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ID Code § 67-435 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 67 - STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS|Chapter 4 - LEGISLATURE|Section 67-435 - POWERS AND DUTIES.

67-435. POWERS AND DUTIES. (1) The joint finance-appropriations committee shall have the following powers and duties: (a) To review the executive budget and the budget requests of each state department, agency and institution, including requests for construction of capital improvements, as well as other requests for appropriations submitted to the legislature. (b) To conduct such hearings as it may deem necessary and proper. (c) To submit a report to each session of the legislature covering its activities during the preceding period and setting forth its findings and recommendations and to make such recommendations to the appropriate legislative committees as it may deem proper concerning the budget and other proposed legislation. (d) To perform such other duties as the legislature or legislative council may by appropriate resolution direct. (2) The joint finance-appropriations committee shall use the following procedures for releasing reports produced by the legislative audits division: (a) All reports produced by the legislative audits division shall be delivered to the cochairs of the joint finance-appropriations committee for their review and approval prior to release; (b) The cochairs of the joint finance-appropriations committee may, at their discretion, conduct hearings relating to any report and seek input and testimony prior to, or after reports are released; and (c) After such review as deemed necessary and prudent by the cochairs of the joint finance-appropriations committee, the cochairs shall release the reports produced by the legislative audits division within sixty (60) days of submission to the cochairs; except in the event that a report is returned to the legislative audits division for further audit or review, then the cochairs shall approve the release of reports within sixty (60) days after the report is resubmitted to the cochairs.  History: [67-435, added 1967, ch. 354, sec. 4, p. 999; am. 1969, ch. 418, sec. 1, p. 1158; am. 1970, ch. 150, sec. 1, p. 459; am. 1971, ch. 290, sec. 3, p. 1104; am. 1973, ch. 151, sec. 3, p. 292; am. 1993, ch. 327, sec. 40, p. 1225; am. 1994, ch. 180, sec. 168, p. 533; am. 2009, ch. 52, sec. 8, p. 140.]
ID Code § 67-437 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 67 - STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS|Chapter 4 - LEGISLATURE|Section 67-437 - DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND INSTITUTIONS TO SUBMIT INFORMATION.

67-437. DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND INSTITUTIONS TO SUBMIT INFORMATION. All departments, agencies and institutions of state government which are required by section 67-3502, Idaho Code, to submit reports of actual and estimated receipts and expenditures to the division of financial management shall submit the same information to the legislative services office for the joint finance-appropriations committee, not later than the deadline prescribed in section 67-3502, Idaho Code.  History: [67-437, added 1967, ch. 354, sec. 6, p. 999; am. 1999, ch. 37, sec. 1, p. 74.]
ID Code § 67-438 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 67 - STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS|Chapter 4 - LEGISLATURE|Section 67-438 - INQUISITORIAL AUTHORITY.

67-438. INQUISITORIAL AUTHORITY. In the discharge of any duty herein imposed, the committee shall have the authority to examine and inspect all properties, equipment, facilities, files, records and accounts of any state office, department, institution, board, committee, commission or agency, and to administer oaths, issue subpoenas, compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of any papers, books, accounts, documents and testimony, and to cause the deposition of witnesses, either residing within or without the state, to be taken in the manner prescribed by law for taking depositions in civil actions in the district courts.  History: [67-438, added 1967, ch. 354, sec. 7, p. 999.]
ID Code § 67-439 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 67 - STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS|Chapter 4 - LEGISLATURE|Section 67-439 - ENFORCEMENT OF SUBPOENAS.

67-439. ENFORCEMENT OF SUBPOENAS. In case of the failure on the part of any person to comply with any subpoena issued in behalf of the committee, or on the refusal of any witness to testify to any matters regarding which he may be lawfully interrogated, it shall be the duty of the district court, on application of the committee, to compel obedience by proceedings for contempt, as in the case of disobedience of the requirements of a subpoena issued from such court or a refusal to testify therein.  History: [67-439, added 1967, ch. 354, sec. 8, p. 999.]
ID Code § 67-440 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 67 - STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS|Chapter 4 - LEGISLATURE|Section 67-440 - FEES AND MILEAGE OF WITNESSES.

67-440. FEES AND MILEAGE OF WITNESSES. Each witness who appears before the committee by its order, other than a state official or employee, shall receive for his attendance the fees and mileage provided for witnesses in civil cases in courts of record, which shall be audited and paid upon the presentation of proper vouchers signed by such witness.  History: [67-440, added 1967, ch. 354, sec. 9, p. 999; am. 1973, ch. 151, sec. 5, p. 292; am. 1976, ch. 314, sec. 4, p. 1081.]
ID Code § 67-450A (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 67 - STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS|Chapter 4 - LEGISLATURE|Section 67-450A - CHARGES FOR AUDIT.

