2013 Idaho Statutes
Title 67 - STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS
Chapter 90 - IDAHO RURAL DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP ACT
Section 67-9002 - LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS.
(1) Rural development has been given a high priority as a means of achieving a sound and mutually beneficial balance between the economies, culture, infrastructure and community vitality of rural and urban areas of Idaho.
(3) State rural development councils were established in 1990 by Presidential executive order as vehicles to help coordinate rural programs.
(4) The congress of the United States authorized and codified a national system of rural development coordination and cooperation with enactment of the "national rural development partnership act" (7 U.S.C. 2008m).
(5) The national rural development partnership has been recognized as a model of new governance and as an example of the effectiveness of collaboration between the federal, state, local, tribal, private, and nonprofit sectors in addressing the needs of the rural communities.
(6) Partnerships between governmental and nongovernmental entities can extend scarce funding through collaboration and cooperation.
(7) The continued success and efficacy of the Idaho rural development partnership could be enhanced through specific legislative authorization removing any statutory barriers that could detract from the benefits potentially achieved through the partnership's unique structure.
History:
[67-9002, added 2007, ch. 238, sec. 1, p. 703.]
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