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H0056aaS............................................by AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS
RURAL DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP ACT - Adds to existing law to provide for the
Idaho Rural Development Partnership Act; to provide for responsibilities of
the partnership; to provide for a board of directors and general
membership; to provide for cochairs and an executive director; and to
provide for the consideration of certain comments when conducting
performance evaluations of state employees.
01/25 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
01/26 Rpt prt - to Agric Aff
02/13 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/14 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/16 3rd rdg - PASSED - 68-0-2
AYES -- Anderson, Andrus, Barrett, Bayer, Bedke, Bell, Bilbao, Black,
Bock, Boe, Bolz, Brackett, Bradford, Chadderdon, Chavez, Chew, Clark,
Collins, Crane, Durst, Eskridge, Hagedorn, Hart, Harwood, Henbest,
Henderson, Jaquet, Killen, King, Kren, Labrador, Lake, LeFavour,
Loertscher, Luker, Marriott, Mathews, McGeachin, Mortimer, Moyle,
Nielsen, Nonini, Pasley-Stuart, Patrick, Pence, Raybould, Ring,
Ringo, Roberts, Ruchti, Rusche, Sayler, Schaefer, Shepherd(2),
Shepherd(8), Shirley, Shively, Smith(30), Smith(24), Snodgrass,
Stevenson, Thayn, Trail, Vander Woude, Wills, Wood(27), Wood(35), Mr.
Speaker
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Block, Edmunson
Floor Sponsor - Bolz
Title apvd - to Senate
02/19 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Agric Aff
02/28 Rpt out - to 14th Ord
03/13 Rpt out amen - to 1st rdg as amen
03/14 1st rdg - to 2nd rdg as amen
03/15 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg as amen
Rls susp - PASSED - 34-0-1
AYES -- Andreason, Bair, Bilyeu, Broadsword, Burkett, Cameron,
Coiner, Corder, Darrington, Davis, Fulcher, Gannon, Geddes, Goedde,
Hammond, Heinrich, Hill, Jorgenson, Kelly, Keough, Langhorst, Little,
Lodge, Malepeai, McGee, McKague, McKenzie, Pearce, Richardson,
Schroeder, Siddoway, Stegner, Stennett, Werk
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Bastian
Floor Sponsor - Gannon
Title apvd - to House
03/15 House concurred in Senate amens - to engros
03/16 Rpt engros - 1st rdg - to 2nd rdg as amen
03/19 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg as amen
03/20 3rd rdg as amen - PASSED - 66-0-4
AYES -- Anderson, Andrus, Barrett, Bayer, Bedke, Bell, Bilbao, Black,
Block, Bock, Bolz, Brackett, Bradford, Chadderdon, Chew, Clark,
Collins, Crane, Durst, Edmunson, Eskridge, Hagedorn, Hart, Harwood,
Henbest, Henderson, Jaquet, Killen, King, Kren, Labrador, Lake,
Loertscher, Luker, Marriott, Mathews, McGeachin, Mortimer, Moyle,
Nielsen, Nonini, Pasley-Stuart, Patrick, Pence, Raybould, Ring,
Ringo, Roberts, Ruchti, Rusche, Sayler, Schaefer, Shepherd(2),
Shepherd(8), Shirley, Shively, Smith(30), Smith(24), Snodgrass,
Stevenson, Thayn, Trail, Vander Woude, Wills, Wood(27), Wood(35)
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Boe, Chavez, LeFavour, Mr. Speaker
Floor Sponsor - Bolz
Title apvd - to enrol
03/21 Rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/22 Pres signed - To Governor
03/28 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 238
Effective: 07/01/07
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]]
Fifty-ninth Legislature First Regular Session - 2007
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE BILL NO. 56
BY AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO THE IDAHO RURAL DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP ACT; AMENDING TITLE 67,
