North Dakota 2025 2025-2026 Regular Session

North Dakota House Bill HB1023 Engrossed / Bill

Filed 02/13/2025

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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 public employees 
retirement system.
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 special funds to the public employees retirement 
system for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the public employees retirement system, 
for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2027, as follows:
Adjustments or
Base Level Enhancements Appropriation
Salaries and wages	$8,232,492 $1,689,590 $9,922,082
New and vacant FTE pool	0 607,917 607,917
Operating expenses	2,416,162 858,001 3,274,163
Contingencies	250,000	0 250,000
Total special funds	$10,898,654 $3,155,508 $14,054,162
Full-time equivalent positions	40.50	2.00 42.50
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 
base budget for the 2027-29 biennium and which the entity shall report to the appropriations 
committees of the seventieth legislative assembly regarding the use of this funding:
One-Time Funding Description	Special Funds
Automate PERSLink business system	$539,595
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ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL NO. 1023
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Total special funds	$539,595
SECTION 3. NEW AND VACANT FTE POOL - LIMITATION - TRANSFER REQUEST. The 
public employees retirement system may not spend funds appropriated in the new and vacant 
FTE pool line item 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 item to the salaries and wages 
line item in accordance with the guidelines and reporting provisions included in House Bill 
No. 1015, as approved by the sixty-ninth legislative assembly.
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