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Legislative counsel briefs JFAC on constitutional appropriation powers and limits
Summary
Legislative legal counsel reviewed the constitutional basis for the legislature’s appropriations authority, the Idaho Code chapters that govern budget procedure and the narrow limits on executive veto powers over appropriation conditions.
Elizabeth Bowen, legislative legal counsel for the Legislative Services Office, told the Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee that the legislature’s authority to appropriate state funds derives from constitutional principles and long‑standing case law and is subject only to those limits stated in law.
Bowen summarized the legal foundation: the U.S. Constitution’s guarantee of a republican government and Idaho’s own constitution divide powers across legislative, executive and judicial branches. She cited Idaho constitutional provisions that constrain appropriations—"money…
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