3 IDAHO CODE, BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW CHAPTER 90, TITLE 67, IDAHO CODE, TO
4 PROVIDE A SHORT TITLE, TO PROVIDE LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS, TO DEFINE TERMS,
5 TO PROVIDE FOR THE IDAHO RURAL DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP, TO PROVIDE FOR
6 RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTNERSHIP, TO PROVIDE FOR THE BOARD OF DIREC-
7 TORS, TO PROVIDE FOR COCHAIRS, TO PROVIDE FOR AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, TO
8 PROVIDE FOR GENERAL MEMBERSHIP, TO PROVIDE FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF CER-
9 TAIN COMMENTS WHEN CONDUCTING PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS OF STATE EMPLOYEES
10 AND TO PROVIDE FOR INVESTIGATIVE AUTHORITY.
11 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
12 SECTION 1. That Title 67, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby amended
13 by the addition thereto of a NEW CHAPTER, to be known and designated as Chap-
14 ter 90, Title 67, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
15 CHAPTER 90
16 IDAHO RURAL DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP ACT
17 67-9001. SHORT TITLE. This act may be referred to and cited as the "Idaho
18 Rural Development Partnership Act."
19 67-9002. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS. The legislature finds that:
20 (1) Rural development has been given a high priority as a means of
21 achieving a sound and mutually beneficial balance between the economies, cul-
22 ture, infrastructure and community vitality of rural and urban areas of Idaho.
23 (2) (a) During the last half century, the legislature has enacted many
24 laws and established many programs to provide resources to rural communi-
25 ties;
26 (b) Efforts have been made, and continue to be needed, to coordinate
27 rural development programs; and
28 (c) During the last decade, the national rural development partnership
29 and its principal components, the national rural development council and
30 state rural development councils, have successfully provided opportunities
31 for collaboration and coordination among federal agencies and between fed-
32 eral agencies and states, nonprofit organizations, the private sector,
33 tribal governments, and other entities committed to rural advancement.
34 (3) State rural development councils were established in 1990 by Presi-
35 dential executive order as vehicles to help coordinate rural programs.
36 (4) The congress of the United States authorized and codified a national
37 system of rural development coordination and cooperation with enactment of the
38 "national rural development partnership act" (7 U.S.C. 2008m).
39 (5) The national rural development partnership has been recognized as a
40 model of new governance and as an example of the effectiveness of collabora-
41 tion between the federal, state, local, tribal, private, and nonprofit sectors
2
1 in addressing the needs of the rural communities.
2 (6) Partnerships between governmental and nongovernmental entities can
3 extend scarce funding through collaboration and cooperation.
4 (7) The continued success and efficacy of the Idaho rural development
5 partnership could be enhanced through specific legislative authorization
6 removing any statutory barriers that could detract from the benefits poten-
7 tially achieved through the partnership's unique structure.
8 67-9003. DEFINITIONS. As used in this chapter:
9 (1) "Agency with rural responsibilities" means any public entity of the
10 state of Idaho that:
11 (a) Implements a provision of law targeted at rural areas; or
12 (b) Administers a program that has a significant impact on rural areas.
13 (2) "National rural development partnership" means the organization cre-
14 ated by the national rural development partnership act (7 U.S.C. 2008m).
15 (3) "Partnership" means the Idaho rural development partnership estab-
16 lished by section 67-9004, Idaho Code.
17 (4) "Rural area" means:
18 (a) All the territory of the state of Idaho that is not within the bound-
19 ary of any standard metropolitan statistical area as defined by the United
20 States office of management and budget;
21 (b) All territory within any standard metropolitan statistical area
22 described in subsection (4)(a) of this section within a census tract hav-
23 ing a population density of less than twenty (20) persons per square mile,
24 as determined according to the most recent census of the United States as
25 of any date; and
26 (c) Such areas as the partnership may identify as rural.
