HIGHWAYS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding rights-of-way.

S 1287 revises Idaho's laws governing public highway rights-of-way, primarily affecting county and highway district officials who manage road systems. It requires commissioners to confirm no prior legal abandonment occurred before adding new rights-of-way to official maps, mandates public hearings for changes, and clarifies that creating a right-of-way doesn't automatically require highway construction or maintenance. The bill also specifies that public use alone doesn't open a right-of-way for travel, and landowners must receive advance notice before new rights-of-way are mapped. These changes aim to standardize procedures for designating, abandoning, and validating public highway corridors.