67-9005 RESPONSIBILITIES.
STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS
CHAPTER 90
IDAHO RURAL DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP ACT
67-9005. Responsibilities. The partnership’s responsibilities shall be to:
(1) Assess conditions of rural Idaho;
(2) Advise the governor and the legislature on public policy and strategies to improve the quality of life in rural Idaho;
(3) Act as a clearinghouse of information and as a referral center on rural programs and policies;
(4) Conduct outreach to rural communities and facilitate communication between rural residents and public and private organizations that provide services to rural communities;
(5) Identify organizations, authorities and resources to address various aspects of rural development;
(6) Serve as a nonpartisan forum for identifying and understanding rural issues from all perspectives;
(7) Improve intergovernmental coordination, private and public cooperation, and to seek out opportunities for new partnerships to achieve rural development goals within existing governmental and community structures;
(8) Foster coordinated approaches to rural development that support local initiatives, with an imperative not to usurp the individual missions of any member organizations or duplicate effort;
(9) Seek solutions to unnecessary impediments to rural development, first within Idaho and then through the national rural development partnership; and
(10) Work cooperatively with the national rural development partnership and other state rural development councils.