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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. 1017
4		-	(Appropriations Committee)
5		-	AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the game and fish department; and to
6		-	provide an exemption.
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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 game and fish
	8	+	department; and to provide an exemption.
7	9		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 from other funds derived from special funds and federal funds, to the
10		-	game and fish department for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the game and fish department,
11		-	for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2027, as follows:
	10	+	SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION. The funds provided in this section, or so much of the funds
	11	+	as may be necessary, are appropriated from other funds derived from special funds and federal
	12	+	funds, to the game and fish department for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the game
	13	+	and fish department, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2027, as
	14	+	follows:
12	15		Adjustments or
13	16		Base Level Enhancements Appropriation
14	17		Salaries and wages $37,008,098 $2,317,621 $39,325,719
15	18		New and vacant FTE pool 0 1,862,510 1,862,510
16	19		Operating expenses 17,788,258 2,016,038 19,804,296
17	20		Capital assets 5,400,661 1,622,479 7,023,140
18	21		Grants - game and fish 10,089,976 (3,001,997) 7,087,979
19	22		Land habitat and deer depredation 27,183,516 4,989,565 32,173,081
20	23		Noxious weed control 725,000 0 725,000
21	24		Missouri River enforcement 313,869 9,912 323,781
22	25		Grants, gifts, and donations 677,970 17,110 695,080
23	26		Nongame wildlife conservation 100,000 0 100,000
24	27		Lonetree reservoir 2,156,714 (48,117) 2,108,597
25	28		Wildlife services 500,000 0 500,000
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	30	+	ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL NO. 1017
	31	+	FIRST ENGROSSMENT
	32	+	with Senate Amendments
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26	56		Shooting sports grant program 250,000 0 250,000
27	57		Aquatic nuisance species program 2,533,452 352,055 2,885,507
28	58		Total other funds $104,727,514 $10,137,176 $114,864,690
29	59		Full-time equivalent positions 170.00 0.00 170.00
30		-	SECTION 2. ONE-TIME FUNDING - EFFECT ON BASE BUDGET - REPORT TO ~~SEVENTIETH~~
31		-	LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY. The following amounts reflect the one-time funding ~~items included in the~~
32		-	appropriation in section 1 of this Act which are not included in the entity's ~~base budget for the 2027-29~~
33		-	biennium and which the entity shall report to the appropriations ~~committees of the seventieth legislative~~
34		-	assembly regarding the use of this funding:
	60	+	SECTION 2. ONE-TIME FUNDING - EFFECT ON BASE BUDGET - REPORT TO
	61	+	SEVENTIETH LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY. The following amounts reflect the one-time funding
	62	+	items included in the appropriation in section 1 of this Act which are not included in the entity's
	63	+	base budget for the 2027-29 biennium and which the entity shall report to the appropriations
	64	+	committees of the seventieth legislative assembly regarding the use of this funding:
35	65		One-Time Funding Description Other Funds
36	66		Information technology projects $380,000
37	67		Baukol-Noonan dam repairs 150,000
38	68		Equipment 220,200
39	69		Garrison dam national fish hatchery pondliners 1,500,000
40	70		Garrison dam national fish hatchery pumps 300,000
41	71		Wildlife habitat and access on private lands 5,000,000
42	72		Total other funds $7,550,200
43		-	SECTION 3. NEW AND VACANT FTE POOL - LIMITATION - TRANSFER REQUEST. The game
44		-	and fish department may not spend funds appropriated in the new and vacant FTE pool line item in
45		-	section 1 of this Act, but may request the office of management and budget to transfer funds from the
46		-	new and vacant FTE pool line item to the salaries and wages line item and other line items with salaries
47		-	and wages in accordance with the guidelines and reporting provisions included in House Bill No. 1015,
48		-	as approved by the sixty-ninth legislative assembly. H. B. NO. 1017 - PAGE 2
49		-	SECTION 4. GRANTS, GIFTS, AND DONATIONS LINE ITEM. The grants, gifts, and donations line
50		-	item in section 1 of this Act includes up to $100,000 received by the game and fish department for
51		-	surface damage, easements, or reclamation on department-owned or managed properties as a result of
52		-	mineral exploration and extraction activities.
