Assigned Studies and Responsibilities
(1997-1998 Interim)
Administrative Rules
Approve extension of time for administrative agencies to adopt rules (NDCC § 28-32-02)
Establish standard procedures for administrative agency compliance with notice requirements of proposed rulemaking (NDCC § 28-32-02)
Establish procedure to distribute copies of administrative agency filings of notice of proposed rulemaking (NDCC § 28-32-02)
Determine whether an administrative rule is void and suspend the rule (NDCC § 28-32-03.3)
Receive notice of appeal of an administrative agency's rulemaking action (NDCC § 28-32-15)
Study and review administrative rules and related statutes (NDCC § 54-35-02.6)
Approve fee schedules for medical and hospital services proposed for adoption by the Workers Compensation Bureau (NDCC § 65-02-08)
Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations
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 (NDCC § 54-35.2-02)
Administer grants to political subdivisions for projects to improve efficiency of local governments (NDCC § 54-35.2-02.1)
Study the feasibility and desirability of restructuring county government as described by SCR 4014 - Legislative Council request
Budget Section
Approve use of moneys deposited in State Forester reserve account (NDCC § 4-19-01.2)
Approve any purchase of commercial or residential property by the Board of University and School Lands as sole owner (NDCC § 15-03-04)
Approve any gift of a higher education facility (NDCC § 15-10-12.1)
Approve nonresident student tuition fees (NDCC § 15-10-18)
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 (NDCC § 20.1-02-05.1)
Authorize Developmental Center at Westwood Park, Grafton, to provide services under contract with a governmental or nongovernmental person (NDCC § 25-04-02.2)
Approve sale, lease, or other management of the property of Westwood Park by the Westwood Park Assets Management Committee (NDCC § 25-04-20)
Approve termination of federal food stamp or energy assistance program (NDCC § 50-06-05.1)
Receive report from Job Service North Dakota on condition of job insurance trust fund if balance is projected to go below $40,000,000 (NDCC § 52-02-17)
Receive reports on fiscal irregularities (NDCC § 54-14-03.1)
Approve transfers of money or spending authority which would eliminate or make impossible accomplishment of a program or objective funded by the Legislative Assembly (NDCC § 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 (NDCC § 54-16-04)
Approve Emergency Commission authorization of any state officer to spend federal moneys not appropriated by the Legislative Assembly (NDCC § 54-16-04.1)
Approve Emergency Commission authorization of a state officer to receive moneys from any source for new or existing programs (NDCC § 54-16-04.2)
Approve use of capital improvements planning revolving fund (NDCC § 54-27-22)
Approve use of cash flow financing (NDCC § 54-27-23)
Receive report on transfers of funds from the budget stabilization fund to the state general fund to offset projected decrease in general fund revenues (NDCC § 54-27.2-03)
Receive annual report from the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations on planning grants administered by the commission (NDCC § 54-35.2-02.1)
Prescribe form of budget information prepared by the director of the budget (NDCC § 54-44.1-07)
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 (NDCC § 54-44.1-12.1)
Approve reduction of budgets due to initiative or referendum action (NDCC § 54-44.1-13.1)
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 (NDCC § 54-56-03)
Receive annual report from the Workers Compensation Bureau regarding any reinsurance contract by the bureau (NDCC § 65-02-13.1)
Authorize establishment of casualty insurance organization to provide extraterritorial workers' compensation insurance (NDCC § 65-08.1-02)
Hold legislative hearings required to receive block grants or other federal moneys (1997 S.L., ch. 582)
Approve various line item transfers by the State Auditor (1997 S.L., ch. 4, § 4)
Approve expenditure of the welfare reform contingency (1997 S.L., ch. 12, § 9)
Approve expenditures by the Department of Human Services exceeding authorized costs for certain computer development projects (1997 S.L., ch. 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 (1997 S.L., ch. 12, § 19)
Approve establishment of a traumatic brain injury program by the Developmental Center (1997 S.L., ch. 12, § 29)
Approve expenditure exceeding $50,000 of income in excess of estimated income appropriated to the Office of Management and Budget (1997 S.L., ch. 15, § 3)
Approve various line item transfers by the director of the Office of Management and Budget (1997 S.L., ch. 15, § 4)
