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2	2		Sixty-ninth
3	3		Legislative Assembly
4	4		of North Dakota
5	5		Introduced by
6	6		Senators Bekkedahl, Sorvaag, Hogue
7	7		Representatives Lefor, Brandenburg, Richter
8	8		A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 57-51 of the North Dakota
9	9		Century Code, relating to an energy impact grant fund; to amend and reenact sections 57-51-15
10	10		and 57-51.1-07.5 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to oil and gas gross production tax
11		-	allocations and the state share of oil and gas tax allocations; to provide ~~for~~ a ~~report; to provide a~~
12		-	~~continuing~~ appropriation; to provide an exemption; to provide an effective date; and to provide
13		-	an expiration date.
	11	+	allocations and the state share of oil and gas tax allocations; to provide a continuing
	12	+	appropriation; to provide an exemption; to provide an effective date; and to provide an
	13	+	expiration date.
14	14		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:
15	15		SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. Section 57-51-15 of the North Dakota Century Code is
16	16		amended and reenacted as follows:
17		-	57-51-15. Gross production tax allocation. (Effective through June 30, ~~20272029~~)
	17	+	57-51-15. Gross production tax allocation. (Effective through June 30, 20272037)
18	18		The gross production tax must be allocated monthly as follows:
19	19		1.The tax revenue collected under this chapter equal to one percent of the gross value
20	20		at the well of the oil and one-fifth of the tax on gas must be deposited with the state
21	21		treasurer. The state treasurer shall allocate the funding in the following order:
22	22		a.Eight percent of the amount available under this subsection to the North Dakota
23	23		outdoor heritage fund, but not in an amount exceeding twenty million dollars per
24	24		fiscal year.
25	25		b.Four percent of the amount available under this subsection to the abandoned oil
26	26		and gas well plugging and site reclamation fund, but not in an amount exceeding
27	27		seven million five hundred thousand dollars per fiscal year and not in an amount
28	28		that would bring the balance in the fund to more than one hundred million dollars
29	29		through June 30, 2027, or to more than fifty million dollars after June 30, 2027 .
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31	31		ENGROSSED SENATE BILL NO. 2323
32	32		FIRST ENGROSSMENT
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57		-	c.Up to twenty~~-five~~ million dollars per fiscal year to the energy impact grant fund
58		-	~~under~~ section 2 of this Act.
	56	+	c.Up to twenty million dollars per fiscal year to the energy impact grant fund under
	57	+	section 2 of this Act.
59	58		d.Any remaining revenues pursuant to subsection 3.
60	59		d.e.For purposes of this subsection, "fiscal year" means the period beginning
61	60		September first and ending August thirty-first of the following calendar year.
62	61		2.The tax revenue collected under this chapter equal to four percent of the gross value
63	62		at the well of the oil and four-fifths of the tax on gas must be deposited with the state
64	63		treasurer. The state treasurer shall allocate the funding in the following order:
65	64		a.The first five million dollars of collections received from a county each fiscal year
66	65		is allocated to the county.
67	66		b.The remaining revenue collections received from a county each fiscal year are
68	67		allocated thirty percent to the county and seventy percent as follows:
69	68		(1)Monthly amounts to the hub city funding pool to provide fifteen million four
70	69		hundred thousand dollars per fiscal year for the allocations under
71	70		paragraph 2 of subdivision a of subsection 5.
72	71		(2)Monthly amounts to the hub city school district funding pool to provide two
73	72		million one hundred thousand dollars per fiscal year for the allocations
74	73		under paragraph 3 of subdivision a of subsection 5.
75	74		(3)Monthly amounts to the supplemental school district funding pool to provide
76	75		seventy percent of the total amount needed for the allocations under
77	76		paragraph 4 of subdivision a of subsection 5.
78	77		(4)Any remaining revenue collections to the state for the state's allocations
79	78		pursuant to subsection 3.
80	79		c.For purposes of this subsection, "fiscal year" means the period beginning
81	80		September first and ending August thirty-first of the following calendar year.
82	81		3.After the allocations under subsections 1 and 2, the amount remaining is allocated first
83	82		to provide for deposit of thirty percent of all revenue collected under this chapter in the
84	83		legacy fund as provided in section 26 of article X of the Constitution of North Dakota
85	84		and the remainder must be allocated to the state general fund. If the amount available
86	85		for a monthly allocation under this subsection is insufficient to deposit thirty percent of
87	86		all revenue collected under this chapter in the legacy fund, the state treasurer shall
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121	120		transfer the amount of the shortfall from the state general fund share of oil extraction
122	121		tax collections and deposit that amount in the legacy fund.
