Study Resolutions Considered and Assignments Made by the Legislative Council for the 1997-98 Interim

The following information identifies the subject areas considered by the Legislative Council for study during the 1997-98 interim. The first portion lists the bill and resolution directives approved for study and additional assignments by the Legislative Council. The final portion lists those measures not approved for study. Two studies, called for in Senate Concurrent Resolution Nos.  4014 and 4055, were referred for study to the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations and the Regulatory Reform Review Commission, respectively.

Studies Prioritized

The following identifies the bills and resolutions prioritized by the Legislative Council for study during the 1997-98 interim under authority of North Dakota Century Code Section 54-35-03. The following also identifies statutory and other responsibilities assigned to interim committees and identifies the interim committee assigned the study or responsibility.

1012 § 31 - Study the monitoring of North Dakota's welfare reform implementation efforts to determine the effectiveness of welfare reform ( Welfare Reform Committee)

1012 § 32 - Study basic care rate equalization, including the cost impacts to the state and private pay residents (Budget Committee on Long-Term Care)

1015 § 19 - Study public employee health insurance benefits (Employee Benefits Programs Committee)

1041 § 14 - Study the provision of child support services and child care licensing in this state (Child Support Committee)

1167 § 22 - Study the charitable gaming laws and rules to determine whether the laws and rules regarding taxation, enforcement, limitations, conduct, and play of charitable gaming are adequate and appropriate (Judiciary Committee)

1226 § 82 - Study the implementation of the temporary assistance for needy families program (Welfare Reform Committee)

2004 § 27 - Study emergency medical services (Insurance and Health Care Committee)

2016 § 10 - Study programs to prevent crime and delinquency and reduce incarceration (Criminal Justice Committee)

2019 § 12 - Study economic development functions in this state, including the Bank of North Dakota programs, Technology Transfer, Inc., the North Dakota development fund, the Department of Economic Development and Finance, and other related state agencies (Commerce and Agriculture Committee)

2338 § 4 - Study the financing of elementary and secondary schools and the availability of state support for school construction (Education Finance Committee)

3001 - Study the feasibility and desirability of funding the office of the clerk of district court through the unified judicial system (Judiciary Committee)

3002 - Study the state's investment process as it relates to the state bonding fund and the fire and tornado fund and monitor the performance of all investments of the State Investment Board and the Board of University and School Lands (Budget Committee on Government Finance)

3003 - Monitor the implementation of the projects developed by the Department of Human Services related to the conversion of existing nursing facility or basic care capacity for use by the Alzheimer's and related dementia population and the testing of an expanded case management system for elderly persons and disabled persons (Budget Committee on Long-Term Care)

3004 - Study the means of expanding home and community-based service availability, options for training additional qualified service providers, adequacy of geropsychiatric services, and the feasibility of combining service reimbursement payment sources to allow payments to flow to a broadened array of elderly and disabled services options (Budget Committee on Long-Term Care)

3005 - Study American Indian long-term care needs and access to appropriate services and the functional relationship between state service units and the American Indian reservation service systems (Budget Committee on Long-Term Care)

3006 - Study long-term care financing issues to determine the changes necessary to develop alternative services and the feasibility of a managed care system for long-term care services (Budget Committee on Long-Term Care)

3030 - Study the development of a strategic planning process for the future of public health in this state (Insurance and Health Care Committee)

3031 - Study the issues of fairness and equity as they relate to child support guidelines and the issuance and enforcement of child custody and visitation orders (Child Support Committee)

3032 - Study the responsibilities of county social services as they are distinguished from the responsibilities of regional human service centers and the Department of Human Services when providing services to children and their families and persons with disabilities, including the elderly (Budget Committee on Human Services)

3033 - Study the effects of managed health care on the future viability of the health care delivery system in rural North Dakota (Insurance and Health Care Committee)

3037 - Study the feasibility and desirability of providing property tax relief through alternative state and local revenue sources (Taxation Committee)

3042 - Study the Department of Human Services (including the block grant method of appropriating funds to regional human service centers per HB 1012 § 34) (Budget Committee on Human Services)

