25.0171.02000
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 ethics
commission.
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 out of any moneys in the general fund in the state
treasury, not otherwise appropriated, to the ethics commission for the purpose of defraying the
expenses of the ethics commission, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, and ending
June 30, 2027, as follows:
Adjustments or
Base Level Enhancements Appropriation
Ethics commission $1,041,374 $308,563 $1,349,937
New and vacant FTE pool 0 246,304 246,304
Total general fund $1,041,374 $554,867 $1,596,241
Full-time equivalent positions 3.00 1.00 4.00
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 General Fund
Case management system $50,000
Office furniture 2,348
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ENGROSSED SENATE BILL NO. 2004
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New FTE position one-time costs 5,484
Total $57,832
SECTION 3. NEW AND VACANT FTE POOL - LIMITATION - TRANSFER REQUEST. The
ethics commission 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 ethics commission 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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