123	122		4.For a county that received less than five million dollars of allocations under
124	123		subsection 2 in the most recently completed even-numbered fiscal year before the
125	124		start of the biennium, revenues allocated to that county must be distributed by the
126	125		state treasurer as follows:
127	126		a.Forty-five percent must be distributed to the county treasurer and credited to the
128	127		county general fund.
129	128		b.Thirty-five percent must be distributed proportionally to school districts within the
130	129		county on the average daily attendance distribution basis for kindergarten
131	130		through grade twelve students residing within the county, as certified to the state
132	131		treasurer by the county superintendent of schools. However, a hub city school
133	132		district must be omitted from distributions under this subdivision.
134	133		c.Twenty percent must be distributed to the incorporated cities of the county. A hub
135	134		city must be omitted from distributions under this subdivision. Distributions
136	135		among cities under this subsection must be proportional based upon the
137	136		population of each incorporated city according to the last official decennial federal
138	137		census. In determining the population of any city in which total employment
139	138		increases by more than two hundred percent seasonally due to tourism, the
140	139		population of that city for purposes of this subdivision must be increased by eight
141	140		hundred percent.
142	141		d.For purposes of this subsection, "fiscal year" means the period beginning
143	142		September first and ending August thirty-first of the following calendar year.
144	143		5.For a county that received five million dollars or more of allocations under subsection 2
145	144		in the most recently completed even-numbered fiscal year before the start of the
146	145		biennium, revenues allocated to that county must be distributed by the state treasurer
147	146		as follows:
148	147		a.A portion of the revenues from each county must be distributed to a hub city
149	148		funding pool, a hub city school district funding pool, and a supplemental school
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183	182		(1)The amount distributed from each county to the funding pools under this
184	183		subdivision must be proportional to each county's monthly oil and gas gross
185	184		production tax revenue collections relative to the combined total monthly oil
186	185		and gas gross production tax revenue collections from all the counties that
187	186		receive allocations under this subsection.
188	187		(2)The state treasurer shall distribute, to the hub city funding pool, the monthly
189	188		amount needed from each county to provide six million six hundred
190	189		thousand dollars per fiscal year for the allocations under this paragraph.
191	190		(a)The state treasurer shall allocate monthly amounts from the hub city
192	191		funding pool to provide a combined total of twenty-two million dollars
193	192		per fiscal year to all the hub cities, which includes the fifteen million
194	193		four hundred thousand dollars under paragraph 1 of subdivision b of
195	194		subsection 2 and the six million six hundred thousand dollars under
196	195		this paragraph. The monthly allocation to each hub city must be
197	196		proportional to each hub city's impact percentage score, including
198	197		fractional percentage points rounded to the nearest tenth of a percent,
199	198		relative to the combined total of all the hub cities' impact percentage
200	199		scores.
201	200		(b)The state treasurer shall calculate the impact percentage score for
202	201		each hub city by summing the following:
203	202		[1]The percentage of mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
204	203		employment relative to the total employment of all industries in
205	204		the county in which the hub city is located, based on the most
206	205		recent annual data for all ownership types compiled by job
207	206		service North Dakota in the quarterly census of employment and
208	207		wages, multiplied by forty-five hundredths;
209	208		[2]The average of the percentage of mining, quarrying, and oil and
210	209		gas extraction employment relative to the total employment of all
211	210		industries in each county for all the counties in the human
212	211		service region in which the hub city is located, based on the most
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247	246		service North Dakota in the quarterly census of employment and
248	247		wages, multiplied by fifteen hundredths;
249	248		[3]The percentage of establishments engaged in mining, quarrying,
250	249		and oil and gas extraction relative to the total establishments of
251	250		all industries in the county in which the hub city is located, based
252	251		on the most recent annual data for all ownership types complied
253	252		by job service North Dakota in the quarterly census of
254	253		employment and wages, multiplied by one-tenth;
255	254		[4]The percentage of oil production in the human service region in
256	255		which the hub city is located relative to the total oil production in
257	256		all the human service regions with hub cities, based on the most
258	257		recently available calendar year data compiled by the industrial
259	258		commission in a report on the historical barrels of oil produced by
260	259		county, multiplied by one-tenth;
261	260		[5]The percentage change in population from five years prior for the
262	261		hub city, based on the most recent actual or estimated census
263	262		data published by the United States census bureau, multiplied by
264	263		one-tenth; and
265	264		[6]The percentage change in population from five years prior for the
266	265		county in which the hub city is located, based on the most recent
267	266		actual or estimated census data published by the United States
268	267		census bureau, multiplied by one-tenth.
