North Dakota 2025 2025-2026 Regular Session

North Dakota Senate Bill SB2009 Engrossed / Bill

Filed 02/06/2025

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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 state fair 
association.
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 state fair association for the purpose of defraying 
the expenses of the state fair association, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, and ending 
June 30, 2027, as follows:
Adjustments or
Base Level Enhancements Appropriation
Premiums	$642,833	$0 $642,833
Campground rest facility	0 900,000 900,000
Safety and security infrastructure 0 1,000,000 1,000,000
Total general fund	$642,833 $1,900,000 $2,542,833
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
Campground rest facility	$900,000
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ENGROSSED SENATE BILL NO. 2009
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Safety and security infrastructure	1,000,000
Total general fund	$1,900,000
SECTION 3. CAMPGROUND REST FACILITY FUNDING - DISTRIBUTION. Funding 
provided for the campground rest facility in section 1 of this Act is to provide a seventy-five 
percent cost-share, not to exceed $900,000.
SECTION 4. EXEMPTION - STATE FAIR FACILITY OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE 
COSTS. Notwithstanding section 4.1-45-22.1, relating to state fair facility operations and 
maintenance costs, the state fair may use funding provided in section 1 of this Act for the 
construction of a campground rest facility and for safety and security infrastructure.
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