# Idaho Code § 67-1001: 67-1001 DUTIES OF CONTROLLER > Idaho · Statutes · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T67_C10_S67-1001 ## Section - **Citation:** Idaho Code § 67-1001 - **Heading:** 67-1001 DUTIES OF CONTROLLER - **Jurisdiction:** Idaho - **Kind:** Statutes - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** Idaho Code / Title 67 / Chapter 10 / Section 67-1001 ## Text 67-1001. Duties of controller. It is the duty of the state controller: (1) To superintend the fiscal concerns of the state, with its accounting, informational, payroll, and related data processing services. (2) To deliver to the governor and the legislative services office on or before the first day of January a financial statement that complies with generally accepted accounting principles of the funds of the state, its revenues, and of the public expenditures during the preceding fiscal year. (3) When requested, to give information in writing to either house of the legislature relating to the fiscal affairs of the state or the duties of his office. (4) To suggest plans and provide internal control standards for the improvement and management of the public revenues, assets, expenditures, and liabilities. (5) To keep and state all funds in which the state is interested. (6) To keep an account of all warrants drawn upon the treasurer, and a separate account under the head of each specified appropriation, showing at all times the unexpended balance of such appropriation. (7) To keep an account between the state and the treasurer and therein to charge the treasurer with the balance in the treasury when he came into office and with all moneys received by him and to credit him with all warrants drawn on and paid by him. (8) To keep a register of warrants showing the fund or funds upon which they are drawn, the number, in whose favor, the appropriation applicable to the payment thereof, and when the liability accrued. (9) To examine and settle the accounts of all persons indebted to the state. (10) In his discretion, to require any person presenting an account for settlement to be sworn before him and to answer, orally or in writing, as to any facts relating to the account for settlement. (11) To require all persons who have received any moneys belonging to the state, and have not accounted therefor, to settle their accounts. (12) To account for the collection of all moneys due the state that are not the responsibility of any other agency and institute suits in its name for all official delinquencies in relation to assessment, collection and payment of the revenue, against persons who by any means have become possessed of public money or property and fail to pay over or deliver the same, and against all debtors of the state, of which suits the courts of Ada county have jurisdiction, without regard to the residence of the defendants. (13) To draw warrants on the treasurer for the payment of moneys directed by law to be paid out of the treasury; but no warrant must be drawn unless authorized by law. (14) To furnish the state treasurer with a daily total dollar amount, by fund and/or account when requested by the state treasurer, of warrants drawn upon the treasury. (15) To authenticate with his signature, his electronic signature, or his facsimile signature all warrants drawn by him and all copies of official documents issued from his office. (16) To charge the state treasurer with money and evidences of indebtedness received from, and to credit him for money drawn by, the state board of land commissioners in the moneys or accounts over which said board has control. (17) To act ex officio as member of the state board of canvassers and state board of land commissioners, secretary of the state board of examiners, and participant in other organizations in the performance of such duties as prescribed by law for such officer. (18) To create and establish such divisions and other administrative units within the office as necessary. (19) To be the official repository of all audit reports of the state and political subdivisions that are required to be audited pursuant to sections 67-450B, 67-450C, and 67-450D, Idaho Code. (20) To store, maintain, and publish a current list of agreements entered into by state officers and agencies pursuant to section 67-1085, Idaho Code. er administrative units within the office as necessary. (19) To be the official repository of all audit reports of the state and political subdivisions that are required to be audited pursuant to sections 67-450B, 67-450C, and 67-450D, Idaho Code. (20) To store, maintain, and publish a current list of agreements entered into by state officers and agencies pursuant to section 67-1085, Idaho Code. (21) To store, maintain, and publish a current list of asset forfeitures pursuant to section 37-2744, Idaho Code. History: [67-1001, added (See 1865, p. 190, sec. 3, 4) R.S., sec. 205; 1899, p. 254; 1903, p. 149 (R.C., sec. 279-281); 1905, p. 386 (R.C., sec. 170-188); first 17 subds. compiled and reen. R.C., sec. 102; reen. C.L., sec. 102. Eighteenth subd. based upon 1909, p. 360, especially sec. 3; compiled and reen. C.L., sec. 102, subd. 18. Nineteenth subd., 1913, ch. 15, sec. 1, p. 55; reen. C.L., sec. 102, subd. 19. Twentieth subd., 1913, ch. 111, sec. 1, p. 431; reen. C.L., sec. 102, subd. 20 repealed by 1919, ch. 8, p. 43; C.S., sec. 141; am. 1929, ch. 239, sec. 1, p. 463; I.C.A., sec. 65-901; am. 1976, ch. 42, sec. 7, p. 95; am. 1977, ch. 223, sec. 1, p. 667; am. 1978, ch. 68, sec. 1, p. 137; am. 1980, ch. 84, sec. 1, p. 184; am. 1994, ch. 181, sec. 7, p. 581; am. 2003; ch. 4, sec. 1, p. 7; am. 2021, ch. 89, sec. 21, p. 315; am. 2021, ch. 160, sec. 12, p. 450; am. 2023, ch. 52, sec. 1, p. 199; am. 2026, ch. 168, sec. 1, p. 790.] ## Nearby sections - [Idaho Code § 67-1001 67-1001 DUTIES OF CONTROLLER.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T67_C10_S67-1001.md) - [Idaho Code § 67-1001A 67-1001A DEFINITIONS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T67_C10_S67-1001A.md) - [Idaho Code § 67-1002 67-1002 PRESCRIBING FORMS OR REQUIREMENTS — PENALTY FOR DERELICTION.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T67_C10_S67-1002.md) - [Idaho Code § 67-1003 67-1003 APPROPRIATION NECESSARY TO AUTHORIZE WARRANT.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T67_C10_S67-1003.md) - [Idaho Code § 67-1004 67-1004 CERTIFIED COPIES OF DOCUMENTS AS EVIDENCE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T67_C10_S67-1004.md) - [Idaho Code § 67-1005 67-1005 OFFICIAL BOND.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T67_C10_S67-1005.md) - [Idaho Code § 67-1006 67-1006 APPOINTMENT OF DEPUTY.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T67_C10_S67-1006.md) - [Idaho Code § 67-1007 67-1007 STATE OFFICERS AND CUSTODIANS OF STATE MONEYS — EXAMINATION.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T67_C10_S67-1007.md) - [Idaho Code § 67-1008 67-1008 STATE CONTROLLER TO REPORT DELINQUENT COLLECTORS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T67_C10_S67-1008.md) - [Idaho Code § 67-1021 67-1021 AUTHORITY TO INSTALL ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING SYSTEM FOR STATE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T67_C10_S67-1021.md) - [Idaho Code § 67-1021A 67-1021A BUSINESS INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T67_C10_S67-1021A.md) - [Idaho Code § 67-1021B 67-1021B BUSINESS INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE GOVERNANCE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T67_C10_S67-1021B.md) - [Idaho Code § 67-1022 67-1022 WARRANTS, HOW DRAWN — PROHIBITIONS — LOST WARRANTS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T67_C10_S67-1022.md) - [Idaho Code § 67-1023 67-1023 CLAIMS AGAINST THE STATE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T67_C10_S67-1023.md) --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T67_C10_S67-1001. 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