(1) As directed by the state board of land commissioners, the investment board shall distribute the earnings from the investments or securities in accordance with this act and the laws governing the respective endowment funds. Earnings from the investment of permanent endowment funds related to state land grants shall be deposited into each endowment’s respective earnings reserve fund for distribution as provided in this section.
(2)  At least annually, the state board of land commissioners shall distribute moneys constituting earnings reserve funds, in excess of the amount necessary to pay administrative costs, to the income funds of the respective endowments, to each endowment’s respective permanent endowment fund or maintained as a free fund balance in the earnings reserve funds, in amounts to be determined by the state board of land commissioners.

Terms Used In Idaho Code 57-723A

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Endowment fund: means the financial proceeds of lands granted to or acquired by the state by or from the general government and managed by the state board of land commissioners pursuant to section 8, article IX, of the constitution of the state of Idaho. See Idaho Code 57-717
  • Income: means dividends and interest, which shall be distributable income within the meaning of this chapter. See Idaho Code 57-717
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories; and the words "United States" may include the District of Columbia and territories. See Idaho Code 73-114
(3)  Moneys in the earnings reserve funds shall be available for appropriation by the legislature to pay for administrative costs incurred managing the assets of the endowments including, but not limited to, real property and monetary assets.