Title 67 — STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS

67-5701. Department created — Appointment of director — Duties. There is hereby created the department of administration. The governor shall, subject to the advice and consent of the senate, appoint a director of administration who shall serve at the pleasure of the governor and …

67-5702. Divisions — Appointment of administrators. The department of administration shall be composed of such divisions as are established or assigned by law, and of such other units as may be administratively established. The director of the department of administration shall a…

67-5703. Department of administration may receive payment for services to federal, county and city agencies — Appropriation. The department of administration may enter and execute contracts to provide services to any federal, county or city agency within the state of Idaho when j…

67-5704. Advance payments and interaccount transactions. Any unit of the department of administration providing services to departments of state government as authorized in this chapter may charge and receive payment in advance of performance thereof for a period of time not to e…

67-5705. Division of public works. There is hereby created within the department of administration the division of public works. The director of the department of administration shall appoint an administrator for the division of public works, subject to the approval of the govern…

67-5706. Allocation of office space. The division of public works shall have the power and duty to allocate all space, owned or leased in the city of Boise in the name of the state, except as provided by section 67-5707, Idaho Code, for the occupancy of the various state departme…

67-5707A. Procedures for state-owned dwellings. The department of administration shall adopt, by rule, the procedures to be followed by each state agency in managing the acquisition, rental, tax status, and recordkeeping of state-owned dwellings.

67-5708. Leasing of facilities for state use — Control of parking. (1) The department of administration shall negotiate for, approve, and make any and all lease or rental agreements for facilities to be used by the various state departments, agencies and institutions in the state…

67-5708A. State facilities management — Comparative lease cost analysis and accountability. (1) The director of the department of administration shall establish a program to identify and maintain a current inventory of all leases of facilities used in any manner for the conduct o…

67-5708B. Facilities needs planning. All state agencies shall prepare and maintain a five (5) year facilities needs plan and report such projected facilities needs at their annual budget hearings. State agencies shall prepare such five (5) year plan utilizing guidelines for facil…

67-5709. Management of state facilities. (1) In addition to the authority granted by section 67-1603, Idaho Code, the director of the department of administration shall have exclusive control of the capitol mall properties identified in subsection (2) of this section and, where n…

67-5709A. Sale, transfer or disposition of state administrative facilities. The provisions of sections 58-331 through 58-335, Idaho Code, shall not apply to state administrative facilities in the custody, or control of the state of Idaho. When a state agency declares that a state…

67-5710. Permanent building fund advisory council — Approval of use of fund — Duties of administrator of public works. There is hereby created in the division of public works a permanent building fund advisory council which shall be appointed by the governor. This council shall b…

67-5710A. Requirement of plans and specification approval by permanent building fund advisory council and delegation of project oversight by the administrator for the division of public works. (1)(a) Except as set forth in this section, an existing public works may not be altered…

67-5710B. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) "Preventive maintenance" means: (a) Corrective repairs or replacements used for existing state-owned, or state operated facilities, which result from a systematic program in which wear, tear, and change are anticipated and conti…

67-5711. Construction, alteration, equipping, furnishing and repair of public buildings and works. The director of the department of administration, or his designee, of the state of Idaho is authorized and empowered, subject to the approval of the permanent building fund advisory…

67-5711A. Design-build contracting authorized. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, the director of the department of administration, or his designee, is authorized and empowered, subject to the approval of the permanent building fund advisory council, to …

67-5711B. Emergency contracting authorized division of public works. The director of the department of administration, the administrator of the division of public works, or a designee of either official may make or authorize others to make emergency public works contracts when th…

67-5711C. Construction of public projects — Competitive sealed bidding. (1) All construction contracts for public works shall be awarded to the lowest responsible and responsive bidder, subject to the provisions of section 59-1015, Idaho Code, after receipt of competitive sealed …

67-5711D. Energy savings performance contracts. (1) Definitions. As used in this section: (a) "Cost-savings measure" means any facility improvement, repair or alteration to an existing facility, or any equipment, fixture or furnishing to be added or used in any existing facility …

67-5711E. CHALLENGES. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Administrator" means the administrator of the division of public works. (b) "Director" means the director of the department of administration. (c) "Hearing officer" has the same meaning as provided for in section 67-5201, Id…

67-5712. Projection of building requirements report. The permanent building fund council and the director of the department of administration works shall on or before September 1 next preceding each regular session of the legislature prepare and submit to the governor a projectio…

67-5713. Construction and alteration of state correctional facilities. The administrator of the division of public works is authorized and empowered, subject to the approval of the permanent building fund advisory council, to use appropriated funds or other fund sources to constr…

67-5722. declaration of surplus property. In accordance with the internal management policies, guidelines or instructions of the board of examiners, the head of any agency may declare as surplus any item of personal property.