67-450A. CHARGES FOR AUDIT. The annual appropriation to the office of legislative services from the general fund shall provide for authorized audits and services to general fund departments, agencies, commissions, or institutions without charge to the unit receiving such services. The cost and expenses incurred by the legislative services office in conducting audits or in carrying out other work authorized by law in dedicated funds, shall be paid from the appropriation to the office, department, board, commission, or institution and/or the dedicated funds under the control of the office, department, board, commission, or institution for whom the work is done. The audit fee or costs of work performed in such dedicated fund agencies shall be based on an hourly rate computed by the legislative services office and shall be sufficient to defray all costs and expenses incurred, including but not limited to related salary, travel and office overhead expenses. The legislative services office may require partial payments, during the course of the audit, for services rendered and expenses incurred. All charges shall be paid within thirty (30) days after billing is received. All moneys received from the various dedicated fund agencies shall be added to the legislative services office’s appropriation from the general fund and are hereby appropriated to the legislative services office, providing that the legislative services office’s expenditures shall not exceed the amount appropriated by the legislature.  History: [67-450A, added I.C., sec. 67-450A, as added by 1971, ch. 342, sec. 1, p. 1334; am. 1993, ch. 327, sec. 28, p. 1219; am. 1996, ch. 159, sec. 19, p. 523.]
ID Code § 67-450C (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 67 - STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS|Chapter 4 - LEGISLATURE|Section 67-450C - INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL AUDITS OF AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS TO STATE GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES OR ENTITIES — FILING REQUIREMENTS.

67-450C. INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL AUDITS OF AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS TO STATE GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES OR ENTITIES — FILING REQUIREMENTS. (1) The requirements set forth in section 67-450B(2), Idaho Code, are minimum audit requirements for all affiliated organizations to state governmental entities and include without limitation all state departments, commissions, institutions, colleges, or universities created pursuant to statute or the constitution and that receive an appropriation from the legislature. (2) As used in this section, "affiliated organization" means an organization affiliated with an agency or entity of state government that meets all of the following criteria: (a) The organization has separate legal standing, where neither direct association through appointment of a voting majority of the organization’s body nor fiscal dependency exists; (b) The affiliation with a specific primary state government agency or entity is set forth in the organization’s articles of incorporation by reference to the name of the primary state government agency or entity in describing the purposes for which the organization was established; and (c) The affiliation with a specific primary state government agency or entity is set forth in the organization’s application to the internal revenue service for exemption for payment of federal income tax pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code by reference to the name of the primary government in response to any of the questions contained in the exemption application, and the organization has been granted that exemption. (3) Audits under these requirements are to be performed by independent auditors in accordance with generally accepted governmental auditing standards, as defined by the United States general accounting office. The auditor shall be employed on written contract. (4) The affiliated organization’s governing body shall be required to include in its annual budget all necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions of this section. (5) The affiliated organization shall file one (1) copy of each completed audit report with the legislative services office within nine (9) months after the end of the audit period. (6) Federal audit requirements applicable because of expenditure of federal assistance supersede the minimum audit requirements referenced in subsection (1) of this section.  History: [67-450C, added 1997, ch. 209, sec. 1, p. 626; am. 2009, ch. 52, sec. 10, p. 141; am. 2021, ch. 89, sec. 18, p. 312.]
ID Code § 67-450D (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 67 - STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS|Chapter 4 - LEGISLATURE|Section 67-450D - INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL AUDITS — DESIGNATED ENTITIES.

67-450D. INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL AUDITS — DESIGNATED ENTITIES. (1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Idaho Code relating to audit requirements regarding the entities designated in this section, beginning on July 1, 2021, the requirements set forth in section 67-450B(2), Idaho Code, shall constitute the minimum audit requirements for the following entities: (a) Alfalfa and clover seed commission; (b) Idaho apple commission; (c) Idaho barley commission; (d) Idaho bean commission; (e) Idaho beef council; (f) Idaho cherry commission; (g) Idaho dairy products commission; (h) Idaho food quality assurance institute; (i) Idaho forest products commission; (j) Idaho grape growers and wine producers commission; (k) Idaho honey commission; (l) Idaho hop grower’s commission; (m) Idaho mint commission; (n) Idaho oilseed commission; (o) Idaho pea and lentil commission; (p) Idaho potato commission; (q) Idaho rangeland resource commission; and (r) Idaho wheat commission. (2) Federal audit requirements applicable because of expenditure of federal assistance supersede the minimum audit requirements referenced in subsection (1) of this section. (3) All moneys received or expended by the entities identified in subsection (1) of this section shall be audited by a certified public accountant designated by the entity, who shall furnish a copy of such audit to the local governmental entities central registry pursuant to section 67-1076, Idaho Code, and to the senate agricultural affairs committee and the house of representatives agricultural affairs committee. The audit shall be completed within ninety (90) days following the close of the commission’s fiscal year. (4) Any entity identified in subsection (1) of this section that is not audited pursuant to the provisions of this section shall submit an unaudited annual statement of revenues, expenditures, and fund balances to the senate agricultural affairs committee and the house of representatives agricultural affairs committee, to the state controller, and to the division of financial management. (5) The right is reserved to the state of Idaho to audit the funds of the entities identified in this section at any time.  History: [67-450D, added 2010, ch. 178, sec. 1, p. 366; am. 2011, ch. 21, sec. 2, p. 60; am. 2015, ch. 124, sec. 8, p. 315; am. 2016, ch. 19, sec. 2, p. 24; am. 2016, ch. 85, sec. 2, p. 269; am. 2017, ch. 130, sec. 2, p. 307; am. 2021, ch. 89, sec. 19, p. 313.]
ID Code § 67-451A (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 67 - STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS|Chapter 4 - LEGISLATURE|Section 67-451A - LEGISLATIVE LEGAL DEFENSE FUND CREATED.

