Idaho State Statutes - Idaho Attorney Directory

Whenever the
governor as chief budget officer of the state may determine that the
expenditures authorized by the legislature for the current fiscal year shall
exceed anticipated moneys available to meet those expenditures, the governor
by executive order may reduce the spending authority on file in the office of
the state controller for any department, office or institution of the state;
provided, that no reduction of spending authority for the elected officers in
the executive department shall be made to a level which prohibits the
discharge of constitutional duties and provided that no reduction of spending
authority for the legislative and judicial departments shall be made without
the permission in writing of the head of such department. The head of any
executive department, office or institution of the state may appeal the
temporary reduction of spending authority to the state board of examiners, and
the state board of examiners may, after hearing and consideration of evidence,
restore said spending authority to its original level or to such lesser level
as may be required to assist the state in maintaining a balanced budget. The
governor may not temporarily reduce spending authority to a level lower than
that required to insure that state expenditures do not exceed revenues. A
temporary reduction of spending authority pursuant to this section shall not
result in a reduction of appropriation. The governor at any time by executive
order may restore spending authority which has been temporarily reduced to its
original level.

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