ND SB2138

Appropriates $45,413,469 in total funds to the North Dakota Highway Patrol for the biennium July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2015, with $34,049,144 from the general fund and $11,364,325 from estimated income and special funds.

Allocates funds across three areas: Administration ($3,159,842), Field Operations ($40,651,139), and Law Enforcement Training Academy ($1,602,488), with 198 full-time equivalent positions authorized.

Authorizes transfer of $4,864,762 from the state highway tax distribution fund to defray highway patrol expenses during the 2013-15 biennium.

Provides patrol officers up to $200 per month as payments in lieu of reimbursement for meals and other expenses (except lodging) while traveling within North Dakota or at home stations, payable without requiring receipts.

Requires the highway patrol to report to the appropriations committees of the sixty-fourth legislative assembly on use of one-time funding items, noting that no one-time funding is included for the 2013-15 biennium.