There is hereby created the department of administration. The governor shall, subject to the advice and consent of the senate, appoint a director of administration who shall serve at the pleasure of the governor and who shall receive such salary as fixed by the governor. The director of administration shall exercise all the powers and duties necessary to carry out the proper administration of the department of administration. The department of administration shall, for the purposes of section 20, article IV, of the constitution of the state of Idaho, be an executive department of the state government.
Idaho Code § 67-5701