HB 723 Summary

• Appropriates $592,778,500 to the Idaho Transportation Department for fiscal year 2025, covering administration, capital facilities, aeronautics, motor vehicles, highway operations, and contract construction programs.

• Authorizes 53 additional full-time equivalent positions and reduces the Administration Program appropriation by $48,000 from the State Highway Federal Fund.

• Transfers $181,680,000 from the General Fund to the Strategic Initiatives Program (Dedicated) Fund, $200,000,000 to the Strategic Initiatives Program (Local) Fund, and $121,120,000 to the Local Highway Distribution Fund.

• Revokes the Department of Administration's authority to dispose of the state administrative facility at 3311 W State Street in Boise and returns it to the Idaho Transportation Board, allocating $32,500,000 for rehabilitation of that facility.

• Declares up to 30% of American Rescue Plan Act State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund balances as obligated for eligible surface transportation projects and requires at least $7,000,000 from local highway distribution funds for the Ustick Road widening project.