27 67-9004. IDAHO RURAL DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP CREATED. There is hereby
28 created an independent public body corporate and politic to be known as the
29 "Idaho rural development partnership," which shall be a public instrumentality
30 of the state and its exercise of the powers conferred by this chapter is and
31 shall be deemed to be the performance of essential public functions and pur-
32 poses. The Idaho rural development partnership shall be exempt from taxation,
33 and shall be an entity of the state of Idaho as provided in the tort claims
34 act, chapter 9, title 6, Idaho Code, and shall be entitled to all the protec-
35 tion as provided in the tort claims act, chapter 9, title 6, Idaho Code.
36 67-9005. RESPONSIBILITIES. The partnership's responsibilities shall be
37 to:
38 (1) Assess conditions of rural Idaho;
39 (2) Advise the governor and the legislature on public policy and strate-
40 gies to improve the quality of life in rural Idaho;
41 (3) Act as a clearinghouse of information and as a referral center on
42 rural programs and policies;
43 (4) Conduct outreach to rural communities and facilitate communication
44 between rural residents and public and private organizations that provide ser-
45 vices to rural communities;
46 (5) Identify organizations, authorities and resources to address various
47 aspects of rural development;
48 (6) Serve as a nonpartisan forum for identifying and understanding rural
49 issues from all perspectives;
50 (7) Improve intergovernmental coordination, private and public coopera-
51 tion, and to seek out opportunities for new partnerships to achieve rural
52 development goals within existing governmental and community structures;
3
1 (8) Foster coordinated approaches to rural development that support local
2 initiatives, with an imperative not to usurp the individual missions of any
3 member organizations or duplicate effort;
4 (9) Seek solutions to unnecessary impediments to rural development, first
5 within Idaho and then through the national rural development partnership; and
6 (10) Work cooperatively with the national rural development partnership
7 and other state rural development councils.
8 67-9006. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. (1) The partnership shall be managed by a
9 board of directors that shall include the following members:
10 (a) A representative from the executive office of the governor;
11 (b) The directors from not more than five (5) agencies with rural respon-
12 sibilities, these being, unless otherwise seated by the balance of the
13 board of directors, the Idaho departments of agriculture, commerce, envi-
14 ronmental quality, labor, and transportation;
15 (c) The director of the cooperative extension service in the state of
16 Idaho;
17 (d) Representatives from the following federal agencies: the United
18 States department of agriculture's rural development, farm service agency
19 and forest service, the United States department of the interior's bureau
20 of land management, the United States department of commerce's economic
21 development administration, the United States environmental protection
22 agency, and the United States department of housing and urban development;
23 (e) Four (4) state legislators consisting of two (2) senators and two (2)
24 representatives selected by their respective legislative leaders;
25 (f) A representative chosen by each of the federally recognized Indian
26 tribes in the state of Idaho;
27 (g) Four (4) representatives from organizations of local government in
28 the state of Idaho, one (1) each representing cities, counties, economic
29 development agencies, and resource conservation and development organiza-
30 tions;
31 (h) Two (2) representatives from for-profit business organizations, to
32 include agribusiness and other businesses operating with special emphasis
33 on rural areas of the state of Idaho;
34 (i) A representative of the principal contractor for the United States
35 department of energy's Idaho national laboratory; and
36 (j) Five (5) rural leaders chosen by the governor representing private
37 entrepreneurs, chambers of commerce, nonprofit and community-based organi-
38 zations, living in rural Idaho and representing a geographic balance
39 across the state.
40 (2) Nonvoting, ad hoc members may be included on the board to assist with
41 specific issues and projects as necessary.
42 (3) Except for appointments by the governor under subsection (1)(j) of
43 this section, members of the board of directors shall serve at the pleasure of
44 the organization or entity the member represents. Board members appointed
45 under subsection (1)(h) of this section shall serve four (4) year terms con-
46 current with the governor's term, though lagging behind by three (3) months
47 the governor's term.