67-451A. LEGISLATIVE LEGAL DEFENSE FUND CREATED. There is hereby created in the state treasury the legislative legal defense fund. The legislative legal defense fund shall consist of such moneys as are placed into it by appropriations and shall be continuously appropriated to the senate and house of representatives. The legislative legal defense fund shall be specifically exempt from the provisions of chapter 35, title 67, Idaho Code, and from the provisions of chapter 36, title 67, Idaho Code. The president pro tempore of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives are hereby authorized to make expenditures out of the fund for any necessary legal expenses of the legislature.  History: [67-451A, added 2012, ch. 335, sec. 1, p. 929.]
ID Code § 67-452 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 67 - STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS|Chapter 4 - LEGISLATURE|Section 67-452 - MEMBERSHIP IN PACIFIC FISHERIES LEGISLATIVE TASK FORCE.

67-452. MEMBERSHIP IN PACIFIC FISHERIES LEGISLATIVE TASK FORCE. The legislative council, joining with the presiding officers of other jurisdictions, shall appoint, respectively two (2) senators, one (1) from the majority party and one (1) from the minority party, and two (2) members of the house of representatives, one (1) from the majority party and one (1) from the minority party, to represent Idaho on the Pacific Fisheries Legislative Task Force, which shall operate as a clearinghouse for opinion from the various interests involved in pacific fishing, and which shall include among its duties the duty to report to the legislatures of the participating jurisdictions and to the state delegations in the United States congress concerning means of protecting and fostering fishing in the participating jurisdictions. Actual and necessary expenses and per diem shall be allowed as provided by the legislative council, and shall be paid from legislative funds.  History: [67-452, added 1986, ch. 50, sec. 2, p. 144.]
ID Code § 67-453 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 67 - STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS|Chapter 4 - LEGISLATURE|Section 67-453 - STATEMENTS REGARDING PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.

67-453. STATEMENTS REGARDING PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS. (1) Whenever the legislature shall have directed the submission of a proposal to amend the constitution of the state of Idaho to the electors, the legislative council shall, not less than one hundred twenty (120) days prior to the date of the election at which the proposed amendment will be submitted to the people, prepare and file with the secretary of state a dossier containing the following: (a) A brief statement setting forth in simple, understandable language the meaning and purpose of the proposed amendment and the result to be accomplished by such amendment. The statement shall be included in the publications of the proposed amendment required by law of the secretary of state, and shall be printed on the official ballot by which such proposed amendment is submitted to the electors; and (b) A concise presentation of the major arguments advanced by the proponents and opponents of the proposed amendment designed to represent as fairly as possible the arguments relative to the proposed amendment. In preparing such arguments, the legislative council may seek the advice and suggestions of known supporters and opponents or any other persons or groups and may, in its sole discretion, use any of the suggested arguments. If any such suggestions are utilized by the legislative council, no recognition shall be given to the persons or groups which submitted the argument. The arguments shall be published in the publications required by law of the secretary of state, but shall not appear on the ballot by which such proposed amendment is submitted to the electors. (2) The secretary of state shall cause to be printed in either the voters’ pamphlet pursuant to section 34-1812C, Idaho Code, or in a pamphlet similar to the voters’ pamphlet, the arguments prepared pursuant to subsection (1) of this section and the question that will be on the general election ballot.  History: [67-453, added 1976, ch. 235, sec. 1, p. 827; am. 2007, ch. 201, sec. 1, p. 618.]
ID Code § 67-455 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 67 - STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS|Chapter 4 - LEGISLATURE|Section 67-455 - GOVERNOR’S HOUSING COMMITTEE — GOVERNOR’S RESIDENCE FUND.

