Senate Bill No. 2055 Summary

• Creates a budget section of the legislative management to approve specific state agency actions during legislative interim periods, with membership including majority and minority leaders, the House speaker, and appropriations committee members.

• Establishes evaluation criteria for budget section requests including whether requests are for specific purposes, specific amounts, conform to legislative intent, support state priorities, improve efficiencies, and address emergencies.

• Modifies 18 North Dakota Century Code sections to require agency requests for budget section approval when the legislative assembly is not in session, affecting land purchases, campus improvements, aircraft leasing, and various fund expenditures.

• Allows budget section approval of amounts exceeding $700,000 for higher education campus improvements and building maintenance financed by donations, with required notification to all legislators and opportunity for testimony.

• Repeals section 1 of chapter 67 of the 2013 Session Laws regarding the state board of agricultural research and education's authority to sell real property.