269	268		(c)For purposes of this paragraph, "human service region" means the
270	269		areas designated by the governor's executive order 1978-12 dated
271	270		October 5, 1978.
272	271		(3)The state treasurer shall distribute, to the hub city school district funding
273	272		pool, the monthly amount needed from each county to provide nine hundred
274	273		thousand dollars per fiscal year for the allocations under this paragraph.
275	274		(a)The state treasurer shall allocate monthly amounts from the hub city
276	275		school district funding pool to provide a combined total of three million
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311	310		includes the two million one hundred thousand dollars under
312	311		paragraph 2 of subdivision b of subsection 2 and the nine hundred
313	312		thousand dollars under this paragraph. The monthly allocation to each
314	313		hub city school districts must be proportional to each hub city school
315	314		district's impact percentage score, including fractional percentage
316	315		points rounded to the nearest tenth of a percent, relative to the
317	316		combined total of all the hub cities' impact percentage scores.
318	317		(b)For the purpose of determining the impact percentage score for each
319	318		hub city school district, the state treasurer shall use the same impact
320	319		percentage score as the corresponding score calculated for each hub
321	320		city in paragraph 2.
322	321		(4)The state treasurer shall distribute, to the supplemental school district
323	322		funding pool, the monthly amount needed from each county to provide for
324	323		thirty percent of the total allocations under this paragraph. To each county
325	324		that received more than five million dollars but less than thirty million dollars
326	325		of total allocations under subsection 2 in the most recently completed
327	326		even-numbered fiscal year before the start of the biennium, the state
328	327		treasurer shall allocate a monthly amount from the supplemental school
329	328		district funding pool which will be added to the distributions to school
330	329		districts under paragraph 2 of subdivision b, as follows:
331	330		(a)To each county that received more than five million dollars but not
332	331		exceeding ten million dollars of total allocations under subsection 2 in
333	332		the most recently completed even-numbered fiscal year before the
334	333		start of the biennium, the state treasurer shall allocate a monthly
335	334		amount that will provide a total allocation of one million five hundred
336	335		thousand dollars per fiscal year. The allocation must be distributed to
337	336		school districts within the county pursuant to paragraph 2 of
338	337		subdivision b.
339	338		(b)To each county that received more than ten million dollars but not
340	339		exceeding fifteen million dollars of total allocations under subsection 2
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375	374		start of the biennium, the state treasurer shall allocate a monthly
376	375		amount that will provide a total allocation of one million two hundred
377	376		fifty thousand dollars per fiscal year. The allocation must be distributed
378	377		to school districts within the county pursuant to paragraph 2 of
379	378		subdivision b.
380	379		(c)To each county that received more than fifteen million dollars but not
381	380		exceeding twenty million dollars of total allocations under subsection 2
382	381		in the most recently completed even-numbered fiscal year before the
383	382		start of the biennium, the state treasurer shall allocate a monthly
384	383		amount that will provide a total allocation of one million dollars per
385	384		fiscal year. The allocation must be distributed to school districts within
386	385		the county pursuant to paragraph 2 of subdivision b.
387	386		(d)To each county that received more than twenty million dollars but not
388	387		exceeding twenty-five million dollars of total allocations under
389	388		subsection 2 in the most recently completed even-numbered fiscal
390	389		year before the start of the biennium, the state treasurer shall allocate
391	390		a monthly amount that will provide a total allocation of seven hundred
392	391		fifty thousand dollars per fiscal year. The allocation must be distributed
393	392		to school districts within the county pursuant to paragraph 2 of
394	393		subdivision b.
395	394		(e)To each county that received more than twenty-five million dollars but
396	395		not exceeding thirty million dollars of total allocations under
397	396		subsection 2 in the most recently completed even-numbered fiscal
398	397		year before the start of the biennium, the state treasurer shall allocate
399	398		a monthly amount that will provide a total allocation of five hundred
400	399		thousand dollars per fiscal year. The allocation must be distributed to
401	400		school districts within the county pursuant to paragraph 2 of
402	401		subdivision b.
403	402		b.After the distributions in subdivision a, each county's remaining revenues must be
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437	436		(1)Sixty percent must be distributed to the county treasurer and credited to the
438	437		county general fund.
