ND HB1233

Requires budget section approval for emergency commission actions including fund transfers between line items, acceptance of special or federal funds, and transfers from the state contingencies appropriation

Reduces the blackout period when the budget section cannot approve higher education building projects and public improvement expansions from six months to three months before a regular legislative session

Removes the $50 million cumulative cap on federal funds that could be approved per biennium by the emergency commission and budget section, along with related restrictions

Appropriates $70,750,000 for state contingencies for the 2025-2027 biennium ($750,000 general fund, $20 million special funds, $50 million federal funds)

Repeals sections allowing the emergency commission to accept and expend "other funds" and provisions related to Bank of North Dakota emergency spending authority