Idaho AG Opinions — 2014

The University of Idaho should not obtain its own risk or property insurance unless it does so by paying premiums with moneys not derived in whole or in part from state funds. It may obtain its own risk or property insurance if it pays the premiums with money not obtained in whole or in part from state funds.

While the use of sale proceeds deposited in the land bank fund are strictly limited to the purchase of land and expenses associated with such purchases, Idaho Code § 57-723A(3) provides that the Department of Lands' administrative costs may be paid out of the earnings reserve fund. Since the expenses of selling endowment lands arise out of the Department's duty to administer endowment lands, such expenses are appropriately paid out of the Department's earnings reserve fund appropriation.

Individuals who have been committed as involuntary patients pursuant to Idaho Code §§ 66317, et seq., to a facility located in a county other than their county of residence before commitment do not become eligible to register to vote in the county of their commitment solely on the basis of their commitment to such a facility in the county.