3043 - Study the feasibility and desirability of implementing hail suppression programs for the reduction of property damage in urban and rural areas and funding the programs through property and casualty line insurance premium taxes (Insurance and Health Care Committee)

3044 - Study the impact of tax-exempt property on school districts (Taxation Committee)

3045 - Study the current budget process, the results of the program performance- based budgeting pilot projects, and budget reforms in other states - by Legislative Council directive, expanded to include the feasibility of developing a legislative budget (Budget Committee on Government Finance)

3046 - Study the availability of affordable housing for middle income households, for the elderly, and in rural areas of this state (Commerce and Agriculture Committee)

3052 - Study the property tax exemption for charitable organizations (Taxation Committee)

4001 - Monitor mental health and foster care services (Budget Committee on Government Services)

4002 - Study those provisions of North Dakota Century Code Title 15 which relate to elementary and secondary education (Education Services Committee)

4017 - Study legislative employee compensation (Legislative Management Committee)

4019 - Study the adequacy of transportation funding in this state (Budget Committee on Government Finance)

4024 - Study the development of an electronic mail and records management policy for governmental entities (Information Technology Committee)

4025 - Study the effects of sexual abuse on child victims, strategies to assist child victims and the parents of child victims, the use and effectiveness of the mandatory reporting law, effective deterrents, and the need for training of professionals, public awareness initiatives, and training of school personnel in the recognition of victims and in prevention activities (Criminal Justice Committee)

4030 - Study the issues of welfare reform as they relate to the relationship between the state and the federally recognized Indian tribes within the state (Welfare Reform Committee)

4036 - Study the level of and remedies for discrimination in this state (Judiciary Committee)

4041 - Study the establishment of watershed districts to manage water based on watershed boundaries (Garrison Diversion Overview Committee)

4045 - Study state funding of the office of clerk of district court, the issues and problems associated with the continued implementation of court unification, and the effective provision of judicial services to the citizens of this state (Judiciary Committee)

4047 - Study the short-term and long-term impact of federal education legislation and other direct and indirect mandates from whatever sources on the educational goals and fiscal well-being of school districts (Education Finance Committee)

4049 - Study the feasibility and desirability of revising the sections of the North Dakota Century Code which relate to sexual offenses (Criminal Justice Committee)

4050 - Study taxation and regulatory incentives for the lignite industry in order to improve its competitive position in the energy marketplace (Taxation Committee)

4051 - Study the desirability of requiring that a core curriculum be taught from kindergarten through grade 12; and if determined to be desirable, develop a core curriculum or endorse an existing core curriculum for delivery to each school child, regardless of where the child resides; and determine the feasibility and desirability of requiring the state to assume all costs of delivering that core curriculum to each school child (Education Services Committee)

4053 - Study the prevention of and dispositional alternatives to juvenile crime with a focus on services offered to American Indian children (Criminal Justice Committee)

Statutory and Other Responsibilities

4-02.1-18 - Receive annual audit report from State Fair Association (Legislative Audit and Fiscal Review Committee)

4-05.1-19 - Receive report from Agricultural Research Board on its annual evaluation of research activities and expenditures (Commerce and Agriculture Committee)

4-19-01.2 - Approve use of moneys deposited in State Forester reserve account (Budget Section)

10-23-03.2 - Receive annual audit report from corporation receiving ethyl alcohol or methanol production subsidy (Legislative Audit and Fiscal Review Committee)

10-32-156 - Receive annual audit report from any limited liability company that produces agricultural ethanol alcohol or methanol in this state and which receives a production subsidy from the state (Legislative Audit and Fiscal Review Committee)

15-03-04 - Approve any purchase of commercial or residential property by the Board of University and School Lands as sole owner (Budget Section)

15-10-12.1 - Approve any gift of a higher education facility (Budget Section)

15-10-18 - Approve nonresident student tuition fees (Budget Section)

15-22-01.1 - Acknowledge receipt of county plan assigning duties of county superintendent of schools (Education Services Committee)

