North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

North Dakota House Bill HB1502 Compare Versions

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11 25.1246.01000
22 Sixty-ninth
33 Legislative Assembly
44 of North Dakota
55 Introduced by
66 Representatives Wolff, Hendrix, Holle, S. Olson, VanWinkle
77 Senators Castaneda, Paulson
88 A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 54-27 of the North Dakota
99 Century Code, relating to the growth of the state general fund budget.
1010 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:
1111 SECTION 1. A new section to chapter 54-27 of the North Dakota Century Code is created
1212 and enacted as follows:
1313 Appropriation - Limitation.
1414 Except as otherwise provided in this section, the total general fund budget approved by the
1515 legislative assembly for a biennium may not be greater than three percent of the general fund
1616 budget approved by the legislative assembly for the previous biennium. If the general fund
1717 budget increase approved by the legislative assembly for a biennium is less than three percent
1818 compared to the previous biennium, the difference between the actual percentage increase and
1919 three percent may be carried forward for up to three bienniums and used to exceed the three
2020 percent increase limitation. This section does not apply to any general fund budget increase that
2121 exceeds three percent if the increase is approved by a two-thirds vote of members elected to
2222 each house of the legislative assembly.
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