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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. 1016
4		-	(Appropriations Committee)
5		-	AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the office of the adjutant general; to
6		-	provide a statement of legislative intent; to provide an exemption; and to declare an emergency.
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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 office of the
	8	+	adjutant general; to provide a statement of legislative intent; to provide an exemption; and to
	9	+	declare an emergency.
7	10		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:
8		-	SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION. The funds provided in this section, or so much of the funds as may
9		-	be necessary, are appropriated out of any moneys in the general fund in the state treasury, not
10		-	otherwise appropriated, and from other funds derived from special funds and federal funds, to the office
11		-	of the adjutant general for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the office of the adjutant general,
12		-	for the biennium beginning July 1, 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 office of the adjutant general for the purpose of defraying the expenses of
	15	+	the office of the adjutant general, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30,
	16	+	2027, as follows:
13	17		Subdivision 1.
14	18		NATIONAL GUARD
15	19		Adjustments or
16	20		Base Level Enhancements Appropriation
17	21		Salaries and wages $7,745,742 ($4,089,855) $3,655,887
18	22		New and vacant FTE pool 0 1,943,664 1,943,664
19	23		Operating expenses 3,214,211 (1,618,997) 1,595,214
20	24		Capital assets 224,046 47,749,954 47,974,000
21	25		Grants 470,692 0 470,692
22	26		Civil air patrol 330,642 215,254 545,896
23	27		Tuition, recruiting, and retention 3,362,235 0 3,362,235
24	28		Air guard contract 8,928,725 111,734 9,040,459
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	30	+	ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL NO. 1016
	31	+	FIRST ENGROSSMENT
	32	+	with Senate Amendments
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25	56		Army guard contract 49,586,921 19,080,973 68,667,894
26	57		Veterans' cemetery 1,401,147 62,469 1,463,616
27	58		Reintegration program 900,634 (900,634) 0
28	59		Total all funds $76,164,995 $62,554,562 $138,719,557
29	60		Less other funds 58,308,741 59,468,686 117,777,427
30	61		Total general fund $17,856,254 $3,085,876 $20,942,130
31	62		Subdivision 2.
32	63		DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY SERVICES
33	64		Adjustments or
34	65		Base Level Enhancements Appropriation
35	66		Salaries and wages $13,562,188 $1,800,194 $15,362,382
36	67		New and vacant FTE pool 0 910,777 910,777
37	68		Operating expenses 6,815,567 769,316 7,584,883
38	69		Capital assets 0 660,000 660,000
39	70		Grants 27,790,000 0 27,790,000
40	71		Disaster costs 74,249,944 78,761,155 153,011,099
41	72		Radio communications 0 1,020,000 1,020,000
42	73		Total all funds $122,417,699 $83,921,442 $206,339,141
43	74		Less other funds 114,662,611 81,789,583 196,452,194
44	75		Total general fund $7,755,088 $2,131,859 $9,886,947
45		-	Subdivision 3. ~~H. B. NO. 1016 - PAGE 2~~
	76	+	Subdivision 3.
