ND SB2012

Appropriates $2.72 billion from special and federal funds to the North Dakota Department of Transportation for the 2025-2027 biennium, including $1.97 billion for capital assets, $387 million for operating expenses, and $236 million for salaries and wages, with 1,005 full-time equivalent positions authorized.

Transfers $142.5 million from the strategic investment and improvements fund to the flexible transportation fund, plus $287.1 million for highway projects and $150,000 for a passenger rail authority grant from the same source.

Restructures highway tax distribution fund allocations: 60% to state department of transportation, 35% to counties, 3.4% to township highway aid fund, and 1.6% to public transportation fund.

Creates a legacy earnings fund that receives 8% of the five-year average legacy fund balance each odd-numbered year, with distributions going first to debt service payments (up to $102.6 million), then 30% to the highway fund and the remainder to the legacy property tax relief fund.

Modifies motor vehicle excise tax distribution to allocate 50% to the general fund, 25% to the highway tax distribution fund, and 25% to the flexible transportation fund, effective for collections after July 31, 2025.