48 67-9007. COCHAIRS. (1) The board of directors of the partnership shall
49 have two (2) cochairs, one (1) elected by the partnership's board of directors
50 from among the board's membership, and the other appointed by the governor
51 from among the state agency directors appointed pursuant to subsection (1)(b)
52 of section 67-9006, Idaho Code. The cochair elected by the board of directors
53 shall serve a two (2) year term, and may be reelected until a total of four
4
1 (4) consecutive years have been served, following which that individual will
2 be disqualified for election to the position of cochair until at least one (1)
3 term of office has intervened.
4 (2) The duties of the cochairs shall be to:
5 (a) Set operating policies; and
6 (b) Manage the partnership budget and staff, including the hiring of an
7 executive director.
8 67-9008. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. The executive director of the partnership
9 shall:
10 (1) Be an exempt, full-time position within a department of the executive
11 branch of Idaho state government as designated by the governor;
12 (2) Manage the day-to-day operations of the partnership as directed by
13 the board of directors and the cochairs;
14 (3) Be a person with the skills necessary to manage a diverse public
15 organization effectively and with broad experience in building and sustaining
16 networks and partnerships; and shall be hired through an open and competitive
17 process when a vacancy occurs, after a broad, statewide advertising campaign
18 without any preselection;
19 (4) Hire an assistant, and such temporary or part-time employees as may
20 be necessary to achieve the partnership's purposes, provided approved by the
21 cochairs of the board of directors and the availability of funding.
22 67-9009. GENERAL MEMBERSHIP. The general membership of the partnership
23 shall be open to any and all individuals or organizations desiring to assist
24 with the partnership's purposes, including all local, tribal, state, and fed-
25 eral governments, as well as for-profit and not-for-profit private organiza-
26 tions having an interest in or some responsibility for rural development in
27 the state of Idaho. No voting privileges on the partnership's board of direc-
28 tors are granted by virtue of general membership.
29 67-9010. PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS OF STATE EMPLOYEES. In conducting the
30 performance evaluation of an employee of an agency with rural responsibili-
31 ties, that agency shall consider any comments submitted by the partnership
32 concerning the responsiveness and cooperation of that employee in attempting
33 to achieve the partnership's purposes.
34 67-9011. INVESTIGATIVE AUTHORITY. By unanimous vote of the board of
35 directors, the partnership may exercise the power to summon an official of
36 federal, state or local government or to take the testimony under oath of such
37 individual if deemed necessary to obtain information in furtherance of the
38 purposes of the partnership.
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]]
Fifty-ninth Legislature First Regular Session - 2007
Moved by Kelly
Seconded by Gannon
IN THE SENATE
SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.B. NO. 56
1 AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 1
2 On page 3 of the printed bill, delete lines 23 and 24, and insert:
3 "(e) Four (4) state legislators consisting of one (1) member appointed by
4 the president pro tempore of the senate, one (1) member appointed by the
5 minority leader of the senate, one (1) member appointed by the speaker of
6 the house of representatives and one (1) member appointed by the minority
7 leader of the house of representatives;";
8 in line 45, delete "(h)" and insert: "(j)"; and following line 47, insert:
9 "(4) The duties of the board of directors shall be to:
10 (a) Elect a cochair as provided in section 67-9007, Idaho Code;
11 (b) To appoint and employ, and at its pleasure discharge, an executive
12 director and to prescribe the duties and fix the compensation of the exec-
13 utive director; and
14 (c) To establish offices, to incur expenses, to enter into contracts and
15 to create such liabilities as may be reasonable for the proper administra-
16 tion and enforcement of this chapter.
17 (5) The board of directors shall hold a meeting at least annually. A
18 majority of the members of the board of directors shall constitute a quorum.".
19 On page 4, delete lines 30 through 38 and insert: "performance evaluation
20 of an employee of an agency who has worked with the partnership, that agency
21 may consider any comments submitted by the partnership in support of the
22 employee.".
