Senate Bill No. 2072 Summary

• Appropriates $1,276,870,224 from special funds (federal and other income) to the Department of Transportation for the 2017-2019 biennium, including $204.8 million for salaries and wages, $234.4 million for operating expenses, $770.1 million for capital assets, and $67.5 million for grants.

• Reduces full-time equivalent positions from 1,080.50 to 1,054.00 and eliminates one-time funding of $622.9 million that was provided in the previous biennium.

• Authorizes the transportation director to transfer funds between salaries, operating, capital assets, and grants line items when cost-effective for highway construction and maintenance, with notification to the office of management and budget.

• Exempts $503,115,558 in capital assets funding for enhanced state highway investments from spending limitations, allowing unspent funds to carry forward to the 2019-2021 biennium.

• Amends North Dakota Century Code section 24-02-37 to allow the Department of Transportation to repay the federal government for previous expenditures from current appropriations to reobligate federal aid to other projects, and maintains the special road fund structure with 80% of highway fund investment income.