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WHEREAS, rising property taxes are a major concern to property owners across the State of Idaho; and WHEREAS, the Idaho State Legislature has evaluated the issues surrounding property taxes in Idaho for over a year; and WHEREAS, the issues of property tax relief and safeguarding public education constitute an extraordinary occasion; and WHEREAS, article 4, section 9 of the Constitution of the State of Idaho empowers the Governor, on extraordinary occasions, to convene the Legislature by proclamation; NOW, THEREFORE, I, JAMES E. RISCH, 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 by this Proclamation convene the 58th Idaho Legislature in Extraordinary Session in the Legislative Chambers at the Capitol in Boise City, Ada County, Idaho, at the hour of 8:00 A.M. on the 25th day of August, 2006, to: Consider for passage RS16445, a copy of which is attached hereto. The Extraordinary Session of the Legislature convened by this Proclamation shall have no power to legislate on any subject other than that specified herein. I HEREBY DIRECT AND REQUIRE that a copy of this Proclamation and RS16445 be delivered to the presiding officers of the Idaho Senate and House of Representatives, to each of the members of the 58th Idaho Legislature, and to the Constitutional Officers of the State Government at the earliest practicable time.
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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 25th day of July in
the year of our Lord two thousand and six and of the Independence of the United
States of America the two hundred thirty-first and of the Statehood of Idaho the
one hundred seventeenth.