23 CORRECTION TO TITLE
24 On page 1, delete lines 8 through 10, and insert: "PROVIDE FOR GENERAL
25 MEMBERSHIP AND TO PROVIDE FOR CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN COMMENTS WHEN CONDUCT-
26 ING PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS OF STATE EMPLOYEES.".
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]]
Fifty-ninth Legislature First Regular Session - 2007
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE BILL NO. 56, As Amended in the Senate
BY AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO THE IDAHO RURAL DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP ACT; AMENDING TITLE 67,
3 IDAHO CODE, BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW CHAPTER 90, TITLE 67, IDAHO CODE, TO
4 PROVIDE A SHORT TITLE, TO PROVIDE LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS, TO DEFINE TERMS,
5 TO PROVIDE FOR THE IDAHO RURAL DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP, TO PROVIDE FOR
6 RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTNERSHIP, TO PROVIDE FOR THE BOARD OF DIREC-
7 TORS, TO PROVIDE FOR COCHAIRS, TO PROVIDE FOR AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, TO
8 PROVIDE FOR GENERAL MEMBERSHIP AND TO PROVIDE FOR CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN
9 COMMENTS WHEN CONDUCTING PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS OF STATE EMPLOYEES.
10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
11 SECTION 1. That Title 67, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby amended
12 by the addition thereto of a NEW CHAPTER, to be known and designated as Chap-
13 ter 90, Title 67, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
14 CHAPTER 90
15 IDAHO RURAL DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP ACT
16 67-9001. SHORT TITLE. This act may be referred to and cited as the "Idaho
17 Rural Development Partnership Act."
18 67-9002. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS. The legislature finds that:
19 (1) Rural development has been given a high priority as a means of
20 achieving a sound and mutually beneficial balance between the economies, cul-
21 ture, infrastructure and community vitality of rural and urban areas of Idaho.
22 (2) (a) During the last half century, the legislature has enacted many
23 laws and established many programs to provide resources to rural communi-
24 ties;
25 (b) Efforts have been made, and continue to be needed, to coordinate
26 rural development programs; and
27 (c) During the last decade, the national rural development partnership
28 and its principal components, the national rural development council and
29 state rural development councils, have successfully provided opportunities
30 for collaboration and coordination among federal agencies and between fed-
31 eral agencies and states, nonprofit organizations, the private sector,
32 tribal governments, and other entities committed to rural advancement.
33 (3) State rural development councils were established in 1990 by Presi-
34 dential executive order as vehicles to help coordinate rural programs.
35 (4) The congress of the United States authorized and codified a national
36 system of rural development coordination and cooperation with enactment of the
37 "national rural development partnership act" (7 U.S.C. 2008m).
38 (5) The national rural development partnership has been recognized as a
39 model of new governance and as an example of the effectiveness of collabora-
40 tion between the federal, state, local, tribal, private, and nonprofit sectors
41 in addressing the needs of the rural communities.
2
1 (6) Partnerships between governmental and nongovernmental entities can
2 extend scarce funding through collaboration and cooperation.
3 (7) The continued success and efficacy of the Idaho rural development
4 partnership could be enhanced through specific legislative authorization
5 removing any statutory barriers that could detract from the benefits poten-
6 tially achieved through the partnership's unique structure.
7 67-9003. DEFINITIONS. As used in this chapter:
8 (1) "Agency with rural responsibilities" means any public entity of the
9 state of Idaho that:
10 (a) Implements a provision of law targeted at rural areas; or
11 (b) Administers a program that has a significant impact on rural areas.
12 (2) "National rural development partnership" means the organization cre-
13 ated by the national rural development partnership act (7 U.S.C. 2008m).
14 (3) "Partnership" means the Idaho rural development partnership estab-
15 lished by section 67-9004, Idaho Code.
16 (4) "Rural area" means:
17 (a) All the territory of the state of Idaho that is not within the bound-
18 ary of any standard metropolitan statistical area as defined by the United
19 States office of management and budget;
20 (b) All territory within any standard metropolitan statistical area
21 described in subsection (4)(a) of this section within a census tract hav-
22 ing a population density of less than twenty (20) persons per square mile,
23 as determined according to the most recent census of the United States as
24 of any date; and
25 (c) Such areas as the partnership may identify as rural.