67-5732A. Disposal of surplus personal property authorized. Whenever the head of any commission, board, council, task force, committee or department of state government, or any institution of the state, or any elected state official, has under their jurisdiction or control, any p…

67-5732B. Governor’s housing committee personal property exempt from act. Section 67-5732A, Idaho Code, shall not apply to personal property if acquired by or on behalf of the governor’s housing committee pursuant to section 67-455 or 67-455A, Idaho Code, as the same now exists o…

67-5737. Severability. Insofar as a provision of this chapter or the application of such provision to any person or circumstance is declared invalid for any reason, such declaration shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this chapter.

67-5740. Additional authority and duties of the administrator of the division of purchasing. (a) The administrator of the division of purchasing is authorized and empowered (1) to acquire from the United States of America under and in conformance with the provisions of section 20…

67-5741. Delegation of duties — Bonding of agency personnel. The director of the department of administration may delegate to any employees of the division of purchasing such authority as he deems reasonable and proper for the effective administration of this act. The director ma…

67-5742. Delegation of authority to acquire surplus property. Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, the governing board, or in case there be none, the executive head, of any state department, instrumentality, or agency or of any county, city, school district or ot…

67-5743. Transfer charges. The administrator of the division of purchasing is hereby authorized to make charges and to assess fees from the recipient of any surplus property acquired and distributed under this act. Any charges made or fees assessed by the administrator for the ac…

67-5744. Surplus property fund maintained — Charges and fees, deposition. The surplus property revolving fund, as created by chapter 161, laws of 1957, is hereby maintained and continued to carry out the provisions of sections 67-5740—67-5744, Idaho Code. The charges or fees rece…

67-5746. Inventory of chattels — Contents — Duties of officers and employees — Recording — Annual revision — Open to inspection. All agency directors shall develop and maintain an inventory system, meeting minimum requirements as set forth by the department of administration, for…

67-5748. Transfer of funds, equipment, facilities, and employees. In order to provide for the orderly implementation of this chapter and to provide an economical, efficient, and effective system of information technology and telecommunications for the state, the board of examiner…

67-5749. Central postal system. There is hereby created the central postal system under the direction of the department of administration. The central postal system shall be under the supervision of a central postal system head who shall cause to be distributed all incoming mail …

67-5750. Postage appropriations — Records of departmental mail kept through central postal system — Exception. The central postal system chief, under the direction of the department of administration, shall cause to be metered all such outgoing mail and shall be responsible for t…

67-5760. Insurance management. The director of the department of administration shall be responsible for life, medical, disability, property, casualty, and other insurance as may be determined to be in the best interest of the state of Idaho by the department of administration. T…

67-5761. Powers and duties — Group insurance. (1) The director of the department of administration shall: (a) Establish an advisory committee to be comprised of program participants from the executive, legislative and judicial branches of state government. The advisory committee …

67-5761A. Mental health parity in state group insurance. (1) It is the policy of the state of Idaho that state employees and their spouses with serious mental illnesses and state employees whose children have been diagnosed with serious emotional disturbances must not be discrimi…

67-5761B. state contribution to state employee Health savings accounts. (1) All state officers or employees may, for themselves and their eligible dependents, create and maintain a health savings account and choose a high deductible health plan in accordance with the provisions o…

67-5761C. health reimbursement arrangements for state employees. (1) The department of administration may offer a health reimbursement arrangement as an approved benefit for all state employees or officers whose employer chooses to offer such a benefit to its employees or officer…

67-5762. Objectives and considerations. It shall be the director of the department of administration’s objective to procure and maintain on behalf of officers and employees the most adequate group coverages reasonably obtainable for the money available for required premiums and p…

67-5763. Governmental body authorized to make contracts for group insurance for officers and employees. Any school district, municipality, county, or the state of Idaho, or other political subdivision of the state of Idaho, is hereby authorized to make contracts of group insuranc…

67-5764. Part payment of premium cost by governmental body. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any governmental body, department, commission, board, school district, college, university, hospital, or other institution operated by the state of Idaho, municipality, county,…

67-5765. Government retirement program or group insurance plans in existence unaffected. The provisions of this act shall not affect the validity of any retirement program or contract of group insurance or arrangement for prepayment plan coverage previously entered into by any go…

67-5766. Authority conferred additional only. The authority hereby given shall be in addition to and not in derogation of any power existing in any governmental body, or in any school district, college, hospital, university or other institution operated by any of the municipaliti…

67-5767. Director may provide service to school districts, PUBLIC COMMUNITY COLLEGES, PUBLIC COLLEGES, PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES OR other political subdivisions. (1) Under terms and procedures mutually agreed upon by contract, the director of the department of administration may render…

67-5768. Nominal policyholder — No obligation to state. (1) In policies and contracts procured by the director of the department of administration under this act and covering personnel of any state office, department, division, board, commission, institution, agency and operation…

67-5769. Inter-departmental transactions — Administrative contribution — Amounts — Limits — Refunds — Appropriation. (1) The director of the department of administration shall charge each office, department, division, board, commission, institution, agency and operation, personne…

67-5770. Retirement system not affected. Nothing in this act shall apply to or affect the public employee retirement system of Idaho as established under chapter 13, title 59, Idaho Code, the policemen’s retirement fund as established under chapter 15, title 50, Idaho Code, the f…