Approve any state agency termination, reprioritization, or start of a program for which federal funding has been terminated, reduced, or started (1997 S.L., ch. 15, § 13)
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 (1997 S.L., ch. 15, § 26)
Approve certain line item transfers by the Parks and Recreation Department (1997 S.L., ch. 23, § 6)
Approve certain line item transfers by the Highway Patrol (1997 S.L., ch. 40, § 4)
Approve certain line item transfers by the director of the Department of Transportation (1997 S.L., ch. 41, § 2)
Approve certain line item transfers by the Commissioner of the Board of University and School Lands (1997 S.L., ch. 42, § 4)
Approve statewide grants, in addition to grants specifically approved by the Legislative Assembly, for services to children with serious emotional disorders (1997 S.L., ch. 43, § 2)
Approve transfers of appropriation authority by the director of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (1997 S.L., ch. 45, § 2)
Approve certain line item transfers by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (1997 S.L., ch. 45, § 3)
Receive a report from the Insurance Commissioner regarding actions taken to stabilize the distribution of insurance payments to fire districts (1997 S.L., ch. 10, § 8)
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 (1997 S.L., ch. 12, § 7)
Receive periodic reports from the Department of Human Services on the status of the development of the RESPOND computer system (1997 S.L., ch. 12, § 19)
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 (1997 S.L., ch. 12, § 25)
Receive report from the Department of Human Services regarding human service center, State Hospital, and Developmental Center block grant accountability (1997 S.L., ch. 12, § 28)
Receive periodic reports from the Department of Human Services regarding the welfare fraud detection programs (1997 S.L., ch. 12, § 30)
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 (1997 S.L., ch. 13, § 9)
Receive a report from the State Historical Board on its evaluation of the services, programs, and administrative structure of the State Historical Society (1997 S.L., ch. 22, § 4)
Receive report from the Workers Compensation Bureau regarding the expenditure of the $350,000 provided for critical salary adjustments (1997 S.L., ch. 26, § 3)
Receive report from any higher education institution that spends local funds in excess of the local funds appropriated to the institution (1997 S.L., ch. 32, § 11)
Receive periodic reports from the Board of Higher Education regarding the board's allocations for salaries and wages and technology (1997 S.L., ch. 32, § 16)
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 (1997 S.L., ch. 36, § 3)
Receive a report from the Department of Transportation regarding its evaluation of continued use of its 1978 Cessna airplane (1997 S.L., ch. 41, § 4)
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 (1997 S.L., ch. 43, § 6)
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 (1997 S.L., ch. 48, § 4)
Receive periodic reports from the vice president of agricultural affairs at North Dakota State University regarding salary and wage allocations (1997 S.L., ch. 50, § 6)
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 (1997 S.L., ch. 511, § 1)
Review and report on budget data prepared by the director of the budget
Budget Committee on Government Finance
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 (HCR 3002)
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 (HCR 3045)
Study the adequacy of transportation funding in this state (SCR 4019)
Monitor status of state agency and institution appropriations
Budget Committee on Government Services
Monitor mental health and foster care services (SCR 4001)
Approve any agreement between a North Dakota state entity and South Dakota to form a bistate authority (NDCC § 54-40-01)
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 (1997 S.L., ch. 12, § 7)
Receive report from the Office of Management and Budget concerning state employee compensation issues (1997 S.L., ch. 15, § 17)
Budget Committee on Human Services
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 (HCR 3032)
Study the Department of Human Services (including the block grant method of appropriating funds to regional human service centers per HB 1012 § 34) (HCR 3042)
Budget Committee on Long-Term Care
Study basic care rate equalization, including the cost impacts to the state and private pay residents (1997 S.L., ch. 12, § 32)
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 (HCR 3003)
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 (HCR 3004)
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 (HCR 3005)
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 (HCR 3006)
Child Support Committee
Study the provision of child support services and child care licensing in this state (1997 S.L., ch. 403, § 14)