26 67-9004. IDAHO RURAL DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP CREATED. There is hereby
27 created an independent public body corporate and politic to be known as the
28 "Idaho rural development partnership," which shall be a public instrumentality
29 of the state and its exercise of the powers conferred by this chapter is and
30 shall be deemed to be the performance of essential public functions and pur-
31 poses. The Idaho rural development partnership shall be exempt from taxation,
32 and shall be an entity of the state of Idaho as provided in the tort claims
33 act, chapter 9, title 6, Idaho Code, and shall be entitled to all the protec-
34 tion as provided in the tort claims act, chapter 9, title 6, Idaho Code.
35 67-9005. RESPONSIBILITIES. The partnership's responsibilities shall be
36 to:
37 (1) Assess conditions of rural Idaho;
38 (2) Advise the governor and the legislature on public policy and strate-
39 gies to improve the quality of life in rural Idaho;
40 (3) Act as a clearinghouse of information and as a referral center on
41 rural programs and policies;
42 (4) Conduct outreach to rural communities and facilitate communication
43 between rural residents and public and private organizations that provide ser-
44 vices to rural communities;
45 (5) Identify organizations, authorities and resources to address various
46 aspects of rural development;
47 (6) Serve as a nonpartisan forum for identifying and understanding rural
48 issues from all perspectives;
49 (7) Improve intergovernmental coordination, private and public coopera-
50 tion, and to seek out opportunities for new partnerships to achieve rural
51 development goals within existing governmental and community structures;
52 (8) Foster coordinated approaches to rural development that support local
3
1 initiatives, with an imperative not to usurp the individual missions of any
2 member organizations or duplicate effort;
3 (9) Seek solutions to unnecessary impediments to rural development, first
4 within Idaho and then through the national rural development partnership; and
5 (10) Work cooperatively with the national rural development partnership
6 and other state rural development councils.
7 67-9006. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. (1) The partnership shall be managed by a
8 board of directors that shall include the following members:
9 (a) A representative from the executive office of the governor;
10 (b) The directors from not more than five (5) agencies with rural respon-
11 sibilities, these being, unless otherwise seated by the balance of the
12 board of directors, the Idaho departments of agriculture, commerce, envi-
13 ronmental quality, labor, and transportation;
14 (c) The director of the cooperative extension service in the state of
15 Idaho;
16 (d) Representatives from the following federal agencies: the United
17 States department of agriculture's rural development, farm service agency
18 and forest service, the United States department of the interior's bureau
19 of land management, the United States department of commerce's economic
20 development administration, the United States environmental protection
21 agency, and the United States department of housing and urban development;
22 (e) Four (4) state legislators consisting of one (1) member appointed by
23 the president pro tempore of the senate, one (1) member appointed by the
24 minority leader of the senate, one (1) member appointed by the speaker of
25 the house of representatives and one (1) member appointed by the minority
26 leader of the house of representatives;
27 (f) A representative chosen by each of the federally recognized Indian
28 tribes in the state of Idaho;
29 (g) Four (4) representatives from organizations of local government in
30 the state of Idaho, one (1) each representing cities, counties, economic
31 development agencies, and resource conservation and development organiza-
32 tions;
33 (h) Two (2) representatives from for-profit business organizations, to
34 include agribusiness and other businesses operating with special emphasis
35 on rural areas of the state of Idaho;
36 (i) A representative of the principal contractor for the United States
37 department of energy's Idaho national laboratory; and
38 (j) Five (5) rural leaders chosen by the governor representing private
39 entrepreneurs, chambers of commerce, nonprofit and community-based organi-
40 zations, living in rural Idaho and representing a geographic balance
41 across the state.
42 (2) Nonvoting, ad hoc members may be included on the board to assist with
43 specific issues and projects as necessary.