67-455. GOVERNOR’S HOUSING COMMITTEE — GOVERNOR’S RESIDENCE FUND. (1) There is hereby created the governor’s housing committee consisting of five (5) appointed members. The following public officials shall each appoint one (1) member to serve on the committee: the president pro tempore of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the minority leader of the senate and the minority leader of the house of representatives and the director of the department of administration. Members of the committee shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing public official or his successor. (2) There is hereby created the governor’s residence fund. All moneys in or added to the governor’s residence fund and any dividend or interest earnings thereon are hereby perpetually appropriated to the department of administration and set apart for the purposes of providing a governor’s housing allowance and the acquisition, construction, remodel, furnishing, equipping or maintenance of a governor’s residence and the same shall be available for such purposes immediately upon being credited to the account, upon authorization for expenditure being given by the governor’s housing committee. Upon the direction of the committee, the department shall use moneys in the account for any purpose related to a governor’s housing allowance or the acquisition, construction, remodel, furnishing, equipping or maintenance of a governor’s residence. The net proceeds from any sale or rental of a governor’s residence, or any property related thereto, and of any cash or cash-equivalent donation made to the committee, shall be returned to the governor’s residence fund.  History: [67-455, added 1996, ch. 160, sec. 1, p. 528; am. 1999, ch. 336, sec. 1, p. 913.]
ID Code § 67-457 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 67 - STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS|Chapter 4 - LEGISLATURE|Section 67-457 - JOINT LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE — CREATION.

67-457. JOINT LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE — CREATION. There is hereby created the joint legislative oversight committee which shall be appointed as follows: the president pro tempore of the senate shall appoint majority party members of the senate, the senate minority leader shall appoint minority party members of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives shall appoint majority party members of the house of representatives and the minority leader of the house of representatives shall appoint minority party members of the house of representatives. Membership on the committee shall be evenly divided between the house of representatives and the senate and shall be evenly divided between the two (2) largest political parties represented in the legislature. The cochairmen of the joint finance-appropriations committee, or their designees, shall be members of the joint legislative oversight committee. The joint legislative oversight committee is hereby created under the jurisdiction of the legislative council for the purpose of conducting performance audits or evaluations, and reviewing all records related thereto, of any state agency at any time as the committee deems necessary. The legislative council shall appoint cochairmen who shall be from different houses of the legislature and who shall be from different political parties and shall determine the size of the committee. The legislative council, by a seventy-five percent (75%) vote, shall appoint a director of legislative performance evaluations for the purpose of conducting performance audits or evaluations pursuant to sections 67-457 through 67-464, Idaho Code. The director of legislative performance evaluations shall serve at the pleasure of the joint legislative oversight committee. The legislative council shall initially establish the compensation of the director of legislative performance evaluations and thereafter the compensation of the director of legislative performance evaluations shall be established by the joint legislative oversight committee.  History: [67-457, added 1993, ch. 327, sec. 3, p. 1190; am. 1996, ch. 65, sec. 1, p. 189.]
ID Code § 67-458 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 67 - STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS|Chapter 4 - LEGISLATURE|Section 67-458 - DEFINITIONS.

67-458. DEFINITIONS. For the purposes of sections 67-457 through 67-464, Idaho Code: (1) "Committee" means the joint legislative oversight committee. (2) "Performance audit or evaluation" shall mean an examination of the effectiveness of the administration, the efficiency and the adequacy of such administration in terms of the programs of the state agency authorized by law to be performed. Such examinations shall include, but not be limited to: (a) How effectively the programs are administered; (b) Benefits of each program in relation to the expenditures; (c) Goals of the programs; (d) Development of indicators by which the success or failure of a program may be gauged; (e) Conformity of programs with legislative intent; (f) Assistance to legislative committees dealing with specific programs; (g) Impact of federal grant-in-aid programs on agency programs. (3) "State agency" means each state board, commission, department, office or institution, educational or otherwise, of the state of Idaho. State agency shall also mean any city, county, district or other political subdivision of the state created by statute which has the authority to levy, collect and spend tax moneys.  History: [67-458, added 1993, ch. 327, sec. 3, p. 1191; am. 1996, ch. 65, sec. 2, p. 189.]
ID Code § 67-459 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 67 - STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS|Chapter 4 - LEGISLATURE|Section 67-459 - TERM OF MEMBERSHIP AND ORGANIZATION OF COMMITTEE.

67-459. TERM OF MEMBERSHIP AND ORGANIZATION OF COMMITTEE. All members appointed to the joint legislative oversight committee shall serve for a term as provided by the legislative council. The committee shall meet no later than thirty (30) days after appointment by the legislative council for the purpose of organizing the committee. A chairman and cochairman shall be appointed by the legislative council and shall be from different houses of the legislature and from different political parties. Actual and necessary expenses and per diem shall be allowed as provided by the legislative council and shall be paid from the legislative account.  History: [67-459, added 1993, ch. 327, sec. 3, p. 1191.]