official code and law of the county as enacted by the Board of County Commissioners.

   Section 2: It is hereby adopted, as a method of perpetual codification, the loose leaf type of binding together with the continuous supplement service, provided by Sterling Codifiers, Inc., whereby each newly adopted ordinance of a general and permanent nature amending, altering, adding or deleting provisions of the official county code is identified by the proper catch line and is inserted in the proper place in the official copy, one (1) copy of which shall be maintained in the office of the Clerk of the District Court, certified as to correctness and available for inspection at any and all times that said office is regularly open.

   Section 3: All ordinances of a general nature included in this official county code shall be considered as a continuation of said ordinance provision and the fact that some provisions have been deliberately eliminated by the governing body shall not serve to cause any interruption in the continuous effectiveness of ordinances included in said official county code. All ordinances of a special nature, such as tax levy ordinances, bond ordinances, franchises, vacating ordinances and annexation ordinances shall continue in full force and effect unless specifically repealed or amended by a provision of the county code. Such ordinances are not intended to be included in the official county code.

   Section 4: It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to change or amend by additions or deletions, any part or portion of such code, or to insert or delete pages or portions thereof, or to alter or tamper with such code in any manner whatsoever which will cause the law of the county to be misrepresented thereby.

   Section 5: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith, are, to the extent of such conflict, hereby repealed.

   Section 6: Any person violating any provision of this ordinance and the code adopted by the same, where a penalty is not already provided for, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed three hundred dollars ($300) or imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six (6) months or by both such fine and imprisonment.

   Section 7: This ordinance and the code adopted by the same shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval in accordance with law, as printed and published in book form by order of the Board of County Commissioners.

   APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 26 day of August, 1996.

      TWIN FALLS COUNTY BOARD OF

      COMMISSIONERS