44 (3) Except for appointments by the governor under subsection (1)(j) of
45 this section, members of the board of directors shall serve at the pleasure of
46 the organization or entity the member represents. Board members appointed
47 under subsection (1)(j) of this section shall serve four (4) year terms con-
48 current with the governor's term, though lagging behind by three (3) months
49 the governor's term.
50 (4) The duties of the board of directors shall be to:
51 (a) Elect a cochair as provided in section 67-9007, Idaho Code;
52 (b) To appoint and employ, and at its pleasure discharge, an executive
53 director and to prescribe the duties and fix the compensation of the exec-
54 utive director; and
4
1 (c) To establish offices, to incur expenses, to enter into contracts and
2 to create such liabilities as may be reasonable for the proper administra-
3 tion and enforcement of this chapter.
4 (5) The board of directors shall hold a meeting at least annually. A
5 majority of the members of the board of directors shall constitute a quorum.
6 67-9007. COCHAIRS. (1) The board of directors of the partnership shall
7 have two (2) cochairs, one (1) elected by the partnership's board of directors
8 from among the board's membership, and the other appointed by the governor
9 from among the state agency directors appointed pursuant to subsection (1)(b)
10 of section 67-9006, Idaho Code. The cochair elected by the board of directors
11 shall serve a two (2) year term, and may be reelected until a total of four
12 (4) consecutive years have been served, following which that individual will
13 be disqualified for election to the position of cochair until at least one (1)
14 term of office has intervened.
15 (2) The duties of the cochairs shall be to:
16 (a) Set operating policies; and
17 (b) Manage the partnership budget and staff, including the hiring of an
18 executive director.
19 67-9008. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. The executive director of the partnership
20 shall:
21 (1) Be an exempt, full-time position within a department of the executive
22 branch of Idaho state government as designated by the governor;
23 (2) Manage the day-to-day operations of the partnership as directed by
24 the board of directors and the cochairs;
25 (3) Be a person with the skills necessary to manage a diverse public
26 organization effectively and with broad experience in building and sustaining
27 networks and partnerships; and shall be hired through an open and competitive
28 process when a vacancy occurs, after a broad, statewide advertising campaign
29 without any preselection;
30 (4) Hire an assistant, and such temporary or part-time employees as may
31 be necessary to achieve the partnership's purposes, provided approved by the
32 cochairs of the board of directors and the availability of funding.
33 67-9009. GENERAL MEMBERSHIP. The general membership of the partnership
34 shall be open to any and all individuals or organizations desiring to assist
35 with the partnership's purposes, including all local, tribal, state, and fed-
36 eral governments, as well as for-profit and not-for-profit private organiza-
37 tions having an interest in or some responsibility for rural development in
38 the state of Idaho. No voting privileges on the partnership's board of direc-
39 tors are granted by virtue of general membership.
40 67-9010. PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS OF STATE EMPLOYEES. In conducting the
41 performance evaluation of an employee of an agency who has worked with the
42 partnership, that agency may consider any comments submitted by the partner-
43 ship in support of the employee.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 16636
This bill enacts the "Idaho Rural Partnership Act" to codify the
provisions of existing Executive Order No. 2003-01. The
Partnership is assigned specific purposes, primary among which
are (1) acting as a clearinghouse of rural development resources
and information, and (2) facilitating rural collaborations
between agencies and the private sector, and (3) removing
regulatory and bureaucratic obstacles to rural economic growth.
A Board of Directors, Co-Chairs and an Executive Director are
authorized to carry out these purposes.
FISCAL NOTE
It is anticipated that salaries for the Executive Director and a
minimal support staff will require $130,000. The total amount of
the Partnership budget has averaged closer to $300,000, but that
amount is offset by donations routinely received from federal,
non-profit and for-profit private sector contributors.
Contact
Name: Rep. Bolz, Rep. Trail, Rep. Pence
Phone: 332-1000
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