53		-	SECTION 5. MIDTERM CONSERVATION AGREEMENTS. The game and fish department may
54		-	spend up to $2,777,778 from other funds in the land habitat and deer depredation line item in section 1
55		-	of this Act for national fish and wildlife foundation midterm conservation agreements with private
56		-	landowners. The department shall limit the term of these agreements to a maximum of thirty years. The
57		-	department shall provide buyback provisions after the fifteenth, twentieth, and twenty-fifth years of the
58		-	agreement if the property owner desires to withdraw all or a portion of acreage from the lease.
59		-	SECTION 6. EXEMPTION - LINE ITEM TRANSFERS. Notwithstanding section 54-16-04, the
60		-	director of the office of management and budget shall transfer up to $2,000,000 of appropriation
61		-	authority between the operating expenses, capital assets, and grants - game and fish line items in
62		-	section 1 of this Act as requested by the game and fish department during the biennium beginning
63		-	July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2027. The game and fish department shall notify the legislative
64		-	council of any transfers made pursuant to this section. H. B. NO. 1017 - PAGE 3
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66		-	Speaker of the House President of the Senate
67		-	____________________________ ____________________________
68		-	Chief Clerk of the House Secretary of the Senate
69		-	This certifies that the within bill originated in the House of Representatives of the Sixty-ninth Legislative
70		-	Assembly of North Dakota and is known on the records of that body as House Bill No. 1017.
71		-	House Vote: Yeas 77 Nays 14 Absent 3
72		-	Senate Vote:Yeas 45 Nays 1 Absent 1
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74		-	Chief Clerk of the House
75		-	Received by the Governor at ________M. on _____________________________________, 2025.
76		-	Approved at ________M. on __________________________________________________, 2025.
77		-	____________________________
78		-	Governor
79		-	Filed in this office this ___________day of _______________________________________, 2025,
80		-	at ________ o’clock ________M.
81		-	____________________________
82		-	Secretary of State
	73	+	SECTION 3. NEW AND VACANT FTE POOL - LIMITATION - TRANSFER REQUEST. The
	74	+	game and fish department may not spend funds appropriated in the new and vacant FTE pool
	75	+	line item in section 1 of this Act, but may request the office of management and budget to
	76	+	transfer funds from the new and vacant FTE pool line item to the salaries and wages line item
	77	+	and other line items with salaries and wages in accordance with the guidelines and reporting
	78	+	provisions included in House Bill No. 1015, as approved by the sixty-ninth legislative assembly.
	79	+	SECTION 4. GRANTS, GIFTS, AND DONATIONS LINE ITEM. The grants, gifts, and
	80	+	donations line item in section 1 of this Act includes up to $100,000 received by the game and
	81	+	fish department for surface damage, easements, or reclamation on department-owned or
	82	+	managed properties as a result of mineral exploration and extraction activities.
	83	+	SECTION 5. MIDTERM CONSERVATION AGREEMENTS. The game and fish department
	84	+	may spend up to $2,777,778 from other funds in the land habitat and deer depredation line item
	85	+	in section 1 of this Act for national fish and wildlife foundation midterm conservation agreements
	86	+	with private landowners. The department shall limit the term of these agreements to a maximum
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	120	+	of thirty years. The department shall provide buyback provisions after the fifteenth, twentieth,
	121	+	and twenty-fifth years of the agreement if the property owner desires to withdraw all or a portion
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	123	+	SECTION 6. EXEMPTION - LINE ITEM TRANSFERS. Notwithstanding section 54-16-04,
	124	+	the director of the office of management and budget shall transfer up to $2,000,000 of
	125	+	appropriation authority between the operating expenses, capital assets, and grants - game and
	126	+	fish line items in section 1 of this Act as requested by the game and fish department during the
	127	+	biennium beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2027. The game and fish department
	128	+	shall notify the legislative council of any transfers made pursuant to this section.
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