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 (HCR 3031)
Commerce and Agriculture Committee
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 (1997 S.L., ch. 48, § 12)
Study the availability of affordable housing for middle income households, for the elderly, and in rural areas of this state - by Legislative Council directive, expanded to include all income levels (HCR 3046)
Review current laws and rules on animal confinement feeding operations in this state - Legislative Council chairman directive
Receive report from Agricultural Research Board on its annual evaluation of research activities and expenditures (NDCC § 4-05.1-19)
Receive annual report from the State Board of Animal Health (NDCC § 36-01-08.3)
Receive annual reports from the Department of Economic Development and Finance on loan performance and performance of the department (NDCC § 54-34.3-04)
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 (NDCC § 65-06.2-09, effective until July 1, 2003)
Receive periodic reports from the State Board for Vocational and Technical Education on its progress in coordinating statewide access to work force training programs (1997 S.L., ch. 32, § 17; ch. 49, § 7)
Receive report from Agricultural Experiment Station on its study of feasibility and desirability of industrial hemp production in this state (1997 S.L., ch. 56, § 1)
Receive report from Workers Compensation Bureau regarding its study of its wage-loss benefits structure (1997 S.L., ch. 527, § 7)
Receive reports from Job Service North Dakota relating to any administrative changes, statutory changes, and changes in the unemployment insurance tax structure that may be proposed by Job Service for consideration by the 1999 Legislative Assembly - Legislative Council chairman directive
Criminal Justice Committee
Study programs to prevent crime and delinquency and reduce incarceration (1997 S.L., ch. 45, § 10)
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 (SCR 4025)
Study the feasibility and desirability of revising the sections of the North Dakota Century Code which relate to sexual offenses (SCR 4049)
Study the prevention of and dispositional alternatives to juvenile crime with a focus on services offered to American Indian children (SCR 4053)
Education Finance Committee
Study the financing of elementary and secondary schools and the availability of state support for school construction (1997 S.L., ch. 174, § 4)
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 (SCR 4047)
Education Services Committee
Study those provisions of North Dakota Century Code Title 15 which relate to elementary and secondary education (SCR 4002)
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 (SCR 4051)
Acknowledge receipt of county plan assigning duties of county superintendent of schools (NDCC § 15-22-01.1)
Receive report from Superintendent of Public Instruction regarding the home schooling of children with autism (NDCC § 15-34.1-12.1, effective until July 1, 1999)
Receive report from Leadership in Education Consortium on training programs for teachers and education administrators developed in cooperation with the teacher learning centers (1997 S.L., ch. 13, § 10)
Receive periodic reports from the State Board for Vocational and Technical Education on its progress in coordinating statewide access to work force training programs (1997 S.L., ch. 32, § 17; ch. 49, § 7)
Electric Utilities Committee
Study the impact of competition on the generation, transmission, and distribution of electric energy within this state (NDCC §§ 54-35-18, 54-35-18.2)
Employee Benefits Programs Committee
Study public employee health insurance benefits (1997 S.L., ch. 15, § 19)
Receive notice from a firefighters relief association concerning service benefits paid under a special schedule (NDCC § 18-11-15)
Review legislative measures and proposals affecting public employees retirement programs and health and retiree health plans (NDCC § 54-35-02.4)
Approve terminology adopted by Public Employees Retirement Board to comply with federal requirements (NDCC § 54-52.1-08.2)
Receive report from the Office of Management and Budget and the Public Employees Retirement System concerning pension portability (1997 S.L., ch. 15, § 18)
Garrison Diversion Overview Committee
Study the establishment of watershed districts to manage water based on watershed boundaries (SCR 4041)
Overview of the Garrison Diversion Project and related matters (NDCC § 54-35-02.7)
Information Technology Committee
Study the development of an electronic mail and records management policy for governmental entities (SCR 4024)
Study emerging technology and evaluate its impact on the state's system of information technology (NDCC § 54-35-15)
