The legislature finds that:
(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.
(2)  (a) During the last half century, the legislature has enacted many laws and established many programs to provide resources to rural communities;
(b)  Efforts have been made, and continue to be needed, to coordinate rural development programs; and
(c)  During the last decade, the national rural development partnership and its principal components, the national rural development council and state rural development councils, have successfully provided opportunities for collaboration and coordination among federal agencies and between federal agencies and states, nonprofit organizations, the private sector, tribal governments, and other entities committed to rural advancement.

Terms Used In Idaho Code 67-9002

  • Community: means a group of people linked by common policy, common social interests and interaction with one another. See Idaho Code 67-9003
  • National rural development partnership: means the organization created by the national rural development partnership act (7 U. See Idaho Code 67-9003
  • Partnership: means the Idaho rural development partnership established by section 67-9004, Idaho Code. See Idaho Code 67-9003
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • 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)  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.