Idaho Code
Chapter 47 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Section 67-4702 - AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF THE DIRECTOR.

67-4702. AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF THE DIRECTOR. (1) The director of the department of commerce, hereafter the director, shall administer the provisions of this chapter and perform such other duties relating to commerce as may be imposed upon him by law. The director shall have the authority to employ individuals, make expenditures, require reports, make investigations, perform travel and take other actions deemed necessary. The director shall organize the department which shall, for the purposes of section 20, article IV, of the constitution of the state of Idaho, be an executive department of the state government. The director shall have an official seal which shall be judicially noticed.
(2) The director shall have the authority pursuant to chapter 52, title 67, Idaho Code, to adopt, amend, or rescind rules as he deems necessary for the proper performance of all duties imposed upon him by law.
(3) Subject to the provisions of chapter 53, title 67, Idaho Code, the director is authorized and directed to provide for a merit system for the department covering all persons, except the director, the division administrators, and two (2) exempt positions to serve at the pleasure of the director.
(4) The director shall make recommendations for amendments to laws he is charged to implement as he deems proper.
(5) The director shall have all the powers and duties as may have been or could have been exercised by his predecessors in law, except those powers and duties granted and reserved to the director of the department of labor in titles 44, 45, 63 and 72, Idaho Code, and he shall be the successor in law to all contractual obligations entered into by his predecessors in law, except for those contracts of the department of labor, or contracts pertaining to any power or duty granted and reserved to the director of the department of labor in titles 44, 45, 63 and 72, Idaho Code.
(6) For the purposes of international trade, the director may use the title of secretary of the department.

History:
[(67-4702) 72-1333, added 1947, ch. 269, sec. 33, p. 793; am. 1949, ch. 144, sec. 33, p. 252; am. 1951, ch. 104, sec. 7, p. 233; am. 1965, ch. 53, sec. 1, p. 86; am. 1974, ch. 16, sec. 3, p. 304; am. 1977, ch. 123, sec. 1, p. 262; am. 1987, ch. 312, sec. 1, p. 655; am. 1991, ch. 30, sec. 15, p. 67; am. 1996, ch. 421, sec. 2, p. 1409; am. 1998, ch. 1, sec. 43, p. 23; am. 1999, ch. 50, sec. 3, p. 114; am. and redesig. 2004, ch. 346, sec. 4, p. 1030; am. 2007, ch. 360, sec. 3, p. 1061; am. 2012, ch. 291, sec. 1, p. 805.]

Structure Idaho Code

Idaho Code

Title 67 - STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS

Chapter 47 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Section 67-4701 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE CREATED.

Section 67-4702 - AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF THE DIRECTOR.

Section 67-4703 - POWERS AND DUTIES.

Section 67-4703A - FOREIGN TRADE ZONES.

Section 67-4704 - ECONOMIC ADVISORY COUNCIL — APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS — QUALIFICATIONS.

Section 67-4705 - IDAHO DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLICITY ACCOUNT.

Section 67-4706 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT.

Section 67-4707 - FUNDS OF DEPARTMENT.

Section 67-4708 - BUSINESS RECORDS.

Section 67-4710 - DECLARATION OF POLICY.

Section 67-4711 - DEFINITIONS.

Section 67-4712 - IDAHO TRAVEL AND CONVENTION INDUSTRY COUNCIL — CREATED — APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS.

Section 67-4713 - MEMBERS’ QUALIFICATIONS — TERM OF OFFICE — CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

Section 67-4714 - MEETINGS OF THE COUNCIL.

Section 67-4715 - DUTIES AND POWERS OF THE COUNCIL.

Section 67-4716 - ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES — LIMITATION.

Section 67-4717 - REGIONAL AND STATEWIDE GRANT PROGRAM.

Section 67-4718 - ASSESSMENT — COUNCIL ACCOUNT.

Section 67-4719 - PENALTIES.

Section 67-4720 - TOURIST INFORMATION SIGNS.

Section 67-4721 - PURPOSE.

Section 67-4722 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FINANCING ACCOUNT.

Section 67-4723 - GRANTS — STANDARDS AND ADMINISTRATION.

Section 67-4723A - IDAHO SMALL BUSINESS FEDERAL FUNDING ASSISTANCE ACT — FUND CREATED.

Section 67-4724 - RETURN TO THE STATE.

Section 67-4725 - IDAHO GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURIAL MISSION GRANT FUND.

Section 67-4726 - IDAHO GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURIAL MISSION COUNCIL — APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS — QUALIFICATIONS.

Section 67-4729 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND IGEM COUNCIL RULES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

Section 67-4730 - IDAHO GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURIAL MISSION (IGEM) RESEARCH.

Section 67-4731 - COMMERCIALIZATION REVENUE DISTRIBUTION.

Section 67-4732 - IDAHO OPPORTUNITY FUND — SHORT TITLE — LEGISLATIVE INTENT.

Section 67-4733 - DIRECTOR RULEMAKING AUTHORITY.

Section 67-4734 - IDAHO OPPORTUNITY FUND.

Section 67-4735 - AGREEMENTS REQUIRED AND DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS.

Section 67-4736 - ANNUAL REPORT BY DIRECTOR.

Section 67-4737 - IDAHO REIMBURSEMENT INCENTIVE ACT — SHORT TITLE — LEGISLATIVE INTENT.

Section 67-4738 - DEFINITIONS.

Section 67-4739 - APPLICATION — PROCESS — AGREEMENTS — REIMBURSEMENT.

Section 67-4740 - AGREEMENT WITH APPLICANT.

Section 67-4741 - APPLICANT’S ANNUAL REPORTING PROCEDURE.

Section 67-4742 - ANNUAL REPORTING BY DEPARTMENT.

Section 67-4743 - SUSPENSION OF IDAHO REIMBURSEMENT INCENTIVE ACT.

Section 67-4744 - DIRECTOR RULEMAKING AUTHORITY.

Section 67-4760 - IDAHO BROADBAND FUND.

Section 67-4761 - IDAHO BROADBAND ADVISORY BOARD.