Gov. Butch Otter has signed HB 404a into law, emergency legislation that bans camping on certain state land and effectively evicts the Occupy Boise encampment from state property across from the Capitol. "I will be communicating with the leadership and attorney from 'Occupy Boise' to let them know that I  have received and signed the bill," Otter said in his signing statement, "and to provide that they have a deadline of 5 PM on Monday, Feb. 27, 2012, to vacate the impacted state properties."

Otter's press secretary, Jon Hanian, said, "He gave them until 5 o'clock on Monday to dissemble and start vacating the impacted state properties." Asked what will happen after that, Hanian said, "You're going to have to talk to the (state) Department of Administration," which administers the capitol mall property on which the encampment is located. Asked if the Idaho State Police also would be involved, Hanian said, "We hope it doesn't come to that."