Section 74-601 – SHORT TITLE.
74-601. SHORT TITLE. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Public Integrity in Elections Act." History: [74-601, added 2018, ch. 260, sec. 1, p. 616.]
Section 74-602 – LEGISLATIVE INTENT.
74-602. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. The legislature finds that it is against the public policy of the state of Idaho for public funds, resources or property to be used to advocate for or against a candidate or ballot measure. History: [74-602, added 2018, ch. 260, sec. 1, p. 616.]
Section 74-603 – DEFINITIONS.
74-603. DEFINITIONS. As used in this chapter: (1)(a) "Advocate" means to campaign for or against a candidate or the outcome of a ballot measure. (b) "Advocate" does not mean providing factual information about a ballot measure and the public entity’s reason for the ballot measure stated in a factually neutral manner. Factual information includes but […]
Section 74-604 – PUBLIC FUNDS PROHIBITED.
74-604. PUBLIC FUNDS PROHIBITED. Unless specifically required by law, and except as provided in this chapter: (1) Neither a public entity nor its employees shall make, nor shall a public official make or authorize, an expenditure from public funds to advocate for or against a candidate or a ballot measure. (2) Neither a public entity […]
Section 74-126 – PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS — LEGISLATURE.
74-126. PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS — LEGISLATURE. (1) A public records request for the legislature shall be made to the speaker of the house of representatives and the president pro tempore of the senate. A copy of such request shall be contemporaneously submitted to the legislative services office. (2) A public records request for the house […]
Section 74-406 – CIVIL PENALTY.
74-406. CIVIL PENALTY. (1) Any public official who intentionally fails to disclose a conflict of interest as provided for in section 74-404, Idaho Code, shall be guilty of a civil offense, the penalty for which may be a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500), provided that the provisions of this subsection shall not […]
Section 74-127 – SEVERABILITY.
74-127. SEVERABILITY. The provisions of this act are hereby declared to be severable and if any provision of this act or the application of such provision to any person or circumstance is declared invalid for any reason, such declaration shall not affect the validity of remaining portions of this act. History: [(74-127) 74-126, added 2015, […]
Section 74-501 – OFFICERS NOT TO BE INTERESTED IN CONTRACTS.
74-501. OFFICERS NOT TO BE INTERESTED IN CONTRACTS. Members of the legislature, state, county, city, district and precinct officers, must not be interested in any contract made by them in their official capacity, or by any body or board of which they are members. History: [74-501, added 2015, ch. 140, sec. 5, p. 377.]
Section 74-201 – FORMATION OF PUBLIC POLICY AT OPEN MEETINGS.
74-201. FORMATION OF PUBLIC POLICY AT OPEN MEETINGS. The people of the state of Idaho in creating the instruments of government that serve them, do not yield their sovereignty to the agencies so created. Therefore, the legislature finds and declares that it is the policy of this state that the formation of public policy is […]
Section 74-502 – REMOTE INTERESTS.
74-502. REMOTE INTERESTS. (1) A public officer shall not be deemed to be interested in a contract, within the meaning of section 74-501, Idaho Code, if he has only a remote interest in the contract and if the fact and extent of such interest is disclosed to the body of which he is an officer […]