Appropriates an additional $1,000,000 to the Idaho State Historical Society for fiscal year 2017; authorizes carryover of any unspent balances of those moneys into fiscal year 2018; and provides legislative intent.

This is a $1 million supplemental appropriation to the Idaho State Historical Society for the period of July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2018. The funds will be used, only if necessary, for cash flow to ensure that the agency can execute a change order to begin exhibition fabrication at the renovated and expanded State History Museum that is scheduled to reopen in Spring 2018. This appropriation does not change the overall project budget of $8 million or the Foundation for Idaho History's commitment to its capital campaign goal of $4 million in non‐state funding to support the exhibition fabrication. This request ensures that the agency abides by executive branch rules of executing contracts only when funding is in hand to support the contract obligation. Theappropriationincludeslegislativeintentthatthefundsshallonlybeusedtocompletethestatecontractto developandinstallmuseumexhibitsinthenewlyrenovatedandexpandedstatehistoricalmuseum. Receipts of any donation to the agency in excess of what is necessary to fund the museum exhibits shall be deposited into the General Fund. Any federal grants received to support the development of the museum exhibits in FY 2017 or FY 2018 shall also be spent or drawn down before using the funds. If the agency determines that a portion of the General Fund appropriation is available to be reverted prior to June 30, 2018, it shall notify the Office of the State Controller, and the State Controller is hereby authorized to revert such amounts back to the General Fund.