North DakotaNorth Dakota sets aside money for state fair costs and upgrades
The North Dakota State Fair Association receives funding for premiums and facility work, with campground money matched to funds from the fair.
What it does
The law sets aside $2,192,833 for premiums, a campground rest facility, and safety and security work. Campground funding matches $2 in state money for each $1 from the fair, up to $750,000.
The law repeals a section about State Fair facility operating and maintenance costs. The text does not describe the rules that section contained.
The association must tell the next Legislature’s appropriations committees how it used the one-time money for the campground facility and safety work.
Argument forThe funding could help the fair improve its campground rest facility and safety and security infrastructure.
Argument againstThe fair may need to provide its own money to receive the campground match, and the state contribution is capped at $750,000.
More detail
The law sets aside $2,192,833 for the State Fair Association. The money covers premiums, a campground rest facility, and safety and security infrastructure. The campground money is a cost-share: the state provides $2 for each $1 in State Fair funds, up to $750,000. The funding covers the two-year period from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2027.
The law repeals a state law section about State Fair facility operating and maintenance costs. The repealed section concerns State Fair facility operations and maintenance costs.
The association must report how it used the one-time facility and safety funding to the next Legislature’s appropriations committees. The report covers the one-time money for the campground rest facility and safety and security infrastructure. The report is for the Seventieth Legislative Assembly; the text gives no filing deadline.
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
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History
- 2025
- Jun 11Filed with Secretary Of State 05/02Latest
- May 2Signed by Governor Kelly Armstrong 05/02Became Law
- May 2Sent to GovernorTo Governor
- May 2Signed by President
- May 1Signed by Speaker
- Vote recorded Motion for Final Passage on SB 2009. Result: pass.Lower
- May 1Emergency clause carried
- May 1Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 76 nays 14Major
- May 1Conference committee report adopted
- Apr 29Reported back from conference committee, in place of, placed on calendarMinor
- Vote recorded Motion for Final Passage on SB 2009. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 29Second reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 3, Emergency clause carriedMajor
- Apr 29Conference committee report adopted
- Apr 29Reported back from conference committee, in place of, placed on calendarMinor
- Apr 14Conference committee appointed Nathe Martinson Swiontek
- Apr 9Conference committee appointed Thomas Conley Meyer
- Apr 9Refused to concur
- Apr 7Returned to Senate (12)
- Apr 4Emergency clause carried
- Vote recorded Motion for Final Passage on SB 2009. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 4Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 76 nays 15Passed House
- Apr 1Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- Mar 31Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 20 0 3Minor
- Mar 6Committee Hearing 02:00
- Feb 18Introduced, first reading, referred Appropriations CommitteeMinor
- Feb 11Received from Senate
- Feb 10Second reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 3Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Motion for Final Passage on SB 2009. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 7Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- Feb 6Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 1 2Minor
- Jan 23Committee Hearing 02:00
- Jan 13Committee Hearing 10:30
- Jan 7Introduced, first reading, referred Appropriations CommitteeIntroduced
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