25.0160.02000
Sixty-ninth
Legislative Assembly
of North Dakota
Introduced by
Appropriations Committee
A BILL for an Act to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the office of the
adjutant general; to provide a statement of legislative intent; to provide an exemption; and to
declare an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:
SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION. The funds provided in this section, or so much of the funds
as may be necessary, are appropriated out of any moneys in the general fund in the state
treasury, not otherwise appropriated, and from other funds derived from special funds and
federal funds, to the office of the adjutant general for the purpose of defraying the expenses of
the office of the adjutant general, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30,
2027, as follows:
Subdivision 1.
NATIONAL GUARD
Adjustments or
Base Level Enhancements Appropriation
Salaries and wages $7,745,742 ($4,089,855) $3,655,887
New and vacant FTE pool 0 1,943,664 1,943,664
Operating expenses 3,214,211 (1,618,997) 1,595,214
Capital assets 224,046 47,749,954 47,974,000
Grants 470,692 0 470,692
Civil air patrol 330,642 215,254 545,896
Tuition, recruiting, and retention 3,362,235 0 3,362,235
Air guard contract 8,928,725 606,916 9,535,641
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ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL NO. 1016
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Army guard contract 49,586,921 19,080,973 68,667,894
Veterans' cemetery 1,401,147 62,469 1,463,616
Reintegration program 900,634 (900,634) 0
Total all funds $76,164,995 $63,049,744 $139,214,739
Less other funds 58,308,741 59,963,868 118,272,609
Total general fund $17,856,254 $3,085,876 $20,942,130
Subdivision 2.
DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY SERVICES
Adjustments or
Base Level Enhancements Appropriation
Salaries and wages $13,562,188 $1,793,521 $15,355,709
New and vacant FTE pool 0 725,676 725,676
Operating expenses 6,815,567 745,316 7,560,883
Capital assets 0 660,000 660,000
Grants 27,790,000 0 27,790,000
Disaster costs 74,249,944 78,561,155 152,811,099
Radio communications 0 1,020,000 1,020,000
Total all funds $122,417,699 $83,505,668 $205,923,367
Less other funds 114,662,611 81,550,506 196,213,117
Total general fund $7,755,088 $1,955,162 $9,710,250
Subdivision 3.
SECTION 1 TOTAL
Adjustments or
Base Level Enhancements Appropriation
Grand total all funds $198,582,694 $146,555,412 $345,138,106
Less grand total other funds 172,971,352 141,514,374 314,485,726
Grand total general fund $25,611,342 $5,041,038 $30,652,380
Full-time equivalent positions 233.00 3.00 236.00
SECTION 2. ONE-TIME FUNDING - EFFECT ON BASE BUDGET - REPORT TO
SEVENTIETH LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY. The following amounts reflect the one-time funding
items included in the appropriation in section 1 of this Act which are not included in the entity's
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base budget for the 2027-29 biennium and which each entity shall report to the appropriations
committees of the seventieth legislative assembly regarding the use of this funding:
One-Time Funding Description Other Funds
National guard
Camp Grafton regional training institute $34,000,000
Critical infrastructure state matching funds 4,500,000
Williston readiness center design 2,500,000
Civil air patrol statewide interoperable radio network upgrade 206,426
Line of communication bridge training site 3,674,000
Dickinson readiness center 5,800,000
Camp Grafton fitness facility 2,000,000
Total national guard $52,680,426
Department of emergency services
Safeguarding Tomorrow through Ongoing Risk Mitigation Act $39,050,000
Wildland fires 2,550,000
Disaster response equipment 660,000
Law enforcement redundant switch 525,000
Statewide interoperable radio network costs 495,000
Total department of emergency services $43,280,000
Grand total $95,960,426
SECTION 3. NEW AND VACANT FTE POOL - LIMITATION - TRANSFER REQUEST. The
adjutant general may not spend funds appropriated in the new and vacant FTE pool line items
in section 1 of this Act, but may request the office of management and budget to transfer funds
from the new and vacant FTE pool line items to the applicable salaries and wages, civil air
patrol, air guard contract, army guard contract, veterans' cemetery, and disaster costs line items
within each subdivision in accordance with the guidelines and reporting provisions included in
House Bill No. 1015, as approved by the sixty-ninth legislative assembly.
SECTION 4. VETERANS' CEMETERY MAINTENANCE FUND - APPROPRIATION. In
addition to the amount appropriated to the adjutant general in the veterans' cemetery line item
in subdivision 1 of section 1 of this Act, there is appropriated any additional funds that are
received and deposited in the veterans' cemetery maintenance fund pursuant to sections
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37-03-14 and 39-04-10 for the operation of the North Dakota veterans' cemetery for the
biennium beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2027.
