Title 67, STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS

67-5334. Vacation time. (1) Vacation time shall be computed as follows: (a) Vacation time shall not accrue to any officer or employee on any kind of leave of absence without pay, suspension without pay or layoff. Vacation leave shall accrue while an officer or employee is on appr…

67-5337. Moving expense reimbursement. In order for the state to attract and retain professional staff, it may be necessary to defray normal intrastate and interstate moving expenses. The head of any department, office or institution of the state shall have the authority to decid…

67-5338. Red cross disaster services. An employee of the state of Idaho, who is a certified disaster service volunteer, shall be granted paid leave for an aggregate of up to one hundred twenty (120) work hours, consecutively or nonconnectively, in any twelve (12) month period to …

67-5339. loan repayment program. (1) There is hereby created an educational loan repayment program for eligible physicians, psychologists, and mid-level practitioners at state hospital north, state hospital south, and state hospital west. (2) For purposes of this section, the fol…

67-5340. Leave of absence with pay in lieu of worker’s compensation benefits. (1) Whenever any employee of the state of Idaho who is categorized as a police officer for retirement purposes pursuant to section 59-1303, Idaho Code, is physically disabled by a serious injury arising…

67-5342. Severance pay for state employees. Upon termination from state service, no classified, nonclassified, or exempt employee shall be eligible for severance pay and no employer shall provide or pay severance pay to such an employee or former employee. As used in this section…

67-5342A. severance pay — purchase of membership service prohibited. The provisions of this section shall apply to classified, nonclassified, and exempt state employees of the legislative and executive branches of government. For purposes of this chapter, the term "severance pay"…

67-5343. Leave of absence for bone marrow or organ donation. (1) A full-time employee shall be granted a leave of absence for the time specified for the following purposes: (a) Five (5) workdays to serve as a bone marrow donor if the employee provides the appointing authority wri…

67-5401. Purposes. The purposes of this act are: (1) To relieve blind persons from the distress of poverty; (2) To encourage and assist blind persons in their efforts to become socially and economically independent and to render themselves more self-supporting; and (3) To enlarge…

67-5402. Definitions. As used in this act, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Commission" means the Idaho commission for the blind and visually impaired. (2) "Blind" or "visually impaired" means a person whose visual acuity with correcting lenses is not better than 20/20…

67-5403. Commission for the blind and visually impaired — Creation — Composition — Appointment — Transfer of powers from department of public assistance. (1) There is hereby created in the office of the governor the Idaho commission for the blind and visually impaired. The commis…

67-5404. Compensation. Members of the commission shall be compensated as provided by section 59-509(h), Idaho Code or as provided by section 59-509(n), Idaho Code, pursuant to a one (1) time irrevocable election made in writing by the member.

67-5405. Organization of commission — Employment of administrator. The commission shall elect a chairman and a vice chairman. The commission shall function as the policy setting entity of the commission programs and shall employ and fix the compensation of a full-time administrat…

67-5406. Meetings — Quorum. The commission shall meet at least once every quarter regularly and at such times as called by the chairman. A majority of the commission members shall constitute a quorum for all business.

67-5407. Duties. The commission shall: (a) Assist blind persons in achieving physical and psychological orientation, inform blind persons of available services, stimulate and assist the blind in achieving social and economic independence, and do all things which will ameliorate t…

67-5408. Commission as agency to administer rehabilitation in federal programs. The commission is hereby designated as the sole agency responsible for the vocational and other rehabilitation of the blind and shall administer the program of vocational rehabilitation for the blind …

67-5409. Qualifications for the administrator and other employees. The administrator of the commission shall be experienced in work for the blind and preference shall be given to equally qualified blind persons in filling the position of administrator of the commission. The admin…

67-5410. Limitation on disclosure by commission concerning persons applying for services to the blind. Information with respect to any individual applying for or receiving services to the blind shall not be disclosed by the commission or any of its employees to any person, associ…