439	438		(2)Five percent must be distributed proportionally to school districts within the
440	439		county on the average daily attendance distribution basis for kindergarten
441	440		through grade twelve students residing within the county, as certified to the
442	441		state treasurer by the county superintendent of schools. However, a hub city
443	442		school district must be omitted from distributions under this subdivision.
444	443		(3)Twenty percent must be distributed to the incorporated cities of the county. A
445	444		hub city must be omitted from distributions under this subdivision.
446	445		Distributions among cities under this subsection must be proportional based
447	446		upon the population of each incorporated city according to the last official
448	447		decennial federal census. In determining the population of any city in which
449	448		total employment increases by more than two hundred percent seasonally
450	449		due to tourism, the population of that city for purposes of this subdivision
451	450		must be increased by eight hundred percent.
452	451		(4)Four percent must be allocated among the organized and unorganized
453	452		townships of the county. The state treasurer shall allocate the funds
454	453		available under this subdivision among townships in proportion to each
455	454		township's road miles relative to the total township road miles in the county.
456	455		The amount allocated to unorganized townships under this subdivision must
457	456		be distributed to the county treasurer and credited to a special fund for
458	457		unorganized township roads, which the board of county commissioners shall
459	458		use for the maintenance and improvement of roads in unorganized
460	459		townships.
461	460		(5)Nine percent must be distributed among hub cities. The state treasurer shall
462	461		distribute the funds available under this subdivision in proportion to the
463	462		amounts the hub cities receive under paragraph 2 of subdivision a.
464	463		(6)Two percent must be distributed among hub city school districts. The state
465	464		treasurer shall distribute the funds available under this subdivision in
466	465		proportion to the amounts the hub city school districts receive under
467	466		paragraph 3 of subdivision a.
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501	500		(7)For purposes of this subsection, "fiscal year" means the period beginning
502	501		September first and ending August thirty-first of the following calendar year.
503		-	Gross production tax allocation. (Effective after June 30, ~~20272029~~) The gross
	502	+	Gross production tax allocation. (Effective after June 30, 20272037) The gross
504	503		production tax must be allocated monthly as follows:
505	504		1.The tax revenue collected under this chapter equal to one percent of the gross value
506	505		at the well of the oil and one-fifth of the tax on gas must be deposited with the state
507	506		treasurer. The state treasurer shall allocate the funding in the following order:
508	507		a.Eight percent of the amount available under this subsection to the North Dakota
509	508		outdoor heritage fund, but not in an amount exceeding twenty million dollars per
510	509		fiscal year.
511	510		b.Four percent of the amount available under this subsection to the abandoned oil
512	511		and gas well plugging and site reclamation fund, but not in an amount exceeding
513	512		seven million five hundred thousand dollars per fiscal year and not in an amount
514	513		that would bring the balance in the fund to more than fifty million dollars.
515	514		c.Any remaining revenues pursuant to subsection 3.
516	515		d.For purposes of this subsection, "fiscal year" means the period beginning
517	516		September first and ending August thirty-first of the following calendar year.
518	517		2.The tax revenue collected under this chapter equal to four percent of the gross value
519	518		at the well of the oil and four-fifths of the tax on gas must be deposited with the state
520	519		treasurer. The state treasurer shall allocate the funding in the following order:
521	520		a.The first five million dollars of collections received from a county each fiscal year
522	521		is allocated to the county.
523	522		b.The remaining revenue collections received from a county each fiscal year are
524	523		allocated thirty percent to the county and seventy percent as follows:
525	524		(1)Monthly amounts to the hub city funding pool to provide fifteen million four
526	525		hundred thousand dollars per fiscal year for the allocations under
527	526		paragraph 2 of subdivision a of subsection 5.
528	527		(2)Monthly amounts to the hub city school district funding pool to provide two
529	528		million one hundred thousand dollars per fiscal year for the allocations
530	529		under paragraph 3 of subdivision a of subsection 5.
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563	562		(3)Monthly amounts to the supplemental school district funding pool to provide
564	563		seventy percent of the total amount needed for the allocations under
565	564		paragraph 4 of subdivision a of subsection 5.
566	565		(4)Any remaining revenue collections to the state for the state's allocations
567	566		pursuant to subsection 3.
568	567		c.For purposes of this subsection, "fiscal year" means the period beginning
569	568		September first and ending August thirty-first of the following calendar year.
