Idaho Bills
4 bills · 2021 Regular Session
Adds to existing law to provide that the Attorney General shall handle any litigation for the State of Idaho relating to the Biden Administration vaccine mandate and that no public taxpayer dollars may be used to hire counsel other than the Attorney General's office.
Relates to the appropriation to the Office of the Attorney General for fiscal year 2022.
This is the FY 2022 original appropriation bill for the Attorney General. It appropriates a total of $27,587,800 and caps the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions at 220.00. For benefit costs, the bill maintains the current appropriated amount for health insurance at $11,650 per eligible FTP, extends the holiday for the employer's sick leave contribution rate for another year, and restores funding for the employer's unemployment insurancecontributionrate. Fundingforreplacementitemsincludes$129,900forcomputerequipment,forensic workstations, and servers. The bill also provides funding for the equivalent of a 2% change in employee compensation for permanent state employees. The bill funds three line items, which provide $332,800 for partialrestorationofspeciallitigationfunds; 1.00FTPand$94,200foracivillitigationparalegal; and$150,000 onetime for mediation costs associated with the Coeur D'Alene-Spokane River Basin Adjudication.
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Relates to the appropriation to the Office of the Attorney General for fiscal year 2022.
This is the FY 2022 original appropriation bill for the Office of the Attorney General. It appropriates a total of $27,737,800 and caps the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions at 220.00. For benefit costs, the bill maintains the current appropriated amount for health insurance at $11,650 per eligible FTP, extends the holiday for the employer's sick leave contribution rate for another year, and restores funding for the employer's unemployment insurance contribution rate. Funding for replacement items includes $129,900 for computer equipment, forensicworkstations, andservers. Thebillalsoprovidesfundingfortheequivalentofa2%change in employee compensation for permanent state employees. The bill funds three line items, which provide $482,800 for restoration of special litigation funds; 1.00 FTP and $94,200 for a civil litigation paralegal; and $150,000 onetime for mediation costs associated with the Coeur d'Alene-Spokane River Basin Adjudication.
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Amends existing law to revise the duties of the Attorney General's office and to provide that state departments and agencies may contract for legal services outside of the Attorney General's office.
This bill will provide flexibility for state agencies to employ attorneys other than the Attorney General’s Office. Currently, only certain state agencies may choose their own attorneys to represent the State of Idaho on their behalf before courts, administrative tribunals and federal agencies. This bill will extend the right to choose legal counsel to all state offices, boards, commissions and entities. These entities may still choose to obtain legal services from the Attorney General. The Attorney General and the Board of Examiners will no longer be required to screen and prequalify attorneys who desire to perform contract legal services for the State of Idaho.
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