§ 67-2601 — DEPARTMENT CREATED — ORGANIZATION

(1) There is hereby created the department of self-governing agencies. The department 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.
(2) The department shall consist of the following:
(a) Agricultural commodity commissions: Idaho apple commission, as provided by chapter 36, title 22, Idaho Code; Idaho bean commission, as provided by chapter 29, title 22, Idaho Code; Idaho beef council, as provided by chapter 29, title 25, Idaho Code; Idaho cherry commission, as provided by chapter 37, title 22, Idaho Code; Idaho dairy products commission, as provided by chapter 31, title 25, Idaho Code; Idaho pea and lentil commission, as provided by chapter 35, title 22, Idaho Code; Idaho potato commission, as provided by chapter 12, title 22, Idaho Code; Idaho wheat commission, as provided by chapter 33, title 22, Idaho Code; and Idaho alfalfa and clover seed commission, as provided in chapter 42, title 22, Idaho Code.
(b) The board of commissioners of the Idaho state bar, as provided by chapter 4, title 3, Idaho Code.
(c) The board of examiners, pursuant to section 67-2001, Idaho Code.
(d) The division of veterans services, to be headed by a division administrator who shall be a nonclassified employee exempt from the provisions of chapter 53, title 67, Idaho Code. The administrator of the division shall administer the provisions of chapter 2, title 65, Idaho Code, and chapter 9, title 66, Idaho Code, with the advice of the veterans affairs commission established under chapter 2, title 65, Idaho Code, and shall perform such additional duties as are imposed upon him by law.
(e) The board of library commissioners, pursuant to section 33-2502, Idaho Code.
(f) The Idaho state historical society, pursuant to section 67-4123, Idaho Code.
(g) The office of the state appellate public defender, pursuant to chapter 59, title 19, Idaho Code, and the office of the state public defender, pursuant to chapter 60, title 19, Idaho Code.
(h) The division of occupational and professional licenses, which is hereby created.
(i) The office of administrative hearings, pursuant to section 67-5280, Idaho Code.
(j) The office of health and social services ombudsman, pursuant to chapter 19, title 56, Idaho Code.
(k) The Idaho commission of pardons and parole, pursuant to chapter 10, title 20, Idaho Code.
(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the governor shall have the authority to assign entities listed in subsection (2) of this section to divisions, sections, or units in such a manner as will tend to provide an orderly arrangement in the administrative organization of state government.

Legislative History

[67-2601, added 1974, ch. 13, sec. 2, p. 138; am. 1976, ch. 213, sec. 2, p. 782; am. 1982, ch. 183, sec. 2, p. 485; am. 1994, ch. 15, sec. 1, p. 29; am. 1995, ch. 44, sec. 61, p. 103; am. 1996, ch. 421, sec. 6, p. 1414; am. 2000, ch. 59, sec. 8, p. 129; am. 2000, ch. 82, sec. 2, p. 171; am. 2000, ch. 274, sec. 152, p. 890; am. 2000, ch. 438, sec. 2, p. 1397; am. 2001, ch. 150, sec. 1, p. 544; am. 2002, ch. 111, sec. 2, p. 310; am. 2003, ch. 201, sec. 18, p. 540; am. 2004, ch. 313, sec. 7, p. 882; am. 2004, ch. 335, sec. 3, p. 1004; am. 2004, ch. 350, sec. 2, p. 1047; am. 2005, ch. 143, sec. 2, p. 449; am. 2005, ch. 277, sec. 3, p. 867; am. 2005, ch. 329, sec. 3, p. 1034; am. 2006, ch. 16, sec. 26, p. 61; am. 2006, ch. 79, sec. 10, p. 239; am. 2006, ch. 116, sec. 22, p. 327; am. 2007, ch. 162, sec. 1, p. 485; am. 2007, ch. 252, sec. 15, p. 751; am. 2008, ch. 27, sec. 17, p. 56; am. 2009, ch. 65, sec. 2, p. 185; am. 2009, ch. 167, sec. 1, p. 497; am. 2009, ch. 178, sec. 1, p. 575; am. 2009, ch. 251, sec. 3, p. 768; am. 2010, ch. 79, sec. 36, p. 156; am. 2011, ch. 151, sec. 29, p. 435; am. 2011, ch. 181, sec. 4, p. 515; am. 2014, ch. 247, sec. 9, p. 621; am. 2016, ch. 342, sec. 12, p. 974; am. 2018, ch. 228, sec. 4, p. 535; am. 2020, ch. 96, sec. 2, p. 247; am. 2021, ch. 224, sec. 1, p. 660; am. 2023, ch. 182, sec. 2, p. 497; am. 2023, ch. 220, sec. 33, p. 678; am. 2024, ch. 164, sec. 11, p. 629; am. 2024, ch. 188, sec. 1, p. 680; am. 2025, ch. 211, sec. 32, p. 1002.]