570	569		3.After the allocations under subsections 1 and 2, the amount remaining is allocated first
571	570		to provide for deposit of thirty percent of all revenue collected under this chapter in the
572	571		legacy fund as provided in section 26 of article X of the Constitution of North Dakota
573	572		and the remainder must be allocated to the state general fund. If the amount available
574	573		for a monthly allocation under this subsection is insufficient to deposit thirty percent of
575	574		all revenue collected under this chapter in the legacy fund, the state treasurer shall
576	575		transfer the amount of the shortfall from the state general fund share of oil extraction
577	576		tax collections and deposit that amount in the legacy fund.
578	577		4.For a county that received less than five million dollars of allocations under
579	578		subsection 2 in the most recently completed even-numbered fiscal year before the
580	579		start of the biennium, revenues allocated to that county must be distributed by the
581	580		state treasurer as follows:
582	581		a.Forty-five percent must be distributed to the county treasurer and credited to the
583	582		county general fund.
584	583		b.Thirty-five percent must be distributed proportionally to school districts within the
585	584		county on the average daily attendance distribution basis for kindergarten
586	585		through grade twelve students residing within the county, as certified to the state
587	586		treasurer by the county superintendent of schools. However, a hub city school
588	587		district must be omitted from distributions under this subdivision.
589	588		c.Twenty percent must be distributed to the incorporated cities of the county. A hub
590	589		city must be omitted from distributions under this subdivision. Distributions
591	590		among cities under this subsection must be proportional based upon the
592	591		population of each incorporated city according to the last official decennial federal
593	592		census. In determining the population of any city in which total employment
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627	626		increases by more than two hundred percent seasonally due to tourism, the
628	627		population of that city for purposes of this subdivision must be increased by eight
629	628		hundred percent.
630	629		d.For purposes of this subsection, "fiscal year" means the period beginning
631	630		September first and ending August thirty-first of the following calendar year.
632	631		5.For a county that received five million dollars or more of allocations under subsection 2
633	632		in the most recently completed even-numbered fiscal year before the start of the
634	633		biennium, revenues allocated to that county must be distributed by the state treasurer
635	634		as follows:
636	635		a.A portion of the revenues from each county must be distributed to a hub city
637	636		funding pool, a hub city school district funding pool, and a supplemental school
638	637		district funding pool as follows:
639	638		(1)The amount distributed from each county to the funding pools under this
640	639		subdivision must be proportional to each county's monthly oil and gas gross
641	640		production tax revenue collections relative to the combined total monthly oil
642	641		and gas gross production tax revenue collections from all the counties that
643	642		receive allocations under this subsection.
644	643		(2)The state treasurer shall distribute, to the hub city funding pool, the monthly
645	644		amount needed from each county to provide six million six hundred
646	645		thousand dollars per fiscal year for the allocations under this paragraph.
647	646		(a)The state treasurer shall allocate monthly amounts from the hub city
648	647		funding pool to provide a combined total of twenty-two million dollars
649	648		per fiscal year to all the hub cities, which includes the fifteen million
650	649		four hundred thousand dollars under paragraph 1 of subdivision b of
651	650		subsection 2 and the six million six hundred thousand dollars under
652	651		this paragraph. The monthly allocation to each hub city must be
653	652		proportional to each hub city's impact percentage score, including
654	653		fractional percentage points rounded to the nearest tenth of a percent,
655	654		relative to the combined total of all the hub cities' impact percentage
656	655		scores.
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689	688		(b)The state treasurer shall calculate the impact percentage score for
690	689		each hub city by summing the following:
691	690		[1]The percentage of mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
692	691		employment relative to the total employment of all industries in
693	692		the county in which the hub city is located, based on the most
694	693		recent annual data for all ownership types compiled by job
695	694		service North Dakota in the quarterly census of employment and
696	695		wages, multiplied by forty-five hundredths;
697	696		[2]The average of the percentage of mining, quarrying, and oil and
698	697		gas extraction employment relative to the total employment of all
699	698		industries in each county for all the counties in the human
700	699		service region in which the hub city is located, based on the most
701	700		recent annual data for all ownership types compiled by job
702	701		service North Dakota in the quarterly census of employment and
703	702		wages, multiplied by fifteen hundredths;
704	703		[3]The percentage of establishments engaged in mining, quarrying,
705	704		and oil and gas extraction relative to the total establishments of
706	705		all industries in the county in which the hub city is located, based
707	706		on the most recent annual data for all ownership types complied
708	707		by job service North Dakota in the quarterly census of
709	708		employment and wages, multiplied by one-tenth;
710	709		[4]The percentage of oil production in the human service region in
711	710		which the hub city is located relative to the total oil production in
712	711		all the human service regions with hub cities, based on the most
713	712		recently available calendar year data compiled by the industrial
714	713		commission in a report on the historical barrels of oil produced by
715	714		county, multiplied by one-tenth;
716	715		[5]The percentage change in population from five years prior for the
717	716		hub city, based on the most recent actual or estimated census
718	717		data published by the United States census bureau, multiplied by
719	718		one-tenth; and
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753	752		[6]The percentage change in population from five years prior for the
754	753		county in which the hub city is located, based on the most recent
755	754		actual or estimated census data published by the United States
756	755		census bureau, multiplied by one-tenth.
