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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. 1591
4		-	(Representatives Ostlie, Grueneich, Jonas, Novak, Pyle, Satrom, Schreiber-Beck, Stemen)
5		-	(Senators Conley, Meyer, Wanzek)
6		-	AN ACT to provide an appropriation to the agriculture commissioner for a county fair resiliency grant
7		-	program; and to declare an emergency.
	1	+	25.1256.05000
	2	+	Sixty-ninth
	3	+	Legislative Assembly
	4	+	of North Dakota
	5	+	Introduced by
	6	+	Representatives Ostlie, Grueneich, Jonas, Novak, Pyle, Satrom, Schreiber-Beck, Stemen
	7	+	Senators Conley, Meyer, Wanzek
	8	+	A BILL for an Act to provide an appropriation to the agriculture commissioner for a county fair
	9	+	resiliency grant program; and to declare an emergency.
8	10		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:
9		-	SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION - STRATEGIC INVESTMENT AND IMPROVEMENTS FUND -
10		-	AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER - COUNTY FAIR RESILIENCY GRANT PROGRAM - ONE-TIME
11		-	FUNDING. There is appropriated out of any moneys in the strategic investment and improvements fund
12		-	in the state treasury, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $1,500,000, or so much of the sum as may
13		-	be necessary, to the agriculture commissioner for the purpose of providing grants to county agriculture
14		-	fair associations for the planning, design, and construction of infrastructure projects, for the period
15		-	beginning with the effective date of this Act, and ending June 30, 2027. The agriculture commissioner
16		-	may not award more than $100,000 to a county agriculture fair association under this program. The
17		-	agriculture commissioner shall create guidelines to distribute the grant funding, including the
18		-	requirement for a recipient to provide one dollar of matching funds from nonstate sources for every
19		-	two dollars of grant funding received. The guidelines may provide for matching funds to be provided in
20		-	the form of cash or in-kind contributions. The funding in this section is considered a one-time funding
21		-	item.
22		-	SECTION 2. EMERGENCY. This Act is declared to be an emergency measure. H. B. NO. 1591 - PAGE 2
23		-	____________________________ ____________________________
24		-	Speaker of the House President of the Senate
25		-	____________________________ ____________________________
26		-	Chief Clerk of the House Secretary of the Senate
27		-	This certifies that the within bill originated in the House of Representatives of the Sixty-ninth Legislative
28		-	Assembly of North Dakota and is known on the records of that body as House Bill No. 1591 and that
29		-	two-thirds of the members-elect of the House of Representatives voted in favor of said law.
30		-	Vote: Yeas 79 Nays 12 Absent 3
31		-	____________________________ ____________________________
32		-	Speaker of the House Chief Clerk of the House
33		-	This certifies that two-thirds of the members-elect of the Senate voted in favor of said law.
34		-	Vote: Yeas 45 Nays 0 Absent 2
35		-	____________________________ ____________________________
36		-	President of the Senate Secretary of the Senate
37		-	Received by the Governor at ________M. on _____________________________________, 2025.
38		-	Approved at ________M. on __________________________________________________, 2025.
39		-	____________________________
40		-	Governor
41		-	Filed in this office this ___________day of _______________________________________, 2025,
42		-	at ________ o’clock ________M.
43		-	____________________________
44		-	Secretary of State
	11	+	SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION - STRATEGIC INVESTMENT AND IMPROVEMENTS
	12	+	FUND - AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER - COUNTY FAIR RESILIENCY GRANT PROGRAM
	13	+	- ONE-TIME FUNDING. There is appropriated out of any moneys in the strategic investment
	14	+	and improvements fund in the state treasury, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of
	15	+	$1,500,000, or so much of the sum as may be necessary, to the agriculture commissioner for
	16	+	the purpose of providing grants to county agriculture fair associations for the planning, design,
	17	+	and construction of infrastructure projects, for the period beginning with the effective date of this
	18	+	Act, and ending June 30, 2027. The agriculture commissioner may not award more than
	19	+	$100,000 to a county agriculture fair association under this program. The agriculture
	20	+	commissioner shall create guidelines to distribute the grant funding, including the requirement
	21	+	for a recipient to provide one dollar of matching funds from nonstate sources for every
	22	+	two dollars of grant funding received. The guidelines may provide for matching funds to be
	23	+	provided in the form of cash or in-kind contributions. The funding in this section is considered a
	24	+	one-time funding item.
	25	+	SECTION 2. EMERGENCY. This Act is declared to be an emergency measure.
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	27	+	ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL NO. 1591
	28	+	FIRST ENGROSSMENT
	29	+	with Senate Amendments
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