2012 Idaho Statutes
Title 40 - HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES
Chapter 5 - IDAHO TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT
Section 40-510 - PORTS OF ENTRY OR CHECKING STATIONS ESTABLISHED -- MOTOR VEHICLE INVESTIGATOR ACTIVITIES -- AUTHORITY OF THE BOARD TO EMPLOY INDIVIDUALS.
(2) The board is authorized to appoint and employ individuals who shall have limited peace officer authority for the enforcement of such motor vehicle related laws as are herein specified:
(3) Motor vehicle investigators shall have the authority to access confidential vehicle identification number information.
(4) Any employee so appointed shall have the authority to issue misdemeanor traffic citations in accordance with the provisions of section 49-1409, Idaho Code, and infraction citations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 15, title 49, Idaho Code.
(5) No employee of the department shall carry or use a firearm of any type in the performance of his duties unless specifically authorized in writing by the director of the Idaho state police to do so.
(6) The board is authorized to extend the authority as provided in this section to authorized employees of contiguous states upon approval of a bilateral agreement according to the provisions of section 40-317, Idaho Code.
History:
[(40-510) 67-2926, added 1950 (E.S.), ch. 15, sec. 1, p. 26; am. 1953, ch. 218, sec. 1, p. 333; am. 1974, ch. 27, sec. 193, p. 811; am. 1982, ch. 95, sec. 140, p. 275; am. and redesignated 1991, ch. 288, sec. 6, p. 746; am. 1999, ch. 383, sec. 2, p. 1053 am. 2000, ch. 303, sec. 1, p. 1034; am. 2000, ch. 469, sec. 103, p. 1557; am. 2006, ch. 31, sec. 1, p. 94.]
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