757	756		(c)For purposes of this paragraph, "human service region" means the
758	757		areas designated by the governor's executive order 1978-12 dated
759	758		October 5, 1978.
760	759		(3)The state treasurer shall distribute, to the hub city school district funding
761	760		pool, the monthly amount needed from each county to provide nine hundred
762	761		thousand dollars per fiscal year for the allocations under this paragraph.
763	762		(a)The state treasurer shall allocate monthly amounts from the hub city
764	763		school district funding pool to provide a combined total of three million
765	764		dollars per fiscal year to all the hub city school districts, which
766	765		includes the two million one hundred thousand dollars under
767	766		paragraph 2 of subdivision b of subsection 2 and the nine hundred
768	767		thousand dollars under this paragraph. The monthly allocation to each
769	768		hub city school districts must be proportional to each hub city school
770	769		district's impact percentage score, including fractional percentage
771	770		points rounded to the nearest tenth of a percent, relative to the
772	771		combined total of all the hub cities' impact percentage scores.
773	772		(b)For the purpose of determining the impact percentage score for each
774	773		hub city school district, the state treasurer shall use the same impact
775	774		percentage score as the corresponding score calculated for each hub
776	775		city in paragraph 2.
777	776		(4)The state treasurer shall distribute, to the supplemental school district
778	777		funding pool, the monthly amount needed from each county to provide for
779	778		thirty percent of the total allocations under this paragraph. To each county
780	779		that received more than five million dollars but less than thirty million dollars
781	780		of total allocations under subsection 2 in the most recently completed
782	781		even-numbered fiscal year before the start of the biennium, the state
783	782		treasurer shall allocate a monthly amount from the supplemental school
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817	816		district funding pool which will be added to the distributions to school
818	817		districts under paragraph 2 of subdivision b, as follows:
819	818		(a)To each county that received more than five million dollars but not
820	819		exceeding ten million dollars of total allocations under subsection 2 in
821	820		the most recently completed even-numbered fiscal year before the
822	821		start of the biennium, the state treasurer shall allocate a monthly
823	822		amount that will provide a total allocation of one million five hundred
824	823		thousand dollars per fiscal year. The allocation must be distributed to
825	824		school districts within the county pursuant to paragraph 2 of
826	825		subdivision b.
827	826		(b)To each county that received more than ten million dollars but not
828	827		exceeding fifteen million dollars of total allocations under subsection 2
829	828		in the most recently completed even-numbered fiscal year before the
830	829		start of the biennium, the state treasurer shall allocate a monthly
831	830		amount that will provide a total allocation of one million two hundred
832	831		fifty thousand dollars per fiscal year. The allocation must be distributed
833	832		to school districts within the county pursuant to paragraph 2 of
834	833		subdivision b.
835	834		(c)To each county that received more than fifteen million dollars but not
836	835		exceeding twenty million dollars of total allocations under subsection 2
837	836		in the most recently completed even-numbered fiscal year before the
838	837		start of the biennium, the state treasurer shall allocate a monthly
839	838		amount that will provide a total allocation of one million dollars per
840	839		fiscal year. The allocation must be distributed to school districts within
841	840		the county pursuant to paragraph 2 of subdivision b.
842	841		(d)To each county that received more than twenty million dollars but not
843	842		exceeding twenty-five million dollars of total allocations under
844	843		subsection 2 in the most recently completed even-numbered fiscal
845	844		year before the start of the biennium, the state treasurer shall allocate
846	845		a monthly amount that will provide a total allocation of seven hundred
847	846		fifty thousand dollars per fiscal year. The allocation must be distributed
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881	880		to school districts within the county pursuant to paragraph 2 of
882	881		subdivision b.
883	882		(e)To each county that received more than twenty-five million dollars but
884	883		not exceeding thirty million dollars of total allocations under
885	884		subsection 2 in the most recently completed even-numbered fiscal
886	885		year before the start of the biennium, the state treasurer shall allocate
887	886		a monthly amount that will provide a total allocation of five hundred
888	887		thousand dollars per fiscal year. The allocation must be distributed to
889	888		school districts within the county pursuant to paragraph 2 of
890	889		subdivision b.