46	77		SECTION 1 TOTAL
47	78		Adjustments or
48	79		Base Level Enhancements Appropriation
49	80		Grand total all funds $198,582,694 $146,476,004 $345,058,698
50	81		Less grand total other funds 172,971,352 141,258,269 314,229,621
51	82		Grand total general fund $25,611,342 $5,217,735 $30,829,077
52	83		Full-time equivalent positions 233.00 2.00 235.00
53		-	SECTION 2. ONE-TIME FUNDING - EFFECT ON BASE BUDGET - REPORT TO SEVENTIETH
54		-	LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY. The following amounts reflect the one-time funding items included in the
55		-	appropriation in section 1 of this Act which are not included in the entity's base budget for the 2027-29
56		-	biennium and which each entity shall report to the appropriations committees of the seventieth
57		-	legislative assembly regarding the use of this funding:
	84	+	SECTION 2. ONE-TIME FUNDING - EFFECT ON BASE BUDGET - REPORT TO
	85	+	SEVENTIETH LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY. The following amounts reflect the one-time funding
	86	+	items included in the appropriation in section 1 of this Act which are not included in the entity's
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	120	+	base budget for the 2027-29 biennium and which each entity shall report to the appropriations
	121	+	committees of the seventieth legislative assembly regarding the use of this funding:
58	122		One-Time Funding Description Other Funds
59	123		National guard
60	124		Camp Grafton regional training institute $34,000,000
61	125		Critical infrastructure state matching funds 4,500,000
62	126		Williston readiness center design 2,500,000
63	127		Civil air patrol statewide interoperable radio network upgrade 206,426
64	128		Line of communication bridge training site 3,674,000
65	129		Dickinson readiness center 5,800,000
66	130		Camp Grafton fitness facility 2,000,000
67	131		Total national guard $52,680,426
68	132		Department of emergency services
69	133		Safeguarding Tomorrow through Ongoing Risk Mitigation Act $39,050,000
70	134		Wildland fires 2,550,000
71	135		Disaster response equipment 660,000
72	136		Law enforcement redundant switch 525,000
73	137		Statewide interoperable radio network costs 495,000
74	138		Flood mitigation grants 200,000
75	139		Total department of emergency services $43,480,000
76	140		Grand total $96,160,426
77		-	SECTION 3. NEW AND VACANT FTE POOL - LIMITATION - TRANSFER REQUEST. The adjutant
78		-	general may not spend funds appropriated in the new and vacant FTE pool line items in section 1 of
79		-	this Act, but may request the office of management and budget to transfer funds from the new and
80		-	vacant FTE pool line items to the applicable salaries and wages, civil air patrol, air guard contract, army
81		-	guard contract, veterans' cemetery, and disaster costs line items within each subdivision in accordance
82		-	with the guidelines and reporting provisions included in House Bill No. 1015, as approved by the sixty-
83		-	ninth legislative assembly.
84		-	SECTION 4. VETERANS' CEMETERY MAINTENANCE FUND - APPROPRIATION. In addition to
85		-	the amount appropriated to the adjutant general in the veterans' cemetery line item in subdivision 1 of
86		-	section 1 of this Act, there is appropriated any additional funds that are received and deposited in the
87		-	veterans' cemetery maintenance fund pursuant to sections 37-03-14 and 39-04-10 for the operation of
88		-	the North Dakota veterans' cemetery for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30,
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90		-	SECTION 5. EXEMPTION - MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS - TRANSFERS. Notwithstanding
91		-	section 54-16-04, the director of the office of management and budget shall transfer up to $500,000 of
92		-	appropriation authority to the operating expenses and capital assets line items contained in section 1 of
93		-	this Act, as requested by the adjutant general during the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, and ending
94		-	June 30, 2027. The adjutant general shall notify the legislative council of any transfers made pursuant
95		-	to this section. H. B. NO. 1016 - PAGE 3
96		-	SECTION 6. OTHER FUNDS - STRATEGIC INVESTMENT AND IMPROVEMENTS FUND. The
97		-	other funds line item in subdivision 1 of section 1 of this Act includes the sum of $7,206,426 from the
98		-	strategic investment and improvements fund, of which $4,500,000 is for critical infrastructure state
99		-	matching funds, $2,500,000 is for the Williston readiness center design, and $206,426 is for the civil air
100		-	patrol statewide interoperable radio network upgrade. The other funds line item in subdivision 2 of
101		-	section 1 of this Act includes the sum of $1,020,000 from the strategic investment and improvements
102		-	fund, of which $525,000 is for the state radio law enforcement redundant switch and $495,000 is for
103		-	statewide interoperable radio network costs.