15-34.1-12.1 - Receive report from Superintendent of Public Instruction regarding the home schooling of children with autism (effective until July 1, 1999) (Education Services Committee)

18-11-15 - Receive notice from a firefighters relief association concerning service benefits paid under a special schedule (Employee Benefits Programs Committee)

20.1-02-05.1 - Approve comprehensive statewide land acquisition plan established by director of the Game and Fish Department and every land acquisition of more than 10 acres or exceeding $10,000 by Game and Fish Department (Budget Section)

25-04-02.2 - Authorize Developmental Center at Westwood Park, Grafton, to provide services under contract with a governmental or nongovernmental person (Budget Section)

25-04-17 - Receive report on writeoff of patients' accounts at Developmental Center at Westwood Park, Grafton (Legislative Audit and Fiscal Review Committee)

25-04-20 - Approve sale, lease, or other management of the property of Westwood Park by the Westwood Park Assets Management Committee (Budget Section)

26.1-45.1-07 - Receive annual report from Commissioner of Insurance on the progress of the partnership for long-term care program (Insurance and Health Care Committee)

26.1-50-05 - Receive annual audited financial statement and report from North Dakota low risk incentive fund (Legislative Audit and Fiscal Review Committee)

28-32-02 - Approve extension of time for administrative agencies to adopt rules (Administrative Rules Committee)

28-32-02 - Establish standard procedures for administrative agency compliance with notice requirements of proposed rulemaking (Administrative Rules Committee)

28-32-02 - Establish procedure to distribute copies of administrative agency filings of notice of proposed rulemaking (Administrative Rules Committee)

28-32-03.3 - Determine whether an administrative rule is void and suspend the rule (Administrative Rules Committee)

28-32-15 - Receive notice of appeal of an administrative agency's rulemaking action (Administrative Rules Committee)

36-01-08.3 - Receive annual report from the State Board of Animal Health (Commerce and Agriculture Committee)

46-02-04 - Determine contents of contracts for printing of legislative bills, resolutions, and journals (Legislative Management Committee)

49-21-22.1 - Review operation and effect of North Dakota telecommunications law (Regulatory Reform Review Commission)

50-06-01.8 - Approve termination of any waiver obtained by the Department of Human Services for the training, education, employment, and management (TEEM) program or the demonstration project to combine the benefits under the aid to families with dependent children, temporary assistance for needy families, fuel assistance, and food stamp programs (Welfare Reform Committee)

50-06-05.1 - Approve termination of federal food stamp or energy assistance program (Budget Section)

50-06.3-08 - Receive annual report from the Department of Human Services on writeoff of recipients' or patients' accounts (Legislative Audit and Fiscal Review Committee)

50-09-29 - Approve revised administration of the temporary assistance for needy families program by the Department of Human Services (Welfare Reform Committee)

52-02-17 - Receive report from Job Service North Dakota on condition of job insurance trust fund if balance is projected to go below $40,000,000 (Budget Section)

52-02-18 - Receive report of biennial performance audit of the divisions of Job Service North Dakota (Legislative Audit and Fiscal Review Committee)

54-03-26 - Determine the fee payable by legislators for use of personal computers (Legislative Management Committee)

54-06-26 - Establish guidelines defining reasonable and appropriate use of state telephones by legislative branch personnel (Legislative Management Committee)

54-10-01 - Determine frequency of audits of state agencies (Legislative Audit and Fiscal Review Committee)

54-10-01 - Determine necessary performance audits by State Auditor (Legislative Audit and Fiscal Review Committee)

54-10-13 - Determine when State Auditor is to perform audits of political subdivisions (Legislative Audit and Fiscal Review Committee)

54-10-15 - Order the State Auditor to audit or review the accounts of any political subdivision (Legislative Audit and Fiscal Review Committee)

54-14-03.1 - Receive reports on fiscal irregularities (Budget Section)

54-16-04 - Approve transfers of money or spending authority which would eliminate or make impossible accomplishment of a program or objective funded by the Legislative Assembly (Budget Section)

