WHEREAS, the private non-profit community rehabilitation programs of Idaho strive to provide employment opportunities for people with severe disabilities; and

        WHEREAS, the Idaho Code provides for the purchase by the agencies of the State of Idaho of goods and services that are produced by people with severe disabilities participating in private non-profit community rehabilitation programs in Idaho;

       NOW, THEREFORE, I, DIRK KEMPTHORNE, Governor of the State of Idaho, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the State of Idaho, do hereby order the continuation of the Idaho Council for Purchases from People with Severe Disabilities, as follows:

1) The Council's responsibilities will be:

• To promote the purchase by state agencies of goods and services produced by people with severe disabilities in private non-profit community rehabilitation programs under the auspices of Section 67-2319, Idaho Code;
• To conduct monitoring and study the implementation of the purchasing program authorized by said Section 67-2319;
• To designate a central non-profit organization to coordinate the participation of private non-profit community rehabilitation programs in the Idaho purchasing program and develop procedures for such participation;
• To advise the Division of Purchasing on the development and operation of a program to purchase products and services from people with severe disabilities in private non-profit community rehabilitation programs; and
• To provide an annual report of activities, products, services, employment opportunities, and other benefits derived from this program.

2) The Governor shall appoint members of the Council comprised of a representative from a private non-profit community rehabilitation program, the Division of Purchasing, the private sector, a labor organization, the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, and at least one other State Agency. Each member of the Council shall serve for a term of 3 years. Members of the council shall select a chair from among their number.

3) The Council shall be administratively supported by the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation.

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 1st day of February in the year of our Lord two-thousand five and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred twenty ninth and of the Statehood of Idaho the one hundred fifteenth.

BEN YSURSA
SECRETARY OF STATE