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ND HB1033
Bill
Status
4/30/2013
Primary Sponsor
Legislative Management
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AI Summary
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State agencies must obtain specific authorization from the legislative assembly or budget section before purchasing or leasing aircraft, with exemptions for the office of the adjutant general and University of North Dakota school of aviation.
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Department of Transportation shall provide air transportation services to other state agencies upon request, with user charges unless waived, and must prioritize requests from the attorney general's office for law enforcement purposes.
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Department of Transportation must dispose of a 1977 Piper Cheyenne airplane and 1975 Cessna Skymaster airplane by sale or trade, with sale proceeds deposited in the general fund, and may not use appropriated funds to maintain or operate these aircraft after June 30, 2014.
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North Dakota State University is directed to discontinue its KingAir B200 airplane lease by June 30, 2017, and report to the appropriations committees of the 64th legislative assembly regarding the lease status and efforts to utilize alternative air transportation services.
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Department of Transportation receives $4,500,000 appropriation for the biennium July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2015 to purchase replacement airplanes, with budget section approval required for expenditures exceeding $4,000,000, and must establish an airplane replacement advisory committee.
Legislative Description
(Government Services Committee) AN ACT to require authorization of the purchase or lease of aircraft; to provide for the use of department of transportation airplanes; to provide for the disposition of airplanes; to provide legislative intent; to provide for budget section approval; to provide for a report to the sixty-fourth legislative assembly; and to provide an appropriation.
Last Action
Signed by Governor 04/29
4/30/2013