HB 1012 Summary

• Appropriates $2,306,094,393 to the Department of Transportation for the 2023-25 biennium, including $217.7 million for salaries and wages, $332.9 million for operating expenses, and $1.556 billion for capital assets.

• Authorizes $78.5 million in contingent loans from the Bank of North Dakota: $50 million for matching federal funds on US Highway 85 projects and $28.5 million for matching Minnesota state funds for northern Red River valley flood mitigation projects.

• Establishes the state Flexible Transportation Fund with $51 million in funding and allocates at least 25% of motor vehicle excise tax collections to county and township road and bridge projects in non-oil-producing counties.

• Creates the Legacy Earnings Highway Distribution Fund and Legacy Earnings Township Highway Aid Fund to distribute legacy fund earnings, with 60% to the state highway fund, 10% to township highways, 1.5% to public transportation, and 28.5% to cities and counties.

• Designates State Highway 13 from Edgeley to LaMoure as the Trooper Beryl McLane Memorial Highway and directs a legislative study on electric vehicle impacts during the 2023-24 interim.