54-16-04 - Approve transfers exceeding $50,000 from one fund or line item to another unless necessary to comply with court order or to avoid imminent threat to safety or imminent financial loss to the state (Budget Section)

54-16-04.1 - Approve Emergency Commission authorization of any state officer to spend federal moneys not appropriated by the Legislative Assembly (Budget Section)

54-16-04.2 - Approve Emergency Commission authorization of a state officer to receive moneys from any source for new or existing programs (Budget Section)

54-27-22 - Approve use of capital improvements planning revolving fund (Budget Section)

54-27-23 - Approve use of cash flow financing (Budget Section)

54-27.2-03 - Receive report on transfers of funds from the budget stabilization fund to the state general fund to offset projected decrease in general fund revenues (Budget Section)

54-34.3-04 - Receive annual reports from the Department of Economic Development and Finance on loan performance and performance of the department (Commerce and Agriculture Committee)

54-35-02 - Review uniform laws recommended by Commission on Uniform State Laws (Judiciary Committee)

54-35-02 - Establish guidelines for use of legislative chambers and displays in Memorial Hall (Legislative Management Committee)

54-35-02 - Determine access to legislative information services and impose fees for providing legislative information services and copies of legislative documents (Legislative Management Committee)

54-35-02.2 - Study and review audit reports submitted by the State Auditor (Legislative Audit and Fiscal Review Committee  )

54-35-02.4 - Review legislative measures and proposals affecting public employees retirement programs and health and retiree health plans (Employee Benefits Programs Committee)

54-35-02.6 - Study and review administrative rules and related statutes (Administrative Rules Committee)

54-35-02.7 - Overview of the Garrison Diversion Project and related matters (Garrison Diversion Overview Committee)

54-35-02.8 - As the Legislative Ethics Committee--Consider or prepare a legislative code of ethics (Legislative Management Committee)

54-35-11 - Make arrangements for 1999 session (Legislative Management Committee)

54-35-15 - Study emerging technology and evaluate its impact on the state's system of information technology (Information Technology Committee)

54-35-18, 54-35-18.2 - Study the impact of competition on the generation, transmission, and distribution of electric energy within this state (Electric Utilities Committee)

54-35.2-02 - Study local government structure, fiscal and other powers and functions of local governments, relationships between and among local governments and the state or any other government, allocation of state and local resources, and interstate issues involving local governments (Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations)

54-35.2-02.1 - Administer grants to political subdivisions for projects to improve efficiency of local governments (Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations)

54-35.2-02.1 - Receive annual report from the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations on planning grants administered by the commission (Budget Section)

54-40-01 - Approve any agreement between a North Dakota state entity and South Dakota to form a bistate authority (Budget Committee on Government Services)

54-44.1-07 - Prescribe form of budget information prepared by the director of the budget (Budget Section)

54-44.1-12.1 - Object to any allotment by the director of the budget, any expenditure of a budget unit, or any failure to make an allotment or expenditure if the action or failure to act is contrary to legislative intent (Budget Section)

54-44.1-13.1 - Approve reduction of budgets due to initiative or referendum action (Budget Section)

54-44.2-02 - Receive annual report from Information Services Division regarding the coordination of information technology services with political subdivisions (Information Technology Committee)

54-44.2-11 - Receive reports from director of Information Services Division and the Commissioner of the Board of Higher Education regarding areas for coordinated information technology systems (Information Technology Committee)

54-44.2-12 - Receive report from Information Services Division with respect to state entity noncompliance with statewide information technology policies and standards (Legislative Audit and Fiscal Review Committee)

54-52.1-08.2 - Approve terminology adopted by Public Employees Retirement Board to comply with federal requirements (Employee Benefits Programs Committee)

54-56-03 - Approve grants, not otherwise specifically approved by the Legislative Assembly, distributed by the Children's Services Coordinating Committee to children's services organizations and programs (Budget Section)

65-02-03.3 - Receive annual report from director of the Workers Compensation Bureau and the chairman of the Workers Compensation Board of Directors (Legislative Audit and Fiscal Review Committee)

