[Vision2020] Idaho Executive Order 2009-06

[Tom Hansen]

Courtesy of a February 17, 2009 press release from the governor's office.

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GOVERNOR SIGNS EXECUTIVE ORDER FOR STATE HANDLING OF FEDERAL STIMULUS ACT

(BOISE) – After thoroughly studying the newly signed bill and consulting 
with legislative leaders, Governor C.L. “Butch” Otter issued an executive 
order today detailing a process for evaluating needs and implementing the 
American Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

Executive Order 2009-06 (attached) creates a “stimulus executive 
committee” that will be appointed by the Governor to review state agency 
information and make recommendations within 30 days on how to best use the 
federal money designated for Idaho in the federal law. Those 
recommendations will be due by the close of business on March 19. 

“I’m grateful to the legislators who sat down with me and my staff to work 
through this enormous piece of legislation and agree on a process for 
ensuring we make good, sound and responsible decisions for the people of 
Idaho,” Governor Otter said. “There remain a lot of unknowns here. It will 
take a lot of work to get our arms around all the implications of this 
law. We need to make sure safeguards are in place and that every ‘i’ is 
dotted and ‘t’ is crossed. This is taxpayer money, and all of us are 
committed to seeing it used in the most effective and efficient way 
possible.”

Each state agency will have until noon on March 4 to submit information to 
the Governor on how it anticipates using stimulus funds applicable to its 
mission, in accordance with state law and the Idaho Constitution’s mandate 
to provide a balanced state budget.

“I appreciate the Governor’s leadership, and the meticulous way all the 
implications of this complex federal law are being evaluated,” said 
Senator Dean Cameron of Rupert, co-chairman of the Legislature’s budget-
setting Joint Finance Appropriations Committee. “The way we are working 
together on this issue should give all Idahoans a lot of confidence that 
we are doing it right.”

“The Governor sees that the Legislature is an essential part of this 
process,” said Representative Maxine Bell of Jerome, co-chairman of the 
Joint Finance Appropriations Committee. “We look forward to working with 
him to ensure the requirements of this stimulus package and state law are 
observed, and that there is clarity, certainty and transparency in the 
process.”

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Governor Otter's response to the American Economic Recovery and 
Reinvestment Act of 2009 . . .

Idaho Executive Order 2009-06
http://gov.idaho.gov/mediacenter/press/pr2009/prfeb09/eo2009-06.pdf
 
Mark your calendars, V-peeps . . . March 17, 2009.

Seeya in the bread line, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho
 
"For a lapsed Lutheran born-again Buddhist pan-Humanist Universalist 
Unitarian Wiccan Agnostic like myself there's really no reason ever to go 
to work."

- Roy Zimmerman


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