Title 67 — STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS

67-610. Control of employees of the legislature. The selection, removal, duties and compensation of employees of the legislature shall be prescribed by the rules of the house of representatives and the senate.

67-701. Legislative Services Office. There is hereby created under the direction of the legislative council the legislative services office which shall carry out the professional and nonpartisan responsibilities defined in this chapter. The legislative council shall appoint a dir…

67-702. Audit function of legislative services office. (1) The legislative services office at the direction of the legislative council has authority to: (a) Perform an annual audit of the statewide annual financial report prepared by the state controller in accordance with genera…

67-703. Budget and policy analysis — function of legislative services office. The legislative services office at the direction of the legislative council has authority to: (1) Provide the legislature with research and analysis of current and projected state revenue, state expendi…

67-704. Research and Legislation — function of legislative services office. (1) The legislative services office at the direction of the legislative council shall have authority to prepare or assist in the preparation or amendment of legislative bills at the request of any committ…

67-705. electronic submission of reports to the legislature. (1) The legislative services office shall establish and maintain a website feature to allow reports to the legislature to be submitted electronically. (2) Where no due date is specified in a reporting requirement, such …

67-801. State executive officers enumerated. The executive department shall consist of a governor, lieutenant-governor, secretary of state, state controller, state treasurer, attorney general and superintendent of public instruction.

67-802. Office of governor — Duties of governor. The office of the governor shall be composed of: the state liquor division, as provided by chapter 2, title 23, Idaho Code; the military division, as provided by title 46, Idaho Code; the division of financial management; and such …

67-803. Transmission of list of appointments. Within ten (10) days after the meeting of the legislature the governor must transmit to it a list of all the appointments made by him and not before communicated.

67-804. Records of governor’s office. The governor must cause to be kept the following records: 1. A register of all applications for pardon or for commutation of any sentence, with a list of the official signatures and recommendations in favor of each application. 2. A register …

67-805. Acting governor to perform same duties — compensation of president pro tempore of the senate or speaker of the house of representatives when acting as governor. (1) Every provision in the laws of this state in relation to the powers and duties of the governor and in relat…

67-805A. Succession to office of governor. (1) In case of the death, resignation, or permanent removal from office for any cause of the governor, the lieutenant governor shall succeed to all of the powers, duties and emoluments of the office of governor for the residue of the ter…

67-807. Agreement for rail passenger service application. In addition to any other powers and duties as are devolved upon him by law, the governor, or his authorized representative, may negotiate with the proper representatives of any other state, to establish an agreement to ena…

67-808. Governor authorizing housing accommodation construction. The governor of Idaho is hereby authorized, with the approval of the board of examiners and for and on behalf of the state of Idaho, to contract with competent parties for the construction of housing accommodations …

67-808c. Governor to occupy governor’s residence. The governor of the state of Idaho may, during his term of office, for the convenience and benefit of the state of Idaho, occupy the governor’s residence as a residence.

67-808d. Governor’s expense allowance. In recognition of the duties that devolve upon the governor as the chief executive of this state, there is hereby set aside out of any moneys not otherwise appropriated from the general fund, the sum of $10,000. Such moneys shall be set asid…

67-809. Duties of lieutenant governor — Actual and necessary expenses — compensation of senate president pro tempore when acting as lieutenant governor. (1) The lieutenant governor shall perform on a day to day basis such duties in and for the government of this state as the gove…

67-810. Employees. The lieutenant-governor is authorized to employ such necessary help in the performance of his official duties as shall be necessary, and the cost and expense thereof shall be paid out of the regular appropriation for the lieutenant-governor.

67-811. Display of governors’ pictures. A display of the separate pictures of each governor of Idaho, from territorial days to the present, is hereby authorized. The location of the display shall be on the walls of the second floor hallway in the west end of the statehouse.

67-812. Additions to exhibit — Cost. Each governor shall henceforth keep this exhibit up to date by adding thereto his own photograph, of comparable size and quality, and the cost thereof shall be paid from his office budget.

67-813. Establishment of governor-elect transitional fund. There is hereby established in the state treasury a fund to be known and designated as the "governor-elect transitional fund." All moneys in the governor-elect transitional fund are perpetually appropriated and dedicated …

67-814. Certification of election of governor-elect by secretary of state. As soon as possible after every general election at which a governor-elect has been elected, the secretary of state shall certify to the administrator of the division of financial management and to the sta…

67-815. Facilities to be furnished by director of the budget. The director of the budget shall, upon request by every governor-elect, furnish the following services and facilities to the governor-elect from moneys set aside in the governor-elect transitional fund: (1) Suitable of…

67-816. Time during which fund is available to governor-elect. The moneys authorized for use of the governor-elect as herein provided shall be available from the date of certification as provided in section 67-814 until the governor-elect officially assumes the office of governor…

67-817. Incumbent governor, when governor-elect, prohibited from using fund. In the case where the governor-elect is the incumbent governor, there shall be no expenditures of funds for the provision of services and facilities to such incumbent under this act.

