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North Dakota Senate Bill SB2340

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1-Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly of North Dakota
2-In Regular Session Commencing Tuesday, January 7, 2025
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2+Sixty-ninth
3+Legislative Assembly
4+of North Dakota
5+Introduced by
6+Senators Kessel, Bekkedahl, Hogue, Patten
7+Representative Porter
8+A BILL for an Act to provide for a legislative management study to evaluate the evolving fire
9+service operational and response needs of the state.
10+BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:
11+SECTION 1. LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT STUDY - FIRE SERVICE REGIONAL
12+RESPONSE MODEL.
13+1.During the 2025-26 interim, the legislative management shall study the evolving fire
14+service operational and response needs of the state. The study must include an
15+examination of the:
16+a.Coordination of efforts of existing state resources for improved fire emergency
17+service organization, distribution, mobilization, training, and oversight.
18+b.Creation of fire service regional response teams.
19+c.Establishment of authority for response, standardized training, wildland-urban
20+interface fire prevention codes, emergency response operational initiatives and
21+responsibilities.
22+d.Evaluation of existing staffing abilities to cross-train, provide further services,
23+provide backfill during extended or complex emergencies, minimum training
24+requirements, staff firefighting authorities, firefighting benefits, necessary
25+equipment, and structural needs.
26+e.Identification and implementation of a restructure of fiscal support for state and
27+local fire service in North Dakota, reducing the dependency on local property tax.
28+f.A review of changes necessary to state laws and administrative rules to
29+implement a unified model.
30+2.The study must include consultation with state fire marshal, the North Dakota
31+firefighter's association, the North Dakota forest service, the department of emergency
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333 SENATE BILL NO. 2340
4-(Senators Kessel, Bekkedahl, Hogue, Patten)
5-(Representative Porter)
6-AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study to evaluate the evolving fire service operational
7-and response needs of the state.
8-BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:
9-SECTION 1. LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT STUDY - FIRE SERVICE REGIONAL RESPONSE
10-MODEL.
11-1.During the 2025-26 interim, the legislative management shall study the evolving fire service
12-operational and response needs of the state. The study must include an examination of the:
13-a.Coordination of efforts of existing state resources for improved fire emergency service
14-organization, distribution, mobilization, training, and oversight.
15-b.Creation of fire service regional response teams.
16-c.Establishment of authority for response, standardized training, wildland-urban interface
17-fire prevention codes, emergency response operational initiatives and responsibilities.
18-d.Evaluation of existing staffing abilities to cross-train, provide further services, provide
19-backfill during extended or complex emergencies, minimum training requirements, staff
20-firefighting authorities, firefighting benefits, necessary equipment, and structural needs.
21-e.Identification and implementation of a restructure of fiscal support for state and local fire
22-service in North Dakota, reducing the dependency on local property tax.
23-f.A review of changes necessary to state laws and administrative rules to implement a
24-unified model.
25-2.The study must include consultation with state fire marshal, the North Dakota firefighter's
26-association, the North Dakota forest service, the department of emergency services, the North
27-Dakota fire chief's association, the department of career and technical education, and other
28-stakeholders. The legislative management may contract with a consultant to carry out this
29-study. The legislative management shall report the findings and recommendations, together
30-with any legislation required to implement the recommendations, to the seventieth legislative
31-assembly. S. B. NO. 2340 - PAGE 2
32-____________________________ ____________________________
33-President of the Senate Speaker of the House
34-____________________________ ____________________________
35-Secretary of the Senate Chief Clerk of the House
36-This certifies that the within bill originated in the Senate of the Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly of North
37-Dakota and is known on the records of that body as Senate Bill No. 2340.
38-Senate Vote:Yeas 46 Nays 0 Absent 1
39-House Vote: Yeas 90 Nays 1 Absent 3
40-____________________________
41-Secretary of the Senate
42-Received by the Governor at ________M. on _____________________________________, 2025.
43-Approved at ________M. on __________________________________________________, 2025.
44-____________________________
45-Governor
46-Filed in this office this ___________day of _______________________________________, 2025,
47-at ________ o’clock ________M.
48-____________________________
49-Secretary of State
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60+services, the North Dakota fire chief's association, the department of career and
61+technical education, and other stakeholders. The legislative management may
62+contract with a consultant to carry out this study. The legislative management shall
63+report the findings and recommendations, together with any legislation required to
64+implement the recommendations, to the seventieth legislative assembly.
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