FENCES – Amends existing law to provide for landowner responsibility for erecting and maintaining fences adjoining federal lands.

Idaho's S 1053 amends state law to require landowners adjacent to federally managed lands to solely erect and maintain fences preventing livestock from entering their private property. This replaces the previous shared responsibility for fence upkeep between neighboring landowners with a new rule making the private landowner fully liable for fence costs and maintenance along federal boundaries. The bill specifically targets landowners who want to stop livestock from federal lands from entering their property, shifting the financial burden entirely to them. It also includes a technical correction to the existing fence law and declares an emergency to expedite implementation.