H 695 - Establishes a Legislative Legal Defense Fund - Idaho Key Vote
Shirley McKague voted Nay (Passage) on this Legislation.
Timeline
- Executive Signed
- April 5, 2012
- Senate Bill Passed
- March 28, 2012
- House Bill Passed
- March 26, 2012
- Introduced
- March 22, 2012
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Title: Establishes a Legislative Legal Defense Fund
Signed by Governor Butch Otter
Title: Establishes a Legislative Legal Defense Fund
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that establishes a Legal Defense Fund for legislators and appropriates $200,000 to the fund.
Highlights:
- Establishes the Legal Defense Fund to provide assistance to legislators who need to retain legal representation (Sec. 1).
- Appropriates $200,000 from the General Fund to the Legal Defense Fund on July 1, 2012 or shortly thereafter (Sec. 2).
- Authorizes the Senate President and Speaker of the House to use appropriated funds for any “necessary” legal expenditures that the legislature may incur (Sec. 1).
- Appropriates 50 percent of fund in the Legal Defense Fund to the state Senate, and 50 percent to the state House of Representatives (Sec. 2).
Title: Establishes a Legislative Legal Defense Fund
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that establishes a Legal Defense Fund for legislators and appropriates $200,000 to the fund.
Highlights:
- Establishes the Legal Defense Fund to provide assistance to legislators who need to retain legal representation (Sec. 1).
- Appropriates $200,000 from the General Fund to the Legal Defense Fund on July 1, 2012 or shortly thereafter (Sec. 2).
- Authorizes the Senate President and Speaker of the House to use appropriated funds for any “necessary” legal expenditures that the legislature may incur (Sec. 1).
- Appropriates 50 percent of fund in the Legal Defense Fund to the state Senate, and 50 percent to the state House of Representatives (Sec. 2).
Title: Establishes a Legislative Legal Defense Fund
Committee Sponsors
- Appropriations (Sponsor)