65-02-08 - Approve fee schedules for medical and hospital services proposed for adoption by the Workers Compensation Bureau (Administrative Rules Committee)

65-02-13.1 - Receive annual report from the Workers Compensation Bureau regarding any reinsurance contract by the bureau (Budget Section)

65-02-29 - Receive report from director of the Workers Compensation Bureau and the auditor regarding the biennial performance audit of the Workers Compensation Bureau (Legislative Audit and Fiscal Review Committee)

65-02-30 - Receive report from director of the Workers Compensation Bureau, chairman of the Workers Compensation Bureau Board of Directors, and the auditor regarding the biennial performance audit of the Workers Compensation Bureau (Legislative Audit and Fiscal Review Committee)

65-06.2-09 - Receive report from Workers Compensation Bureau regarding its safety audit of Roughrider Industries work programs and its performance audit of the modified workers' compensation coverage program (effective until July  1, 2003) (Commerce and Agriculture Committee)

65-08.1-02 - Authorize establishment of casualty insurance organization to provide extraterritorial workers' compensation insurance (Budget Section)

1989 Session Laws Citation

Chapter 25 - Administer legislative wing and Capitol Grounds improvements appropriation (Legislative Management Committee)

1997 Session Laws Citation

Chapter 4 § 4 - Approve various line item transfers by the State Auditor (Budget Section)

Chapter 10 § 8 - Receive a report from the Insurance Commissioner regarding actions taken to stabilize the distribution of insurance payments to fire districts (Budget Section)

Chapter 12 § 7 - Receive report from human service centers, the State Hospital, and the Developmental Center on the hiring of any additional full-time equivalent positions in addition to those authorized by the Legislative Assembly (Budget Section; Budget Committee on Government Services)

Chapter 12 § 9 - Approve expenditure of the welfare reform contingency (Budget Section)

Chapter 12 § 19 - Approve expenditures by the Department of Human Services exceeding authorized costs for certain computer development projects (Budget Section)

Chapter 12 § 19 - Approve waiver of certain requirements of the Department of Human Services in its reforming and enhancing services for the people of North Dakota (RESPOND) and TEEM projects (Budget Section)

Chapter 12 § 19 - Receive periodic reports from the Department of Human Services on the status of the development of the RESPOND computer system (Budget Section)

Chapter 12 § 25 - Receive report from the Department of Human Services concerning federal waivers to develop a pilot project for low-income parents providing services to developmentally disabled adult children (Budget Section)

Chapter 12 § 28 - Receive report from the Department of Human Services regarding human service center, State Hospital, and Developmental Center block grant accountability (Budget Section)

Chapter 12 § 29 - Approve establishment of a traumatic brain injury program by the Developmental Center (Budget Section)

Chapter 12 § 30 - Receive periodic reports from the Department of Human Services regarding the welfare fraud detection programs (Budget Section)

Chapter 12 § 31 - Receive periodic reports from the Department of Human Services regarding the evaluation of welfare reform (Welfare Reform Committee)

Chapter 13 § 9 - Receive report from the Superintendent of Public Instruction regarding any transfer of positions to the Division of Independent Study from other divisions of the Department of Public Instruction (Budget Section)

Chapter 13 § 10 - Receive report from Leadership in Education Consortium on training programs for teachers and education administrators developed in cooperation with the teacher learning centers (Education Services Committee)

Chapter 15 § 3 - Approve expenditure exceeding $50,000 of income in excess of estimated income appropriated to the Office of Management and Budget (Budget Section)

Chapter 15 § 4 - Approve various line item transfers by the director of the Office of Management and Budget (Budget Section)

Chapter 15 § 13 - Approve any state agency termination, reprioritization, or start of a program for which federal funding has been terminated, reduced, or started (Budget Section)

Chapter 15 § 17 - Receive report from the Office of Management and Budget concerning state employee compensation issues (Budget Committee on Government Services)

Chapter 15 § 18 - Receive report from the Office of Management and Budget and the Public Employees Retirement System concerning pension portability (Employee Benefits Programs Committee)

