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HOUSE BILL NO. 496

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H0496............................................................by MATHEWS
STATE AGENCIES - APPROPRIATIONS - Adds to existing law to require
legislative authorization before an agency may expend an appropriation; to
provide procedures; and to define "agency."
                                                                        
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  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-eighth Legislature                   Second Regular Session - 2006
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                                     HOUSE BILL NO. 496
                                                                        
                                         BY MATHEWS
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO APPROPRIATIONS AND STATE AGENCIES; AMENDING CHAPTER 36, TITLE  67,
  3        IDAHO  CODE,  BY  THE  ADDITION  OF  A NEW SECTION 67-3615, IDAHO CODE, TO
  4        REQUIRE LEGISLATIVE AUTHORIZATION BEFORE AN AGENCY MAY EXPEND AN APPROPRI-
  5        ATION, TO PROVIDE PROCEDURES AND TO DEFINE "AGENCY."
                                                                        
  6    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  7        SECTION 1.  That Chapter 36, Title 67, Idaho Code, be,  and  the  same  is
  8    hereby  amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and des-
  9    ignated as Section 67-3615, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
                                                                        
 10        67-3615.  LEGISLATIVE AUTHORIZATION REQUIRED FOR APPROPRIATION. Unless the
 11    legislature by law authorizes such action annually, neither the  governor  nor
 12    any  executive  officer  shall  allow  the expenditure of moneys nor shall any
 13    agency expend moneys pursuant to an appropriation. To be  authorized  pursuant
 14    to  this  section, an agency shall present testimony to the germane committee,
 15    as determined by the president pro tempore of the senate and  the  speaker  of
 16    the  house  of  representatives, of each house regarding the agency's role and
 17    mission, goals and objectives of the agency and how well the agency is meeting
 18    its goals and objectives. If the germane  committee  agrees  that  the  agency
 19    should  be authorized, it shall prepare an enactment reauthorizing the agency.
 20    Such enactment must pass both houses and be signed  into  law  or  allowed  to
 21    become  law  by  the  governor  before  an  appropriation to the agency may be
 22    enacted into law. A bill authorizing an agency  shall  be  separate  from  any
 23    appropriation bill to the agency. As used in this section, "agency" means each
 24    state  board, institution, commission, department or officer authorized by law
 25    to make rules or to determine contested cases, but does not include the legis-
 26    lative or judicial branches, executive officers listed in section  1,  article
 27    IV,  of  the  constitution  of  the  state  of Idaho in the exercise of powers
 28    derived directly and exclusively from the constitution, the state  militia  or
 29    the state board of correction.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact

                        STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                                
                              RS 15662
                                
This proposed legislation amends Chapter 36, Title 67, Idaho Code, by
adding a new section that requires legislative authorization before an
agency may expend an appropriation.


                             FISCAL NOTE

There is no fiscal impact.




Contact
Name:     Rep. Russ Mathews
Phone:    (208) 332 1000
            
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                              H 496