104		-	SECTION 7. OTHER FUNDS - STATE DISASTER RELIEF FUND. The other funds line item in
105		-	subdivision 2 of section 1 of this Act includes the sum of $11,800,703 from the state disaster relief fund,
106		-	of which $5,750,703 is for costs related to previous state disasters, $2,000,000 is for natural disaster
107		-	response and recovery grants, $3,550,000 is for the ten percent state match for the federal
108		-	safeguarding tomorrow through ongoing risk mitigation program, $300,000 is for wildland fire disaster
109		-	funding, and $200,000 is for flood mitigation grants.
110		-	SECTION 8. GIFTS, GRANTS, AND DONATIONS - NORTH DAKOTA MILITARY MUSEUM. The
111		-	adjutant general may accept gifts, grants, and donations, including those from private and federal
112		-	sources, and remit the funding to the state treasurer for deposit in the state historical society gifts and
113		-	bequests fund for the construction of a North Dakota military museum during the biennium beginning
114		-	July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2027.
115		-	SECTION 9. EXEMPTION - UNEXPENDED APPROPRIATIONS. The following appropriations are
116		-	not subject to the provisions of section 54-44.1-11 and may be continued into the biennium beginning
117		-	July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2027:
118		-	1.Any amounts remaining for the construction of the Dickinson readiness center continued in
119		-	section 12 of chapter 48 of the 2023 Session Laws appropriated from federal funds in
120		-	subdivision 1 of section 1 of chapter 16 of the 2021 Session Laws;
	141	+	SECTION 3. NEW AND VACANT FTE POOL - LIMITATION - TRANSFER REQUEST. The
	142	+	adjutant general may not spend funds appropriated in the new and vacant FTE pool line items
	143	+	in section 1 of this Act, but may request the office of management and budget to transfer funds
	144	+	from the new and vacant FTE pool line items to the applicable salaries and wages, civil air
	145	+	patrol, air guard contract, army guard contract, veterans' cemetery, and disaster costs line items
	146	+	within each subdivision in accordance with the guidelines and reporting provisions included in
	147	+	House Bill No. 1015, as approved by the sixty-ninth legislative assembly.
	148	+	SECTION 4. VETERANS' CEMETERY MAINTENANCE FUND - APPROPRIATION. In
	149	+	addition to the amount appropriated to the adjutant general in the veterans' cemetery line item
	150	+	in subdivision 1 of section 1 of this Act, there is appropriated any additional funds that are
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	184	+	received and deposited in the veterans' cemetery maintenance fund pursuant to sections
	185	+	37-03-14 and 39-04-10 for the operation of the North Dakota veterans' cemetery for the
	186	+	biennium beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2027.
	187	+	SECTION 5. EXEMPTION - MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS - TRANSFERS.
	188	+	Notwithstanding section 54-16-04, the director of the office of management and budget shall
	189	+	transfer up to $500,000 of appropriation authority to the operating expenses and capital assets
	190	+	line items contained in section 1 of this Act, as requested by the adjutant general during the
	191	+	biennium beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2027. The adjutant general shall notify
	192	+	the legislative council of any transfers made pursuant to this section.
	193	+	SECTION 6. OTHER FUNDS - STRATEGIC INVESTMENT AND IMPROVEMENTS FUND.
	194	+	The other funds line item in subdivision 1 of section 1 of this Act includes the sum of $7,206,426
	195	+	from the strategic investment and improvements fund, of which $4,500,000 is for critical
	196	+	infrastructure state matching funds, $2,500,000 is for the Williston readiness center design, and
	197	+	$206,426 is for the civil air patrol statewide interoperable radio network upgrade. The other
	198	+	funds line item in subdivision 2 of section 1 of this Act includes the sum of $1,020,000 from the
	199	+	strategic investment and improvements fund, of which $525,000 is for the state radio law
	200	+	enforcement redundant switch and $495,000 is for statewide interoperable radio network costs.
