North DakotaNorth Dakota conveys land and allows borrowing for a Minot facility
North Dakota conveys a small parcel to its budget office, which may borrow up to $5.6 million for a Minot facility other state agencies can lease.
What it does
North Dakota conveys about one and one-quarter acres in Ward County to the Office of Management and Budget. Two state laws named in the act do not apply to the transfer.
The budget office may borrow up to $5.6 million for a Minot facility that other state agencies can lease. If it borrows, it must ask the next legislature for repayment money; the funding may continue into the following two-year period.
Argument forThe loan could help build a Minot facility that other state agencies can lease for their work.
Argument againstRepayment could depend on a later legislature approving money after the budget office borrows for the facility.
More detail
The state conveys the specified land to the Office of Management and Budget. The land is about one and one-quarter acres in Ward County, in the southwest corner of Outlot 20. Two state laws named in the bill do not apply to this transfer.
The Office of Management and Budget may borrow up to $5.6 million from the Bank of North Dakota to build a Minot facility for other state agencies to lease. The borrowed money is appropriated for construction of a facility in Minot to lease to other state agencies. The interest rate may not exceed the rate charged to North Dakota government entities. If the office uses the credit line, it must ask the next Legislative Assembly for money to repay it. The funding is a one-time item, is exempt from a state funding law named in the act, and may continue into the next two-year period. The office may borrow during the two-year period from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2027. The funding may continue into the period from July 1, 2027, through June 30, 2029.
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2025
- Apr 25Filed with Secretary Of State 04/23Latest
- Apr 24Signed by Governor Kelly Armstrong 04/23Became Law
- Apr 22Sent to GovernorTo Governor
- Apr 22Signed by Speaker
- Apr 21Signed by President
- Apr 17Second reading, passed, yeas 74 nays 17, Emergency clause carriedMajor
- Vote recorded Motion for Final Passage on HB 1487. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 17Concurred
- Apr 8Returned to House (12)
- Apr 7Emergency clause carried
- Vote recorded Motion for Final Passage on HB 1487. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 7Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 47 nays 0Passed Senate
- Apr 7Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- Apr 4Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 15 1 0Minor
- Mar 31Rereferred to Appropriations
- Mar 28Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 2 1Minor
- Mar 14Committee Hearing 08:30
- Feb 24Introduced, first reading, referred Appropriations CommitteeMinor
- Feb 21Received from House
- Feb 20Second reading, passed, yeas 69 nays 18Passed House
- Vote recorded Motion for Final Passage on HB 1487. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 18Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 23 0 0Minor
- Feb 6Rereferred to Appropriations
- Feb 6Amendment adopted
- Feb 5Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 9 3 2Minor
- Feb 4Committee Hearing 10:30
- Jan 20Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation CommitteeIntroduced
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