WHEREAS, previous and recent legislative enactments reflect Idaho's goal that state-owned and leased facilities and space be accurately and centrally inventoried and managed efficiently and cost effectively;

WHEREAS, Idaho Code, including but not limited to Sections 58-330, 67-5706, 67-5708B and 67-5709A, Idaho Code, reflect these goals and reflect the State's preference for some measure of centralization and centralized control over areas of facilities management; and

WHEREAS, the Legislature, through its enactments, has clearly shown that the Department of Administration is to play a central role in such facilities and space management.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DIRK KEMPTHORNE, Governor of the State of Idaho, by the authority vested in me under the Constitution and laws of this state do hereby order as follows:

1. That prior to taking any action related to the following, each executive department director or other appointing authority shall directly coordinate with the Department of Administration:
a. any acquisition, lease, or other occupancy of facilities or space;
b. the expansion of any existing facilities or space;
c. the relocation to or from any existing facilities or space; or
d. any pre-planning related to such acquisition, lease, occupancy, expansion or relocation in accordance with standards and criteria established by the Department of Administration.
2. That this obligation shall not limit any other statutory or regulatory requirements applicable, or any statutory powers or obligations already existing, including, without limitation, those contained in Sections 67-5706, 67-5708A, 67-5709B, Idaho Code.
3. That each executive department director or other appointing authority shall be responsible for ensuring that his or her agency is complying with the above directive.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of the State of Idaho at the Capitol in Boise on this Second day of August in the year of our Lord two thousand and one and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred twenty-fifth and of the Statehood of Idaho the one hundred eleventh.

PETE T. CENARRUSA
SECRETARY OF STATE