North DakotaNorth Dakota law sets funds and payments for state institutions
For the 2025–2027 budget period, the law provides money for the lands commissioner, sets distributions for state institutions, and requires a review of trust-land opportunities.
What it does
The law sets aside $11,960,015 from special funds for the lands commissioner's expenses during the two-year period beginning July 1, 2025.
The board must distribute $617,283,338 from permanent funds to common schools and other listed state institutions during the 2025–2027 period.
The lands and commerce commissioners must look for ways to diversify revenue and develop trust lands. The lands commissioner must report the results to the next legislative assembly's appropriations committees.
Argument forSet distribution amounts could help schools and other state institutions plan for support during the two-year budget period.
Argument againstLarge distributions could leave less money in the permanent funds to support these institutions in future years.
More detail
The law sets aside special-fund money for the lands commissioner's expenses. The appropriation covers salaries and wages, a new and vacant full-time position pool, operating expenses, and contingencies. The new and vacant position pool cannot be spent directly; the commissioner may ask to transfer money from it under House Bill 1015's guidelines and reporting rules. The appropriation covers July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2027.
The board of university and school lands must distribute money from permanent funds to listed state institutions. Recipients include common schools, state colleges and universities, and other named state institutions. The funds are managed for the benefit of the listed institutions. The distributions are for the period from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2027.
The lands commissioner and commerce commissioner must work together to identify trust-land opportunities, and the lands commissioner must report the results. The work concerns ways to diversify revenue and develop trust lands. The commissioners must work together during July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2027; the report is for the seventieth legislative assembly.
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2025
- May 2Filed with Secretary Of State 05/01Latest
- May 1Signed by Governor Kelly Armstrong 04/30Became Law
- Apr 29Sent to GovernorTo Governor
- Apr 29Signed by President
- Apr 28Signed by Speaker
- Apr 24Conference committee report adopted
- Apr 22Reported back from conference committee, placed on calendar (Senate accept)Minor
- Vote recorded Motion for Final Passage on SB 2013. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 22Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 2Major
- Apr 22Conference committee report adopted
- Apr 21Reported back from conference committee, placed on calendar (Senate accept)Minor
- Apr 15Conference committee appointed Kempenich Bosch Monson
- Apr 14Conference committee appointed Burckhard Erbele Wanzek
- Apr 14Refused to concur
- Apr 9Returned to Senate (12)
- Vote recorded Motion for Final Passage on SB 2013. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 9Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 67 nays 22Passed House
- Apr 4Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- Apr 3Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 22 0 1Minor
- Mar 28Committee Hearing 08:30
- Mar 21Committee Hearing 10:00
- Mar 14Committee Hearing 08:30
- Feb 18Introduced, first reading, referred Appropriations CommitteeMinor
- Jan 31Received from Senate
- Jan 30Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 0Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Motion for Final Passage on SB 2013. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 28Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- Jan 27Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 16 0 0Minor
- Jan 13Committee Hearing 10:30
- Jan 7Introduced, first reading, referred Appropriations CommitteeIntroduced
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