25.0161.01000
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 game and fish
department; and to provide an exemption.
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 from other funds derived from special funds and federal
funds, to the game and fish department for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the game
and fish department, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2027, as
follows:
Adjustments or
Base Level Enhancements Appropriation
Salaries and wages $37,008,098 $0 $37,008,098
Operating expenses 17,788,258 0 17,788,258
Capital assets 5,400,661 0 5,400,661
Grants - game and fish 10,089,976 0 10,089,976
Land habitat and deer depredation 27,183,516 0 27,183,516
Noxious weed control 725,000 0 725,000
Missouri River enforcement 313,869 0 313,869
Grants, gifts, and donations 677,970 0 677,970
Nongame wildlife conservation 100,000 0 100,000
Lonetree reservoir 2,156,714 0 2,156,714
Wildlife services 500,000 0 500,000
Shooting sports grant program 250,000 0 250,000
Aquatic nuisance species program 2,533,452 0 2,533,452
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Total other funds $104,727,514 $0 $104,727,514
Full-time equivalent positions 170.00 0.00 170.00
SECTION 2. GRANTS, GIFTS, AND DONATIONS LINE ITEM. The grants, gifts, and
donations line item in section 1 of this Act includes up to $100,000 received by the game and
fish department for surface damage, easements, or reclamation on department-owned or
managed properties as a result of mineral exploration and extraction activities.
SECTION 3. MIDTERM CONSERVATION AGREEMENTS. The game and fish department
may spend up to $2,777,778 from other funds in the land habitat and deer depredation line item
in section 1 of this Act for national fish and wildlife foundation midterm conservation agreements
with private landowners. The department shall limit the term of these agreements to a maximum
of thirty years. The department shall provide buyback provisions after the fifteenth, twentieth,
and twenty-fifth years of the agreement if the property owner desires to withdraw all or a portion
of acreage from the lease.
SECTION 4. EXEMPTION - LINE ITEM TRANSFERS. Notwithstanding section 54-16-04,
the director of the office of management and budget shall transfer up to $2,000,000 of
appropriation authority between the operating expenses, capital assets, and grants - game and
fish line items in section 1 of this Act as requested by the game and fish department during the
biennium beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2027. The game and fish department
shall notify the legislative council of any transfers made pursuant to this section.
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