Chapter 15 § 26 - Approve college or university expenditure of more than $50,000 from internal service funds except for mandatory transfers for servicing related debt and routine operating expenditures associated with the funds (Budget Section)

Chapter 22 § 4 - Receive a report from the State Historical Board on its evaluation of the services, programs, and administrative structure of the State Historical Society (Budget Section)

Chapter 23 § 6 - Approve certain line item transfers by the Parks and Recreation Department (Budget Section)

Chapter 26 § 3 - Receive report from the Workers Compensation Bureau regarding the expenditure of the $350,000 provided for critical salary adjustments (Budget Section)

Chapter 32 § 11 - Receive report from any higher education institution that spends local funds in excess of the local funds appropriated to the institution (Budget Section)

Chapter 32 § 16 - Receive periodic reports from the Board of Higher Education regarding the board's allocations for salaries and wages and technology (Budget Section)

Chapter 32 § 17 - Receive periodic reports from the State Board for Vocational and Technical Education on its progress in coordinating statewide access to work force training programs (Commerce and Agriculture Committee; Education Services Committee)

Chapter 36 § 3 - Receive periodic reports from the commandant of the Veterans' Home regarding development of a corrective plan of action to improve the home's management, budget, and accounting functions (Budget Section)

Chapter 40 § 4 - Approve certain line item transfers by the Highway Patrol (Budget Section)

Chapter 41 § 2 - Approve certain line item transfers by the director of the Department of Transportation (Budget Section)

Chapter 41 § 4 - Receive a report from the Department of Transportation regarding its evaluation of continued use of its 1978 Cessna airplane (Budget Section)

Chapter 42 § 4 - Approve certain line item transfers by the Commissioner of the Board of University and School Lands (Budget Section)

Chapter 43 § 2 - Approve statewide grants, in addition to grants specifically approved by the Legislative Assembly, for services to children with serious emotional disorders (Budget Section)

Chapter 43 § 6 - Receive a report from the Children's Services Coordinating Committee regarding its plan to reduce the administrative costs of the regional and tribal children's services coordinating committees (Budget Section)

Chapter 45 § 2 - Approve transfers of appropriation authority by the director of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (Budget Section)

Chapter 45 § 3 - Approve certain line item transfers by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (Budget Section)

Chapter 48 § 4 - Receive statement from any ethanol plant receiving production incentives from the state regarding whether the plant produced a profit from its operation in the preceding fiscal year (Budget Section)

Chapter 49 § 7 - Receive periodic reports from the State Board for Vocational and Technical Education on its progress in coordinating statewide access to work force training programs (Commerce and Agriculture Committee; Education Services Committee)

Chapter 50 § 6 - Receive periodic reports from the vice president of agricultural affairs at North Dakota State University regarding salary and wage allocations (Budget Section)

Chapter 56 § 1 - Receive report from Agricultural Experiment Station on its study of feasibility and desirability of industrial hemp production in this state (Commerce and Agriculture Committee)

Chapter 511 § 1 - Receive notice from the State Water Commission if conditions are met for the commission to issue bonds to finance an outlet from Devils Lake and the state water development program (Budget Section)

Chapter 527 § 7 - Receive report from Workers Compensation Bureau regarding its study of its wage-loss benefits structure (Commerce and Agriculture Committee)

Chapter 582 - Hold legislative hearings required to receive block grants or other federal moneys (Budget Section)

Legislative Council Assignments

The following table identifies additional assignments by the Legislative Council or the Legislative Council chairman to interim committees.

Study Measures Not Prioritized

The following lists the study directives not prioritized by the Legislative Council for study during the 1997-98 interim under authority of North Dakota Century Code Section 54-35-03. The subject matter of many of these measures is the same or similar to the subject matter of studies that were given priority or of study assignments by the Legislative Council.

