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Legislative counsel briefs JFAC on 'power of the purse' and appropriation law
Summary
Elizabeth Bowen, legislative legal counsel, reviewed constitutional and statutory limits on appropriations, including the legislature's plenary appropriation authority, the balanced budget requirement, item‑veto rules, account categories, and JFAC's statutory duties.
Elizabeth Bowen, legislative legal counsel with the Legislative Services Office, briefed the committee on the constitutional and statutory basis for the legislature’s appropriation powers — commonly described as the ‘‘power of the purse.’’
Bowen traced the authority to make appropriations to the Idaho Constitution and relevant case law and emphasized that appropriations are statutes of equal weight to other law. She reviewed constitutional limits that affect appropriations, including the…
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