(1) The state tax commission may use alternative dispute resolution procedures to arbitrate or mediate any issue within its tax jurisdiction.
(2)  The state tax commission may enter into contracts, not subject to the provisions of chapter 52, title 67, Idaho Code, with individuals and organizations including, but not limited to, the multistate tax commission, to conduct alternative dispute resolution. Costs of alternative dispute resolution procedures may be paid from resultant proceeds without regard to budgetary or appropriation restrictions.

Terms Used In Idaho Code 63-118

  • 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
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • 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)  The state tax commission shall appoint one (1) of its members as alternative dispute resolution coordinator and from its staff one (1) or more assistant coordinators.