25.0817.01004
Title.02000
Adopted by the Energy and Natural
Resources Committee
Sixty-ninth
February 13, 2025
Legislative Assembly
of North Dakota
Introduced by
Representatives Schreiber-Beck, D. Anderson, Beltz, Brandenburg, Headland, Nelson,
Weisz
Senators Meyer, Thomas, Wanzek, Weber
A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact section 61-02-01.3 of the North Dakota Century Code,
relating to comprehensive water development plans.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:
SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. Section 61-02-01.3 of the North Dakota Century Code is
amended and reenacted as follows:
61-02-01.3. Comprehensive water development plan.
1.Biennially, the commission shall develop and maintain a comprehensive water
development plan organized on a river basin perspective, including an inventory of
future water projects for budgeting and planning purposes.
2.As part of the commission's planning process, toTo facilitate local project sponsor
participation and project prioritization and to assist in education regarding life cycle
analyses for municipal water supply projects, and economic analyses for flood control
and water conveyance projects only, for those expected to cost more than onefive
million dollars, the commission shall develop a policy that outlinespolicies and
procedures forhold commissioner-hosted meetings within the upper Missouri River,
lower Missouri River, James River, upper Red River, lower Red River, Mouse River,
Devils Lake, Little Missouri River, upper Heart River, and upper Cannonball River
drainage basins.
3. The commission may not require or conduct a life cycle analysis for a municipal water
supply project or an economic analysis for a flood control and water conveyance
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project, if the project is expected to cost less than seven hundred fifty thousand
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