HB 1024 Summary

• Appropriates $17,668,500 from the strategic investment and improvements fund to various state departments through June 30, 2017, including $8,100,000 for property tax relief credits, $9,000,000 for medical assistance grants, and amounts for health, legal counsel, and disaster costs.

• Appropriates $9,213,724 from adjutant general loan proceeds through June 30, 2019, for law enforcement expenses related to Dakota Access Pipeline protests, distributed across multiple agencies including the judicial branch ($1,500,000), Highway Patrol ($3,234,000), and Department of Transportation ($709,000).

• Authorizes the adjutant general to borrow $10,000,000 from the Bank of North Dakota for law enforcement costs incurred after June 30, 2015, related to unlawful activity associated with the Dakota Access Pipeline construction.

• Provides a contingent appropriation of $15,872,000 to the attorney general from the strategic investment and improvements fund for court-ordered payments or settlement agreements related to PW Enterprises, Inc. v. State of North Dakota through June 30, 2019.

• Transfers $155,000,000 from the strategic investment and improvements fund to the general fund during the 2015-17 biennium and amends banking law to allow up to $100,000,000 in Bank of North Dakota transfers to the state general fund if needed to maintain a positive balance.