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1		-	Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly of North Dakota
2		-	In Regular Session Commencing Tuesday, January 7, 2025
3		-	HOUSE BILL NO. 1004
4		-	(Appropriations Committee)
5		-	AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the state auditor; and to amend and
6		-	reenact section 54-10-10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the salary of the state
7		-	auditor.
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	2	+	Sixty-ninth
	3	+	Legislative Assembly
	4	+	of North Dakota
	5	+	Introduced by
	6	+	Appropriations Committee
	7	+	A BILL for an Act to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the state auditor; and
	8	+	to amend and reenact section 54-10-10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the salary
	9	+	of the state auditor.
8	10		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:
9		-	SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION. The funds provided in this section, or so much of the funds ~~as may~~
10		-	be necessary, are appropriated out of any moneys in the general fund in the state ~~treasury, not~~
11		-	otherwise appropriated, and from other funds derived from special funds and ~~federal funds, to the state~~
12		-	auditor for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the state auditor, ~~for the biennium beginning July 1,~~
13		-	2025, and ending June 30, 2027, as follows:
	11	+	SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION. The funds provided in this section, or so much of the funds
	12	+	as may be necessary, are appropriated out of any moneys in the general fund in the state
	13	+	treasury, not otherwise appropriated, and from other funds derived from special funds and
	14	+	federal funds, to the state auditor for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the state auditor,
	15	+	for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2027, as follows:
14	16		Adjustments or
15	17		Base Level Enhancements Appropriation
16	18		Salaries and wages $14,627,899 $469,987 $15,097,886
17	19		New and vacant FTE pool 0 626,476 626,476
18	20		Operating expenses 1,719,771 156,166 1,875,937
19	21		Information technology consultants 450,000 135,000 585,000
20	22		Total all funds $16,797,670 $1,387,629 $18,185,299
21	23		Less other funds 6,486,821 (478,481) 6,008,340
22	24		Total general fund $10,310,849 $1,866,110 $12,176,959
23	25		Full-time equivalent positions 65.00 (6.00) 59.00
24		-	SECTION 2. ONE-TIME FUNDING - EFFECT ON BASE BUDGET - REPORT TO SEVENTIETH
25		-	LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY. The following amounts reflect the one-time funding items included in the
26		-	appropriation in section 1 of this Act which are not included in the entity's base budget for the 2027-29
27		-	biennium and which the entity shall report to the appropriations committees of the seventieth legislative
28		-	assembly regarding the use of this funding:
	26	+	SECTION 2. ONE-TIME FUNDING - EFFECT ON BASE BUDGET - REPORT TO
	27	+	SEVENTIETH LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY. The following amounts reflect the one-time funding
	28	+	items included in the appropriation in section 1 of this Act which are not included in the entity's
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	30	+	ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL NO. 1004
	31	+	FIRST ENGROSSMENT
	32	+	with Senate Amendments
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	54	+	22 Sixty-ninth
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	56	+	base budget for the 2027-29 biennium and which the entity shall report to the appropriations
	57	+	committees of the seventieth legislative assembly regarding the use of this funding:
29	58		One - Time Funding Description General Fund Other Funds Total Funds
30	59		Cost related to new FTE $0 $3,000 $3,000
31	60		Peer review 25,000 0 25,000
32	61		Audit software migration 25,200 10,800 36,000
33	62		Grand total $50,200 $13,800 $64,000
34		-	SECTION 3. NEW AND VACANT FTE POOL - LIMITATION - TRANSFER REQUEST. The state
35		-	auditor may not spend funds appropriated in the new and vacant FTE pool line item in section 1 of this
36		-	Act, but may request the office of management and budget to transfer funds from the new and vacant
37		-	FTE pool line item to the salaries and wages line item in accordance with the guidelines and reporting
38		-	provisions included in House Bill No. 1015, as approved by the sixty-ninth legislative assembly.
39		-	SECTION 4. AMENDMENT. Section 54-10-10 of the North Dakota Century Code is amended and
40		-	reenacted as follows:
	63	+	SECTION 3. NEW AND VACANT FTE POOL - LIMITATION - TRANSFER REQUEST. The
	64	+	state auditor may not spend funds appropriated in the new and vacant FTE pool line item in
	65	+	section 1 of this Act, but may request the office of management and budget to transfer funds
	66	+	from the new and vacant FTE pool line item to the salaries and wages line item in accordance
	67	+	with the guidelines and reporting provisions included in House Bill No. 1015, as approved by the
	68	+	sixty-ninth legislative assembly.
	69	+	SECTION 4. AMENDMENT. Section 54-10-10 of the North Dakota Century Code is
	70	+	amended and reenacted as follows:
41	71		54-10-10. Salary of state auditor.
42	72		The annual salary of the state auditor is one hundred thirty thousandone hundred thirty - nine
43		-	thousand two hundred fifty - six dollars through June 30, 20242026, and one hundred thirty-five thousand
44		-	two hundredone hundred forty - three thousand four hundred thirty - four dollars thereafter. H. B. NO. 1004 - PAGE 2
45		-	____________________________ ____________________________
46		-	Speaker of the House President of the Senate
47		-	____________________________ ____________________________
48		-	Chief Clerk of the House Secretary of the Senate
49		-	This certifies that the within bill originated in the House of Representatives of the Sixty-ninth Legislative
50		-	Assembly of North Dakota and is known on the records of that body as House Bill No. 1004.
51		-	House Vote: Yeas 93 Nays 1 Absent 0
52		-	Senate Vote:Yeas 46 Nays 0 Absent 1
53		-	____________________________
54		-	Chief Clerk of the House
55		-	Received by the Governor at ________M. on _____________________________________, 2025.
56		-	Approved at ________M. on __________________________________________________, 2025.
57		-	____________________________
58		-	Governor
59		-	Filed in this office this ___________day of _______________________________________, 2025,
60		-	at ________ o’clock ________M.
61		-	____________________________
62		-	Secretary of State
	73	+	thousand two hundred fifty - six dollars through June 30, 20242026, and one hundred thirty-five
	74	+	thousand two hundredone hundred forty - three thousand four hundred thirty - four dollars
	75	+	thereafter.
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