HCR 58 (2014)

Staff: Katharine Gerrity, Ray Houston, Secretary: Charmi Arregui

Meeting Agendas:
August 28, 2014
September 30, 2014 & October 1, 2014
November 14, 2014

Meeting Minutes:
August 28, 2014
September 30, 2014
October 1, 2014
November 14, 2014

August 28 Meeting – Presentations & Handouts:

• Ray Houston, Principal Budget & Policy Analyst, Legislative Services Office
  • Endowment Management History Flow Chart
• Dr. Jay O’Laughlin, Professor, University of Idaho
  • Idaho’s Endowment Lands and Other Assets
  • Idaho’s Endowment Lands: A Matter of Sacred Trust
• Clive Strong, Division Chief, Natural Resources Division, Office of the Attorney General
  • Review of Endowment Land Constitutional and Statutory Authority and Duties
  • Overview of Land Board Endowment Reform
  • Idaho Endowment Lands and the Idaho Constitution
  • Idaho Admission Bill
  • Wasden v. State Board of Land Commissioners
• Tom Schultz, Director, Idaho Department of Lands
  • Idaho Department of Lands
  • Endowment Fund Reform Progress Report
  • Land Board Memo – Recommendations from Endowment Fund Reform Progress Report
  • 2013 Annual Report: Idaho Department of Lands
  • Children’s Land Alliance (CLASS)
  • State Trust Lands
  • State Board of Land Commissioners Meeting – August 2014
  • Pertinent Idaho Constitution Articles and Idaho Statutes
• Larry Johnson, Manager of Investments, Idaho Endowment Fund Investment Board
  • An Overview of the Idaho Endowment Fund Investment Board
  • Update: Land Board’s Comprehensive Strategy Review
  • Idaho Land Grant Endowments – 2014 Report
• Article 9, Section 8 – Idaho Constitution
• Department of Lands Asset Management Plan, December 20, 2011
• Related Press Release
• Idaho Admissions Bill
• Maps reflecting locations of the various endowment lands throughout the state as well as beneficiary identification, Senator Brackett
• Documents from Rep. Gannon that he will comment on during 8-28-14 meeting

September 30 & October 1 Meeting – Presentations & Handouts:

• Updated Idaho Land Grant Endowments – A Report to the Citizens – 2014 (received from the EFIB on 9-18-14), Larry Johnson, Idaho Endowment Fund Investment Board
• Request for Analysis of SB 1277, David Leroy & Lynn Thomas, Leroy Law Office
• Request for Analysis of SB 1277, Steve Strack, Office of the Attorney General
• Public Testimony:
  • Mark Finley
  • Robert Forrey
  • Howard & Jo Goul
  • Ronald Harriman
  • Todd Hatfield
  • Ronalee Linsenmann
  • Teresa McCallum
  • John Runft
  • John Runft (on behalf of the Tax Accountability Committee)
  • Tom Wielgos

November 14 Meeting – Presentations & Handouts:

• Asset Allocation and Governance Review – Idaho Board of Land Commissioners, Callan Report – 11-7-14