	201	+	SECTION 7. OTHER FUNDS - STATE DISASTER RELIEF FUND. The other funds line
	202	+	item in subdivision 2 of section 1 of this Act includes the sum of $11,800,703 from the state
	203	+	disaster relief fund, of which $5,750,703 is for costs related to previous state disasters,
	204	+	$2,000,000 is for natural disaster response and recovery grants, $3,550,000 is for the
	205	+	ten percent state match for the federal safeguarding tomorrow through ongoing risk mitigation
	206	+	program, $300,000 is for wildland fire disaster funding, and $200,000 is for flood mitigation
	207	+	grants.
	208	+	SECTION 8. GIFTS, GRANTS, AND DONATIONS - NORTH DAKOTA MILITARY
	209	+	MUSEUM. The adjutant general may accept gifts, grants, and donations, including those from
	210	+	private and federal sources, and remit the funding to the state treasurer for deposit in the state
	211	+	historical society gifts and bequests fund for the construction of a North Dakota military museum
	212	+	during the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2027.
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	244	+	SECTION 9. EXEMPTION - UNEXPENDED APPROPRIATIONS. The following
	245	+	appropriations are not subject to the provisions of section 54-44.1-11 and may be continued into
	246	+	the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2027:
	247	+	1.Any amounts remaining for the construction of the Dickinson readiness center
	248	+	continued in section 12 of chapter 48 of the 2023 Session Laws appropriated from
	249	+	federal funds in subdivision 1 of section 1 of chapter 16 of the 2021 Session Laws;
121	250		2.Any amounts remaining for the line of communication bridge training site continued in
122	251		section 12 of chapter 48 of the 2023 Session Laws appropriated from federal funds in
123	252		subdivision 1 of section 1 of chapter 16 of the 2021 Session Laws;
124	253		3.The sum of $9,000,000 appropriated from the federal state fiscal recovery fund for the
125		-	construction of the Camp Grafton fitness facility in subdivision 1 of section 1 of ~~chapter 48 of~~
126		-	the 2023 Session Laws;
127		-	4.The sum of $3,362,235 appropriated from the general fund for tuition assistance, ~~recruiting,~~
128		-	and retention incentives to eligible current and former members of the North ~~Dakota national~~
129		-	guard in subdivision 1 of section 1 of chapter 48 of the 2023 Session ~~Laws, which may be~~
130		-	used for program administration and operating costs;
	254	+	construction of the Camp Grafton fitness facility in subdivision 1 of section 1 of
	255	+	chapter 48 of the 2023 Session Laws;
	256	+	4.The sum of $3,362,235 appropriated from the general fund for tuition assistance,
	257	+	recruiting, and retention incentives to eligible current and former members of the North
	258	+	Dakota national guard in subdivision 1 of section 1 of chapter 48 of the 2023 Session
	259	+	Laws, which may be used for program administration and operating costs;
131	260		5.Any amounts remaining for the expansion of Camp Grafton continued in section 12 of
132		-	chapter 48 of the 2023 Session Laws appropriated from the national guard training area and
133		-	facility development trust fund in section 3 of chapter 16 of the 2021 Session Laws;
	261	+	chapter 48 of the 2023 Session Laws appropriated from the national guard training
	262	+	area and facility development trust fund in section 3 of chapter 16 of the 2021 Session
	263	+	Laws;
134	264		6.Any amounts remaining for replacing the state active duty software and maintenance
135		-	continued in section 12 of chapter 48 of the 2023 Session Laws appropriated from the ~~federal~~
136		-	state fiscal recovery fund in subsection 24 of section 1 of chapter 550 of the ~~2021 Special~~
137		-	Session Session Laws;
	265	+	continued in section 12 of chapter 48 of the 2023 Session Laws appropriated from the
	266	+	federal state fiscal recovery fund in subsection 24 of section 1 of chapter 550 of the
	267	+	2021 Special Session Session Laws;
138	268		7.The sum of $314,000 appropriated from the general fund for cybersecurity grants in
139	269		subdivision 2 of section 1 of chapter 48 of the 2023 Session Laws; and
140		-	8.The sum of $225,000 appropriated from the state disaster relief fund for flood mitigation grants
141		-	in subdivision 2 of section 1 of chapter 48 of the 2023 Session Laws. H. B. NO. 1016 - PAGE 4
142		-	SECTION 10. CAMP GRAFTON EXPANSION - LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the sixty-
143		-	ninth legislative assembly that the adjutant general contract for the purchase or long-term lease of land
144		-	for the Camp Grafton expansion, including the purchase of up to one thousand six hundred acres and
145		-	the long-term lease of the remainder, not to exceed six thousand acres in total. The adjutant general
146		-	may not use eminent domain for the expansion of Camp Grafton.