67-818. Coordination of policy and programs related to threatened species and endangered species in Idaho. (1) There is hereby created in the office of the governor, the "Office of Species Conservation." The administrator of the office of species conservation shall be the officia…

67-819. Funding — Account created. (1) The governor’s office of species conservation may accept private contributions, federal funds, funds from other public agencies or any other source. The moneys shall be used solely for the purposes provided in section 67-818, Idaho Code, and…

67-820. Flags flown at half-staff — Death in line of duty for police, firefighters, paramedics or EMTs. (1) The governor, upon timely notification and verification of the death of a federal, state or local law enforcement officer, firefighter, paramedic or emergency medical techn…

67-821. Coordination of policy and programs related to drug and substance abuse. (1) There is hereby established in the office of the governor the "Office of Drug Policy." The administrator of the office of drug policy shall be the official in the state designated to oversee and …

67-823. COORDINATION OF POLICY AND PROGRAMS RELATED TO SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATH EDUCATION IN IDAHO. (1) There is hereby created in the office of the governor the "Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Action Center" and the STEM action center advisory …

67-824. stem education fund. There is hereby created in the state treasury the STEM education fund to support the programs and priorities of the state in advancing science, technology, engineering and mathematics education. The STEM education fund may accept private contributions…

67-825. STEM ACTION CENTER advisory BOARD — MEETINGS — HONORARIUM and EXPENSES — organization. (1) The STEM action center advisory board shall hold no fewer than four (4) regular meetings annually at such time and place as may be directed by the board. Special meetings may be cal…

67-826. IDAHO ROADLESS RULE IMPLEMENTATION COMMISSION. (1) There is hereby established in the office of the governor an Idaho roadless rule implementation commission, hereinafter referred to as the "commission." (2) The commission, in conjunction with the United States forest ser…

67-827. COORDINATION OF POLICY AND PROGRAMS — INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES AND CYBERSECURITY. (1) There is hereby established in the office of the governor the "Office of Information Technology Services." (2) The administrator of the office of information technology services s…

67-827A. POWERS AND DUTIES. The office of information technology services is hereby authorized and directed: (1)(a)(i) To control and approve the acquisition and installation of all telecommunications equipment and facilities for all departments and institutions of state governme…

67-828. OFFICE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES MAY charge and RECEIVE PAYMENT FOR certain SERVICES TO units of state government — APPROPRIATION. The office of information technology services is authorized to charge and receive payment for actual and necessary expenses incurred…

67-829. ADVANCE PAYMENTS AND INTERACCOUNT TRANSACTIONS. Any unit of the office of information technology services 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 t…

67-830. DECLARATION OF PURPOSE. The legislature finds that advances in information technology and telecommunications present significant opportunities for the state of Idaho to improve the efficiency and productivity of state government, to encourage public access to government i…

67-831. DEFINITIONS. As used in this chapter: (1) "Information technology" means all present and future forms of computer hardware, computer software, and services used or required for automated data processing, computer-related office automation, or telecommunications. (2) "Mult…

67-832. IDAHO TECHNOLOGY AUTHORITY — COMPOSITION — APPOINTMENT AND TERM OF OFFICE — REIMBURSEMENT — CONTRACTING FOR NECESSARY SERVICES. (1) An Idaho technology authority is hereby created within the office of information technology services. The authority shall consist of up to e…

67-833. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE AUTHORITY. The authority shall: (1) Review and evaluate the information technology and telecommunications systems presently in use by state agencies; (2) Prepare statewide short-range and long-range information technology and telecommunica…

67-834. DEFINITIONS. As used in sections 67-835, 67-836 and 67-837, Idaho Code: (1) "Geographic information" means data and datasets containing location information including, but not limited to, remotely sensed imagery, global positioning systems files, geospatially referenced c…

67-835. INTEGRATED PROPERTY RECORDS SYSTEM — TRANSFER OF RESPONSIBILITY. The office of information technology services shall: (1) Take possession and control of the state’s integrated property records system previously created pursuant to section 58-330, Idaho Code; (2) Manage th…

67-836. AGENCIES TO PROVIDE RECORDS AND DATA. (1) Every state agency shall, no later than January 15, 2009, provide records in an electronic format acceptable to the department of administration of all interests in any real property owned, used or granted by it including, without…

67-837. RESPONSIBILITY FOR QUALITY. In regard to any obligation on any state agency or other entity to provide records to the office of information technology services pursuant to section 67-835 or 67-836, Idaho Code, the obligation for quality remains with the originator and doe…

67-901. Custody of records. The secretary of state is charged with the custody: 1. Of all acts and resolutions passed by the legislature. 2. Of the journals of the legislature. 3. Of the great seal. 4. Of all books, records, deeds, parchments, maps and papers, kept or deposited i…

67-902. Custodian of printed bills and amendments introduced in both houses. At the close of each session, general or special, of the legislature of the state of Idaho the secretary of the senate and the chief clerk of the house of representatives shall compile and certify true a…

67-903. Duties of secretary of state. 1. To keep a register of and file and attest the official acts of the governor, including all executive orders issued by him pursuant to the provisions of section 67-802, Idaho Code. 2. To affix the great seal, with his attestation, to commis…

67-906. electronic filing system — requirements — rules. (1) The secretary of state may develop and implement a statewide electronic filing system to accommodate the electronic filing of records and documents that are required to be filed in the office of the secretary of state. …

67-909. Distribution of statutes to members of legislature. The secretary of state is hereby empowered and directed to distribute the bound volumes and current pocket parts of the compiled statutes of Idaho to members of any legislature, when called for by proper action taken by …