891	890		b.After the distributions in subdivision a, each county's remaining revenues must be
892	891		distributed as follows:
893	892		(1)Sixty percent must be distributed to the county treasurer and credited to the
894	893		county general fund.
895	894		(2)Five percent must be distributed proportionally to school districts within the
896	895		county on the average daily attendance distribution basis for kindergarten
897	896		through grade twelve students residing within the county, as certified to the
898	897		state treasurer by the county superintendent of schools. However, a hub city
899	898		school district must be omitted from distributions under this subdivision.
900	899		(3)Twenty percent must be distributed to the incorporated cities of the county. A
901	900		hub city must be omitted from distributions under this subdivision.
902	901		Distributions among cities under this subsection must be proportional based
903	902		upon the population of each incorporated city according to the last official
904	903		decennial federal census. In determining the population of any city in which
905	904		total employment increases by more than two hundred percent seasonally
906	905		due to tourism, the population of that city for purposes of this subdivision
907	906		must be increased by eight hundred percent.
908	907		(4)Four percent must be allocated among the organized and unorganized
909	908		townships of the county. The state treasurer shall allocate the funds
910	909		available under this subdivision among townships in proportion to each
911	910		township's road miles relative to the total township road miles in the county.
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945	944		The amount allocated to unorganized townships under this subdivision must
946	945		be distributed to the county treasurer and credited to a special fund for
947	946		unorganized township roads, which the board of county commissioners shall
948	947		use for the maintenance and improvement of roads in unorganized
949	948		townships.
950	949		(5)Nine percent must be distributed among hub cities. The state treasurer shall
951	950		distribute the funds available under this subdivision in proportion to the
952	951		amounts the hub cities receive under paragraph 2 of subdivision a.
953	952		(6)Two percent must be distributed among hub city school districts. The state
954	953		treasurer shall distribute the funds available under this subdivision in
955	954		proportion to the amounts the hub city school districts receive under
956	955		paragraph 3 of subdivision a.
957	956		(7)For purposes of this subsection, "fiscal year" means the period beginning
958	957		September first and ending August thirty-first of the following calendar year.
959	958		SECTION 2. A new section to chapter 57-51 of the North Dakota Century Code is created
960	959		and enacted as follows:
961		-	Energy impact grant fund - State treasurer - Continuing appropriation ~~- Report~~.
	960	+	Energy impact grant fund - State treasurer - Continuing appropriation.
962	961		1.There is created in the state treasury the energy impact grant fund. The fund consists
963	962		of all moneys allocated to the fund under section 57 - 51 - 15. All moneys in the fund are
964	963		appropriated to the state treasurer on a continuing basis for energy impact grants to
965	964		hub cities.
966	965		2.Within forty days after the fund receives its statutory limit of oil and gas tax allocations
967	966		for a fiscal year under section 57 - 51 - 15 or by August thirty-first of each year,
968	967		whichever is earlier, the state treasurer shall distribute moneys in the fund for grants to
969	968		hub cities as follows:
970		-	a.Seventy and ~~thirteen~~ hundredths percent of the amount under this ~~subsection to~~
971		-	Williston;
972		-	b.~~Nineteen~~ and ~~ninety-four~~ hundredths percent of the amount under this subsection
973		-	to Dickinson; and
974		-	c.~~Nine~~ and ~~ninety-three~~ hundredths percent of the amount under this subsection to
	969	+	a.Seventy-three and eighty-eight hundredths percent of the amount under this
	970	+	subsection to Williston;
	971	+	b.Fifteen and sixty-six hundredths percent of the amount under this subsection to
	972	+	Dickinson; and
	973	+	c.Ten and forty-six hundredths percent of the amount under this subsection to
975	974		Minot.
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1009	1008		3.A hub city shall use the grant funding provided under this section for debt repayments
1010		-	related to debt incurred between July 1, 2012, and December 31, 2024, to address
1011		-	impacts from oil and gas development .
1012		-	4.At least once per interim, each hub city shall provide a report to the budget section
1013		-	regarding the use of the funding received under this section and information on the
1014		-	hub city's outstanding debt, including maturity dates, interest rates, and annual
1015		-	repayment amounts.
	1009	+	related to debt incurred to address impacts from oil and gas development or for other
	1010	+	expenses incurred to address impacts from oil and gas development.
