WHEREAS, I have determined that expenditure from the General Fund authorized by the Legislature for the current fiscal year will exceed anticipated state revenue to meet those authorized expenditures for the current fiscal year;

        NOW, THEREFORE, I, C.L. “BUTCH” OTTER, Governor of the State of Idaho, by the authority vested in me under the Constitution and laws of this state, and pursuant to Section 67-3512A do hereby order:

1) That the General Fund spending authority on file in the Office of the State Controller be reduced for all departments, offices and institutions of the state by one percent (1%) of their Fiscal Year 2009 General Fund Appropriation;

2) That each department, office and institution shall notify the Office of the State Controller and the Division of Financial Management of the Executive Office of the Governor of budget changes by October 6, 2008 according to the attachment made part of this Executive Order;

3) That elected State Constitutional officials are requested to reduce General Fund expenditures for the Fiscal Year 2009 to reflect the realities of the projected revenue shortfall without impairing the discharge of their constitutional duties;

4) That officers of the legislative and judicial branches are requested to assess and evaluate a reduction in the General Fund expenditures for the Fiscal Year 2009 to reflect similar revenue shortfalls in the executive branch of state government.

        This Order shall take effect immediately upon its execution and shall continue in effect until January 31, 2009, unless revoked or modified by the Governor, or until the Legislature or the Board of examiners takes further action.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of the State of Idaho in Boise on this 26th day of September in the year of our Lord two thousand and eight and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred thirty-third and of the Statehood of Idaho the one hundred nineteenth.

BEN YSURSA
SECRETARY OF STATE