67-5411. Commission as sole licensing agency under the provisions of the Randolph-Sheppard vending stand act. The commission is hereby designated as the sole licensing agency under the provisions of the Randolph-Sheppard vending stand act (P.L. 732, 74th Congress, 49 stat. 1559, …

67-5412. Administrator to prepare a state plan for vocational rehabilitation of the blind. The administrator of the commission shall prepare a state plan for vocational rehabilitation of the blind and after approved by the commission shall submit the same to the United States dep…

67-5413. Acceptance of federal acts. The state of Idaho and the commission for the blind and visually impaired hereby affirm their acceptance of the provisions and benefits of the act of Congress entitled, "The Randolph-Sheppard Act," P.L. 93-516, 93rd Congress, and "The Rehabili…

67-5415. Statistical register of blind — Maintenance by administrator. The administrator of the commission shall maintain a statistical register of the blind in the state which shall describe therein the condition, cause of blindness and capacity to benefit from agency services. …

67-5501. Short title. This act may be cited as the "Post-Attack Resource Management Act."

67-5502. Purpose of act — Possibility of attack — Need for emergency powers — Coordination with comparable functions of federal government. (a) The legislature recognizes that an attack upon the United States is a possibility; that such attack might be of unprecedented size and d…

67-5503. Definitions. (a) "Emergency resources management plan" shall mean that plan prepared by the Idaho emergency resources planning committee, approved by the federal office of emergency planning and adopted by the governor, which sets forth the organization, administration, …

67-5504. State emergency resource planning committee — Members — State emergency planning director. (a) The governor may establish a state emergency resource planning committee (hereinafter referred to as the "state committee") and the office of state emergency planning director …

67-5505. Authority of governor — Cooperation with federal government, other states, private agencies — Rules and regulations. (a) The governor shall have general direction and control of the emergency resources management within this state and all officers, boards, agencies, indi…

67-5506. Order of post-attack recovery and rehabilitation emergency by governor — Convening of legislature — Emergency declared by president — Termination of emergency by legislature, president or congress — Automatic termination. (a) Following an attack, the governor, if he find…

67-5507. Review of orders and acts by Supreme Court. Every order and the facts related therein issued under this act shall be subject to judicial inquiry by the state supreme court as to the existence of the facts underlying the issuance of the order and whether such action was r…

67-5508. Penalties. Any person violating any of the rules, regulations or orders adopted and promulgated under section 67-5506 shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine not to exceed $1,000 or to a term of imprisonment of not to exceed six (6) months, or both such fine…

67-5601. Declaration of policy. It is hereby found that there is an increasing appreciation and interest in the practice and enjoyment of the arts, that our citizens are becoming aware, due to increasing leisure time, of a broader and richer life through artistic endeavors, that …

67-5602. Commission on the arts — Creation — Membership. There is hereby created and established within the office of the governor a state commission, to be known as the Idaho commission on the arts, to consist of thirteen (13) members, representative of the public, Idaho’s ethni…

67-5603. Terms of members — Appointment of officers — Service of members — Compensation. The term of office of each member shall be four (4) years; provided that all members’ terms shall be extended to June 30 of the year their terms expire. When a member’s term expires, the gove…

67-5604. Employees. The commission shall employ, and at pleasure remove an executive director. The executive director shall be the chief executive officer of the commission. The director may, subject to the approval of the commission, employ and remove any consultants, experts or…

67-5605. Duties of commission. The duties of the commission shall be: (1) To stimulate and encourage throughout the state the study and presentation of the arts and public interest and participation therein; (2) To make such surveys as may be deemed advisable of public and privat…

67-5606. Hearings — Contracts — Acceptance of gifts and bequests. The commission is hereby authorized and empowered to hold public and private hearings, to enter into contracts, within the limit of funds available therefor, with individuals, organizations and institutions for ser…

67-5607. Agency to handle funds from national endowment. The commission is the official agency of this state to receive and disburse any funds made available by the national endowment for the arts. All funds in the custody or control of the commission on the arts, all gifts, cont…

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…