WHEREAS, I have determined that expenditures 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; and

          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 the Idaho Tax Commission by five tenths of a percent (.5%) of its Fiscal Year 2010 General Fund Appropriation;
2. That the General Fund spending authority on file in the Office of the State Controller be reduced for the Division of Professional–Technical Education by nine tenths of a percent (.9%) of its Fiscal Year 2010 General Fund Appropriation;
3. That the General Fund spending authority on file in the Office of the State Controller be reduced for the following departments, offices and institutions of the state by two and a half percent (2.5%) of their Fiscal Year 2010 General Fund Appropriation:
   a. Department of Correction; and
   b. Idaho State Police;
4. That the General Fund spending authority on file in the Office of the State Controller be reduced for the Department of Health and Welfare by three and three tenths percent (3.3%) of its Fiscal Year 2010 General Fund Appropriation;
5. That the General Fund spending authority on file in the Office of the State Controller be reduced for the Military Division, Education Special Programs and Public Schools by four percent (4%) of their Fiscal Year 2010 General Fund Appropriation;
6. That the General Fund spending authority on file in the Office of the State Controller be reduced for the following departments, offices and institutions of the state by six percent (6%) of their Fiscal Year 2010 General Fund Appropriation:

   a. Agriculture Research and Extension;
   b. State Appellate Public Defenders Office;
   c. Colleges and Universities;
   d. Community Colleges;
   e. Division of Financial Management;
   f. Department of Juvenile Corrections;
   g. Public Health Districts;

7. That the General Fund spending authority on file in the Office of the State Controller be reduced for the following departments, offices and institutions of the state by seven and a half percent (7.5%) of their Fiscal Year 2010 General Fund Appropriation:

   a. Department of Administration;
   b. Commission on Aging;
   c. Department of Agriculture;
   d. Idaho Commission of the Arts;
   e. Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired;
   f. State Board of Education (Office);
   g. Department of Environmental Quality;
   h. Commission on Hispanic Affairs;
   i. State Historical Society;
   j. Human Rights Commission;
   k. Independent Living Council;
   l. Department of Lands;
   m. Commission for Libraries;
   n. Office of Species Conservation;
   o. Department of Parks and Recreation;
   p. Public Television;
   q. Soil Conservation Commission;
   r. Board of Tax Appeals;
   s. Veterans Services;
   t. Vocational Rehabilitation; and
   u. Department of Water Resources;

8. That the General Fund spending authority on file in the Office of the State Controller be reduced for the Department of Commerce by eleven and four tenths percent (11.4%) of its Fiscal Year 2010 General Fund Appropriation;
9. That the General Fund spending authority on file in the Office of the State Controller be reduced for the Department of Labor by thirty-nine and one tenth percent (39.1%) of its Fiscal Year 2010 General Fund Appropriation;
10. That elected State Constitutional officials are requested to reduce General Fund expenditures for the Fiscal Year 2010 to reflect the realities of the projected revenue shortfall without impairing the discharge of their constitutional duties; and
11. That officers and offices of the legislative and judicial branches are requested to assess and evaluate a reduction in the General Fund expenditures for the Fiscal Year 2010 to reflect similar revenue shortfalls in the executive branch of state government.

This Order shall take effect immediately and shall continue in effect until January 31, 2010, 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 25th day of September in the year of our Lord two thousand and nine and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred thirty-fourth and of the Statehood of Idaho the one hundred twentieth.

BEN YSURSA
SECRETARY OF STATE