1015 § 20 - Study the utilization of telemedicine in this and other states, and the desirability of adopting any amendments to the professional licensing laws and other laws which will facilitate the development of telemedicine while preserving the quality of health care

1024 § 2 - Study the coordination of efforts of the Department of Tourism, Department of Parks and Recreation, Department of Economic Development and Finance, State Historical Society, and Council on the Arts to maximize their effectiveness by providing unified services to enhance the state's public image

2064 § 15 - Study the feasibility and desirability of including the Extension Service and research centers appropriations in the same appropriations bill as other entities of the University System

2064 § 16 - Study alternative methods of governing and delivering soil conservation services in the state

3008 - Study the emergency medical services system to ensure the continued viability of this state's rural emergency medical services

3020 - Study airline service in this state

3028 - Study the feasibility and desirability of establishing a state department of commerce

3034 - Study the impact of divorce on children and issues of equity and fairness as they relate to custody determinations, visitation orders, and child support obligations

3035 - Study the criteria and the manner in which the criteria is applied by the Education Standards and Practices Board in certifying teachers, in approving teacher preparation programs, and in developing a professional code of ethics, conduct, and performance

3038 - Study assessment and taxation of mobile homes, park model trailers, recreational vehicles, and similar housing alternatives

3039 - Study the relationship between state general fund revenue gains from economic growth and losses from providing income tax incentives for investment in value-added agricultural processing

3040 - Study the truancy laws of this state and whether there are sufficient options and alternatives available to schools and school districts that have high incidences of truancy

3047 - Study the current standards for the accreditation of elementary and secondary schools in this state, the method by which accreditation standards are adopted, the fiscal impact of accreditation standards, and the feasibility and desirability of waiving standards if student performance levels exceed a designated score

3049 - Study additional improvements to the legislative process that ensure an accessible, productive citizen legislature

4004 - Study methods through which North Dakota and South Dakota can collaborate to deliver government services more efficiently

4014 - Study the feasibility and desirability of restructuring county government (referred for study to the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations)

4020 - Study and develop a long-term plan for the investigatory and penological support mechanisms of the criminal justice system (including a review of placing the State Crime Laboratory with the Attorney General per SB 2004 § 29)

4021 - Study participation in the Teachers' Fund for Retirement by retired persons who have resumed teaching

4023 - Study the process of privatization and contracting for public sector services

4026 - Study the feasibility and desirability of establishing a statewide domestic violence task force to address domestic violence prevention issues and adopt a statewide domestic violence prevention strategy

4037 - Study the feasibility and desirability of licensing high pressure boiler operators, including which state agency would manage a state licensing process, the fees necessary to fund a licensing program, whether adequate training opportunities exist to support licensing, and whether any other state has a boiler licensing program with which this state could join

4038 - Study the effectiveness of methods to improve advocacy programs administered by the Department of Human Services and the feasibility and desirability of merging those advocacy programs, including the vulnerable adult protective services program, into the protection and advocacy program (including the feasibility and potential savings of sharing office space with other state agencies per HB 1014 § 2)

4040 - Study the feasibility and desirability of implementing a prepaid college tuition program

4042 - Study the use of abuse, neglect, and exploitation in the North Dakota Century Code

4043 - Study the issue of insurance brokers acting as consultants and the public policy of prohibiting insurance consultants from collecting commissions, consulting fees, and policy fees

4044 - Study ways of improving the filing of agricultural liens so losses resulting from incomplete or inaccurate information can be reduced

4046 - Study the role of the State Board for Vocational and Technical Education in work force training and retraining to determine whether the current organizational structure of the board is adequate to ensure continued leadership in readying the state's citizens for a globally competitive marketplace, and to determine the adequacy of funding for the board and for vocational and technical education in this state

4048 - Study the interrelationship of the postjudgment issues of child support and visitation, including the accountability of both parents to honor divorce orders and the development of a parenting education program that addresses the impact of divorce on children

4052 - Study occupational and professional licensing entities with an emphasis on methods to privatize licensing entities

4054 - Study whether the Department of Human Services should reimburse qualified service providers who provide assistive technology devices and services to individuals with disabilities

4055 - Study the potential for expansion of extended area telecommunications service (referred for study to the Regulatory Reform Review Commission)