SECTION 5. EXEMPTION - MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS - TRANSFERS.
Notwithstanding section 54-16-04, the director of the office of management and budget shall
transfer up to $500,000 of appropriation authority to the operating expenses and capital assets
line items contained in section 1 of this Act, as requested by the adjutant general during the
biennium beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2027. The adjutant general shall notify
the legislative council of any transfers made pursuant to this section.
SECTION 6. OTHER FUNDS - STRATEGIC INVESTMENT AND IMPROVEMENTS FUND.
The other funds line item in subdivision 1 of section 1 of this Act includes the sum of $7,206,426
from the strategic investment and improvements fund, of which $4,500,000 is for critical
infrastructure state matching funds, $2,500,000 is for the Williston readiness center design, and
$206,426 is for the civil air patrol statewide interoperable radio network upgrade. The other
funds line item in subdivision 2 of section 1 of this Act includes the sum of $1,020,000 from the
strategic investment and improvements fund, of which $525,000 is for the state radio law
enforcement redundant switch and $495,000 is for statewide interoperable radio network costs.
SECTION 7. GIFTS, GRANTS, AND DONATIONS - NORTH DAKOTA MILITARY
MUSEUM. The adjutant general may accept gifts, grants, and donations, including those from
private and federal sources, and remit the funding to the state treasurer for deposit in the state
historical society gifts and bequests fund for the construction of a North Dakota military museum
during the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2027.
SECTION 8. EXEMPTION - UNEXPENDED APPROPRIATIONS. The following
appropriations are not subject to the provisions of section 54-44.1-11 and may be continued into
the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2027:
1.Any amounts remaining for the construction of the Dickinson readiness center
continued in section 12 of chapter 48 of the 2023 Session Laws appropriated from
federal funds in subdivision 1 of section 1 of chapter 16 of the 2021 Session Laws;
2.Any amounts remaining for the line of communication bridge training site continued in
section 12 of chapter 48 of the 2023 Session Laws appropriated from federal funds in
subdivision 1 of section 1 of chapter 16 of the 2021 Session Laws;
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3.The sum of $9,000,000 appropriated from the federal state fiscal recovery fund for the
construction of the Camp Grafton fitness facility in subdivision 1 of section 1 of
chapter 48 of the 2023 Session Laws;
4.The sum of $3,362,235 appropriated from the general fund for tuition assistance,
recruiting, and retention incentives to eligible current and former members of the North
Dakota national guard in subdivision 1 of section 1 of chapter 48 of the 2023 Session
Laws, which may be used for program administration and operating costs;
5.Any amounts remaining for the expansion of Camp Grafton continued in section 12 of
chapter 48 of the 2023 Session Laws appropriated from the national guard training
area and facility development trust fund in section 3 of chapter 16 of the 2021 Session
Laws;
6.Any amounts remaining for replacing the state active duty software and maintenance
continued in section 12 of chapter 48 of the 2023 Session Laws appropriated from the
federal state fiscal recovery fund in subsection 24 of section 1 of chapter 550 of the
2021 Special Session Session Laws;
7.The sum of $314,000 appropriated from the general fund for cybersecurity grants in
subdivision 2 of section 1 of chapter 48 of the 2023 Session Laws; and
8.The sum of $225,000 appropriated from the state disaster relief fund for flood
mitigation grants in subdivision 2 of section 1 of chapter 48 of the 2023 Session Laws.
SECTION 9. CAMP GRAFTON EXPANSION - LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the
sixty-ninth legislative assembly that the adjutant general contract for the purchase or long-term
lease of land for the Camp Grafton expansion, including the purchase of up to one thousand
six hundred acres and the long-term lease of the remainder, not to exceed six thousand acres in
total. The adjutant general may not use eminent domain for the expansion of Camp Grafton.
SECTION 10. EMERGENCY. The following are declared to be an emergency measure:
1.The sum of $6,000,000 appropriated from the general fund and the strategic
investment and improvements fund for critical infrastructure state matching funds in
the army guard contract line item in subdivision 1 of section 1 of this Act;
2.The sum of $206,426 appropriated from the strategic investment and improvements
fund for the civil air patrol statewide interoperable radio network upgrade in the civil air
patrol line item in subdivision 1 of section 1 of this Act; and
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3.The sum of $39,050,000 appropriated from the state disaster relief fund and federal
funds for the Safeguarding Tomorrow through Ongoing Risk Mitigation Act in the
disaster costs line item of subdivision 2 of section 1 of this Act.
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