HB 1015 Summary

• Appropriates $48.3 billion total ($34.0 billion general fund) to the office of management and budget and multiple state agencies for the 2021-23 biennium, including $4 million to University of North Dakota for space command initiative and $1.6 million to Mayville State University for a natural gas boiler project.

• Distributes $20 million in federal coronavirus capital projects fund to the department of career and technical education for area career center grants ($500,000-$10,000,000 per recipient) and allocates additional federal funds to public instruction ($5.9 million), University of North Dakota ($5 million), Dickinson State University ($4 million), highway patrol ($3 million), and judiciary ($157,600).

• Appropriates $10 million from disaster relief and tax relief funds to non-oil-producing counties for township road maintenance and improvement, with equal allocation per township in the first distribution and proportional allocation based on road miles in subsequent distributions.

• Provides state employee compensation increases averaging 1.5 percent (minimum $100/month) for fiscal year one and 2 percent for fiscal year two, effective July 2021 and July 2022 respectively, based on documented performance.

• Transfers $410 million from strategic investment and improvements fund to general fund and $187.2 million from tax relief fund to human service finance fund; creates clean sustainable energy authority and fund with up to $250 million line of credit from Bank of North Dakota for loans and loan guarantees.