Bill Description: House Bill 168 would create a $10 million "cybersecurity and resiliency fund" for state government. 

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Does it create, expand, or enlarge any agency, board, program, function, or activity of government? Conversely, does it eliminate or curtail the size or scope of government?

House Bill 168 would create Section 67-838, Idaho Code, to establish the "cybersecurity and resiliency fund" in the state treasury to address "the state's ongoing needs for information technology infrastructure and cybersecurity technology."

The bill would require the Idaho Office of Information Technology Services to create a 5-year plan for "replacement of information technology infrastructure and cybersecurity technology."

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Does it increase government spending (for objectionable purposes) or debt? Conversely, does it decrease government spending or debt?

The fiscal note for House Bill 168 calls for "a $10,000,000 onetime transfer from the General Fund to the Cybersecurity and Resiliency Fund."

The bill says, "All moneys that may come into the cybersecurity and resiliency fund are hereby continually appropriated to the fund for the purposes provided for in this section."

This language does not call for additional appropriations, but it does mean any unspent portion of the $10 million (plus any interest generated) will remain in the account indefinitely. 

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