HB 1020 Summary

• Appropriates $234,348,030 in total funding for the 2019-21 biennium to North Dakota State University extension service, research centers, and agricultural institutes, with $105,668,157 from general fund and $128,679,873 from other funds.

• Main research center receives $111,360,566 total funding; branch research centers receive $38,801,414 total; extension service receives $55,487,825 total; upper great plains transportation institute receives $23,292,223 total.

• Authorizes Dickinson research extension center to spend up to $755,000 of mineral royalty revenues for operational expenses during the biennium, with excess revenues reserved for one-time expenditures only.

• Includes $2,190,465 in one-time funding items for 2019-21 including seed cleaning plants ($750,000), extraordinary repairs ($940,465), and greenhouse construction ($500,000), none of which carry forward to 2021-23 base budget.

• Allows unexpended general fund appropriations and excess income to carry forward into 2021-23 biennium; permits transfer of appropriation authority among subdivisions with state board approval.