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ND SCR4014
Concurrent Resolution
Status
4/22/2021
Primary Sponsor
Mike Wobbema
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AI Summary
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Legislative Management directed to study the apportionment of voting rights for tax increases, bond issuances, and improvement district formations to determine if current methods are equitable and appropriate.
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Current law apportions one vote per qualified elector for approving political subdivision levies and bond issuances, but uses different standards for protesting these actions.
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Protest voting for special assessment improvement districts is apportioned as one vote per dollar of proposed assessment against the property owner and one vote per acre of property subject to assessment.
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Bond issuance protest voting is measured by assessed property valuation in certain instances, creating inconsistency with approval voting standards.
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Legislative Management must report findings, recommendations, and any required legislation to the Sixty-eighth Legislative Assembly.
Legislative Description
A concurrent resolution directing the Legislative Management to consider studying the apportionment of voting rights in relation to a voter's ability to approve or protest a tax increase, bond issuance, or the formation of an improvement district and whether the current manner of apportioning voting rights is equitable and appropriate.
Last Action
Filed with Secretary Of State 04/22
4/22/2021