Idaho Code § 67-2402

Current through the 2024 Regular Session

Section 67-2402 - STRUCTURE OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF IDAHO STATE GOVERNMENT

(1) Pursuant to section 20, article IV, Idaho constitution, all executive and administrative offices, agencies, and instrumentalities of the executive department of state, except for those assigned to the elected constitutional officers, are allocated among and within the following departments:

Department of administration

Department of agriculture

Department of commerce

Department of labor

Department of correction

Department of environmental quality

Department of finance

Department of fish and game

Department of health and welfare

Department of insurance

Department of juvenile corrections

Idaho transportation department

Industrial commission

Department of lands

Idaho state police

Department of parks and recreation

Department of revenue and taxation

Department of self-governing agencies

Department of water resources

State board of education

The public school districts of Idaho, having condemnation authority, shall be considered civil departments of state government for the purpose of and limited to the purchase of state endowment land at appraised prices.

(2) The governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, state controller, state treasurer, attorney general and superintendent of public instruction each heads a constitutional office.

(3) For its internal structure, unless specifically provided otherwise, each department shall adhere to the following standard terms:

(a) The principal unit of a department is a division. Each division shall be headed by an administrator. The administrator of any division shall be exempt from the provisions of chapter 53, title 67, Idaho Code.

(b) The principal unit of a division is a bureau. Each bureau shall be headed by a chief.

(c) The principal unit of a bureau is a section. Each section shall be headed by a supervisor.

Idaho Code § 67-2402

[(67-2402) 1919, ch. 8, sec. 2, p. 43; C.S., sec. 251; am. 1921, ch. 104, sec. 2, p. 233; I.C.A., sec. 65-2302; am. 1939, ch. 37, sec. 11, p. 74; am. 1941, ch. 82, sec. 1, p. 151; am. 1947, ch. 59, sec. 1, p. 82; am. 1947, ch. 238, sec. 1, p. 587; am. 1969, ch. 466, sec. 10, p. 1326; am. 1972, ch. 196, sec. 17, p. 483; am. 1974, ch. 40, sec. 2, p. 1072; am. 1975, ch. 164, sec. 13, p. 18; am. 1978, ch. 242, sec. 1, p. 519; am. 1985, ch. 160, sec. 2, p. 428; am. 1994, ch. 180, sec. 196, p. 544; am. 1995, ch. 44, sec. 59, p. 102; am. 1995, ch. 365, sec. 2, p. 1277; am. 1996, ch. 421, sec. 4, p. 1413; am. 2000, ch. 132, sec. 1, p. 311; am. 2000, ch. 469, sec. 1, p. 1456; am. 2004, ch. 346, sec. 9, p. 1035; am. 2007, ch. 360, sec. 26, p. 1090.]