North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

North Dakota Senate Bill SB2246 Compare Versions

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2	2	Sixty-ninth
3	3	Legislative Assembly
4	4	of North Dakota
5	5	Introduced by
6	6	Senators Mathern, Kessel, Patten
7	7	Representatives Frelich, J. Olson
8	8	A BILL for an Act to provide an appropriation to the legislative council for the purpose of
9	9	contracting with a consultant to study the feasibility and desirability of creating a regenerative
10	10	grazing ranch in the state; and to provide for a legislative management study.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:
12	12	SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION - LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL - CONSULTANTS FOR
13	13	INTERIM STUDY - ONE-TIME FUNDING.
14	14	There is appropriated out of any moneys in the general fund in the state treasury, not
15	15	otherwise appropriated, the sum of $49,500, or so much of the sum as may be necessary, to the
16	16	legislative council for the purpose of contracting with a consultant to study the feasibility and
17	17	desirability of creating a regenerative grazing ranch in the state, for the biennium beginning
18	18	July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2027. The funding provided in this section is considered a
19	19	one-time funding item.
20	20	SECTION 2. LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT STUDY - REGENERATIVE GRAZING
21	21	PRACTICES.
22	22	1.During the 2025-26 interim, the legislative management shall study the feasibility and
23	23	desirability of recognizing rangeland ecosystems as a sink for atmospheric carbon
24	24	dioxide and researching the role of regenerative grazing practices on carbon fluxes
25	25	within the state. The study must:
26	26	a.Collect scientific data necessary to understand regenerative grazing effects on
27	27	atmospheric carbon dioxide fluxes, rangeland productivity, and other ecosystem
28	28	services;
29	29	b.Determine a platform for ranchers and stakeholders to connect and learn how
30	30	regenerative grazing practices alter carbon and water fluxes with a working cattle
31	31	herd and how this data could improve ranching sustainability;
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60	60	c.Determine whether establishing a regenerative grazing ranch, which would be
61	61	known as grand ranch and would function similar to grand sky and grand farm,
62	62	would bolster the energy and ranching industries of the state;
63	63	d.Identify sustainable rangeland carbon management practices and funding
64	64	sources and organizations interested in working with ranchers and stakeholders;
65	65	e.Implement grazing management as part of the carbon solution relating to beef
66	66	production and carbon yields; and
67	67	f.Receive input from the agriculture commissioner, department of mineral
68	68	resources, and stakeholders from the ranching and energy industries of the state.
69	69	2.The legislative management shall report its findings and recommendations, together
70	70	with any legislation required to implement the recommendations, to the seventieth
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