WHEREAS, there is need for a uniform state policy regarding the payment of professional dues, fees, and memberships for state employees. I find it is prudent to continue the policy for all state employees in the Executive Department that was promulgated by Executive Order No. 81-11.

      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:

      No state money shall be used to pay for any kind of professional, occupational, or trade license, certificate, permit, or occupational registration for any state employee or officer; nor shall any state monies be used to pay for any kind of dues to any professional, occupational, or trade association in which membership is restricted to persons who are licensed, certified, or registered under Idaho law. This policy does not preclude the state or state departments from paying dues to organizations relating to their responsibilities in state government, or where such dues are part of a requirement of employment.

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 twenty-third day of June in the year of our Lord two thousand and three and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred twenty-seventh and of the Statehood of Idaho the one hundred thirteenth.

BEN YSURSA
SECRETARY OF STATE