	270	+	8.The sum of $225,000 appropriated from the state disaster relief fund for flood
	271	+	mitigation grants in subdivision 2 of section 1 of chapter 48 of the 2023 Session Laws.
	272	+	SECTION 10. CAMP GRAFTON EXPANSION - LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of
	273	+	the sixty-ninth legislative assembly that the adjutant general contract for the purchase or long-
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147	311		SECTION 11. EMERGENCY. The following are declared to be an emergency measure:
148		-	1.The sum of $6,000,000 appropriated from the general fund and the strategic investment and
149		-	improvements fund for critical infrastructure state matching funds in the army guard contract
150		-	line item in subdivision 1 of section 1 of this Act;
151		-	2.The sum of $206,426 appropriated from the strategic investment and improvements fund for
152		-	the civil air patrol statewide interoperable radio network upgrade in the civil air patrol line item
153		-	in subdivision 1 of section 1 of this Act; and
154		-	3.The sum of $39,050,000 appropriated from the state disaster relief fund and federal funds for
155		-	the Safeguarding Tomorrow through Ongoing Risk Mitigation Act in the disaster costs line item
156		-	of subdivision 2 of section 1 of this Act. H. B. NO. 1016 - PAGE 5
157		-	____________________________ ____________________________
158		-	Speaker of the House President of the Senate
159		-	____________________________ ____________________________
160		-	Chief Clerk of the House Secretary of the Senate
161		-	This certifies that the within bill originated in the House of Representatives of the Sixty-ninth Legislative
162		-	Assembly of North Dakota and is known on the records of that body as House Bill No. 1016 and that
163		-	two-thirds of the members-elect of the House of Representatives voted in favor of said law.
164		-	Vote: Yeas 83 Nays 6 Absent 5
165		-	____________________________ ____________________________
166		-	Speaker of the House Chief Clerk of the House
167		-	This certifies that two-thirds of the members-elect of the Senate voted in favor of said law.
168		-	Vote: Yeas 46 Nays 0 Absent 1
169		-	____________________________ ____________________________
170		-	President of the Senate Secretary of the Senate
171		-	Received by the Governor at ________M. on _____________________________________, 2025.
172		-	Approved at ________M. on __________________________________________________, 2025.
173		-	____________________________
174		-	Governor
175		-	Filed in this office this ___________day of _______________________________________, 2025,
176		-	at ________ o’clock ________M.
177		-	____________________________
178		-	Secretary of State
	312	+	1.The sum of $6,000,000 appropriated from the general fund and the strategic
	313	+	investment and improvements fund for critical infrastructure state matching funds in
	314	+	the army guard contract line item in subdivision 1 of section 1 of this Act;
	315	+	2.The sum of $206,426 appropriated from the strategic investment and improvements
	316	+	fund for the civil air patrol statewide interoperable radio network upgrade in the civil air
	317	+	patrol line item in subdivision 1 of section 1 of this Act; and
	318	+	3.The sum of $39,050,000 appropriated from the state disaster relief fund and federal
	319	+	funds for the Safeguarding Tomorrow through Ongoing Risk Mitigation Act in the
	320	+	disaster costs line item of subdivision 2 of section 1 of this Act.
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