Idaho Attorney General
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The Office of the Attorney General provides legal representation to the State of Idaho. According to the Attorney General's website, "This representation is furnished to the State's agencies in the furtherance of the State's legal interests, not the personal interests of individual citizens."
The Attorney General oversees 8 divisions. These are:
- Chief Deputy
- Assistant Chief Deputy
- Civil Litigation Division
- Consumer Protection Division
- Contracts and Administrative Law Division
- Criminal Law Division
- Human Services Division
- Intergovernmental and Fiscal Law Division
- Natural Resources Division
- Administration and Budget Division
- Office Statistics
Overview of role in initiative process
When an initiative is filed with the Secretary of State it is immediately sent to the Attorney General.
Upon this reciept the Attorney General will work with the peititioner and within 20 working days review the proposal. At this time the initiative will have been reviewed for substantive import and the Attorney General will give his/her recommendation and revisions. All of these recommendations may be taken or rejected by the proponents of the initiative.
The Attorney General shall then issue a certificate of review to the Secretary of State certifying that he has reviewed the measure for form and style. The review also include his recommended actions to the initiative proponents whether or not and that the recommendations were taken.
Any qualified elector of the state of Idaho may, at any time after the certificate of review is issued, bring an action in the Supreme Court to determine the constitutionality of the initiative.
Within 15 working days after the issuance of the Certificate of Review, the petitioner, if he desires to proceed, with his sponsorship, shall inform the Secretary of State, in writing, of his intent.
The Attorney General shall provide ballot titles, on the final proposal, within ten (10) working days.
Any person who is dissatisfied with ballot titles, may appeal to the Supreme Court within 20 days after said ballot title is filed in the office of the Secretary of State. This shall not prevent later judicial proceedings and decisions on sufficiency of ballot titles
Contact Information
Office of Attorney General
700 W. State Street
P.O. Box 83720
Boise, ID 83720-0010
Phone (208) 334-2400
Fax (208) 854-8071
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