1016	1011		SECTION 3. AMENDMENT. Section 57-51.1-07.5 of the North Dakota Century Code is
1017	1012		amended and reenacted as follows:
1018	1013		57-51.1-07.5. State share of oil and gas taxes - Deposits.
1019	1014		From the revenues designated for deposit in the state general fund under chapters 57-51
1020	1015		and 57-51.1, the state treasurer shall deposit the revenues received each biennium in the
1021	1016		following order:
1022	1017		1.The first two hundred thirty milliontwo hundred fifty million dollars into the state general
1023	1018		fund;
1024	1019		2.The next two hundred fifty million dollars into the social service fund;
1025	1020		3.The next seventy-five million dollars into the budget stabilization fund, but not in an
1026	1021		amount that would bring the balance in the fund to more than the limit in section
1027	1022		54-27.2-01;
1028	1023		4.The next two hundred thirty milliontwo hundred fifty million dollars into the state
1029	1024		general fund;
1030	1025		5.The next ten million dollars into the lignite research fund;
1031	1026		6.The next twenty million dollars into the state disaster relief fund, but not in an amount
1032	1027		that would bring the unobligated balance in the fund to more than twenty million
1033	1028		dollars;
1034		-	7.The next four hundred millionthree hundred ~~ten~~ million dollars into the strategic
	1029	+	7.The next four hundred millionthree hundred twenty million dollars into the strategic
1035	1030		investment and improvements fund;
1036	1031		8.The next sixty-five million dollars to the public employees retirement fund for the main
1037	1032		system plan;
1038	1033		9.The next fifty-nine million seven hundred fifty thousand dollars, or the amount
1039	1034		necessary to provide for twice the amount of the distributions under subsection 2 of
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	1035	+	section 57-51.1-07.7, into the funds designated for infrastructure development in
	1036	+	non-oil-producing counties under sections 57-51.1-07.7 and 57-51.1-07.8 with fifty
	1037	+	percent deposited into the municipal infrastructure fund and fifty percent deposited into
	1038	+	the county and township infrastructure fund;
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1072	1071		Legislative Assembly
1073		-	section 57-51.1-07.7, into the funds designated for infrastructure development in
1074		-	non-oil-producing counties under sections 57-51.1-07.7 and 57-51.1-07.8 with fifty
1075		-	percent deposited into the municipal infrastructure fund and fifty percent deposited into
1076		-	the county and township infrastructure fund;
1077	1072		10.The next one hundred seventy million two hundred fifty thousand dollars or the amount
1078	1073		necessary to provide a total of two hundred thirty million dollars into the funds
1079	1074		designated for infrastructure development in non-oil-producing counties under sections
1080	1075		57-51.1-07.7 and 57-51.1-07.8 with fifty percent deposited into the municipal
1081	1076		infrastructure fund and fifty percent deposited into the county and township
1082	1077		infrastructure fund;
1083	1078		11.The next twenty million dollars into the airport infrastructure fund; and
1084	1079		12.Any additional revenues into the strategic investment and improvements fund.
1085	1080		SECTION 4. EXEMPTION - OIL AND GAS TAX REVENUE ALLOCATIONS - NORTH
1086	1081		DAKOTA OUTDOOR HERITAGE FUND - OIL AND GAS RESEARCH FUND.
1087	1082		1.Notwithstanding the provisions of section 57-51-15 relating to the allocations to the
1088	1083		North Dakota outdoor heritage fund, for the period beginning September 1, 2025, and
1089	1084		ending August 31, 2027, the state treasurer shall allocate eight percent of the oil and
1090	1085		gas gross production tax revenue available under subsection 1 of section 57-51-15 to
1091	1086		the North Dakota outdoor heritage fund, but not in an amount exceeding $7,500,000
1092	1087		per fiscal year.
1093	1088		2.Notwithstanding the provisions of section 57-51.1-07.3 relating to the allocations to the
1094	1089		oil and gas research fund, for the period beginning August 1, 2025, and ending
1095	1090		July 31, 2027, the state treasurer shall allocate two percent of the oil and gas gross
1096	1091		production tax and oil extraction tax revenues, up to $17,500,000, into the oil and gas
1097	1092		research fund before allocating oil and gas tax revenues under sections 57-51.1-07.5,
1098	1093		57-51.1-07.9, and 57-51.1-07.10.
1099	1094		SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. Section 1 of this Act is effective for oil and gas gross
1100	1095		production tax allocations by the state treasurer occurring after August 31, 2025.
1101		-	SECTION 6. EXPIRATION DATE. Section 2 of this Act is effective through June 30, 2029,
1102		-	and after that date is ineffective.
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