Receive annual report from Information Services Division regarding the coordination of information technology services with political subdivisions (NDCC § 54-44.2-02)
Receive reports from director of Information Services Division and the Commissioner of the Board of Higher Education regarding areas for coordinated information technology systems (NDCC § 54-44.2-11)
Insurance and Health Care Committee
Study emergency medical services (1997 S.L., ch. 33, § 27)
Study the development of a strategic planning process for the future of public health in this state (HCR 3030)
Study the effects of managed health care on the future viability of the health care delivery system in rural North Dakota (HCR 3033)
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 (HCR 3043)
Receive annual report from Commissioner of Insurance on the progress of the partnership for long-term care program (NDCC § 26.1-45.1-07)
Receive reports from the Governor and the Department of Human Services on the children's health insurance program (CHIP) - Legislative Council chairman directive
Judiciary Committee
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 (1997 S.L., ch. 428, § 22)
Study the feasibility and desirability of funding the office of the clerk of district court through the unified judicial system (HCR 3001)
Study the level of and remedies for discrimination in this state (SCR 4036)
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 (SCR 4045)
Conduct public hearings on statewide primary and general election ballot measures - Legislative Council chairman directive
Study the authority of the Attorney General to enter contingent fee agreements with private attorneys - Legislative Council chairman directive
Statutory and constitutional revision
Review uniform laws recommended by Commission on Uniform State Laws (NDCC § 54-35-02)
Legislative Audit and Fiscal Review Committee
Receive annual audit report from State Fair Association (NDCC § 4-02.1-18)
Receive annual audit report from corporation receiving ethyl alcohol or methanol production subsidy (NDCC § 10-23-03.2)
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 (NDCC § 10-32-156)
Receive report on writeoff of patients' accounts at Developmental Center at Westwood Park, Grafton (NDCC § 25-04-17)
Receive annual audited financial statement and report from North Dakota low risk incentive fund (NDCC § 26.1-50-05)
Receive annual report from the Department of Human Services on writeoff of recipients' or patients' accounts (NDCC § 50-06.3-08)
Receive report of biennial performance audit of the divisions of Job Service North Dakota (NDCC § 52-02-18)
Determine frequency of audits of state agencies (NDCC § 54-10-01)
Determine necessary performance audits by State Auditor (NDCC § 54-10-01)
Determine when State Auditor is to perform audits of political subdivisions (NDCC § 54-10-13)
Order the State Auditor to audit or review the accounts of any political subdivision (NDCC § 54-10-15)
Study and review audit reports submitted by the State Auditor (NDCC § 54-35-02.2)
Receive report from Information Services Division with respect to state entity noncompliance with statewide information technology policies and standards (NDCC § 54-44.2-12)
Receive annual report from director of the Workers Compensation Bureau and the chairman of the Workers Compensation Board of Directors (NDCC § 65-02-03.3)
Receive report from director of the Workers Compensation Bureau and the auditor regarding the biennial performance audit of the Workers Compensation Bureau (NDCC § 65-02-29)
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 (NDCC § 65-02-30)
Legislative Management Committee
Study legislative employee compensation (SCR 4017)
As the Legislative Ethics Committee--Consider or prepare a legislative code of ethics (NDCC § 54-35-02.8)
Determine contents of contracts for printing of legislative bills, resolutions, and journals (NDCC § 46-02-04)
Determine the fee payable by legislators for use of personal computers (NDCC § 54-03-26)
Establish guidelines defining reasonable and appropriate use of state telephones by legislative branch personnel (NDCC § 54-06-26)
Establish guidelines for use of legislative chambers and displays in Memorial Hall (NDCC § 54-35-02)
Determine access to legislative information services and impose fees for providing legislative information services and copies of legislative documents (NDCC § 54-35-02)
Make arrangements for 1999 session (NDCC § 54-35-11)
Administer legislative wing and Capitol grounds improvements appropriation (1989 S.L., ch. 25)
Review legislative rules
Regulatory Reform Review Commission
Review operation and effect of North Dakota telecommunications law (NDCC § 49-21-22.1)
Study the potential for expansion of extended area telecommunications service as described by SCR 4055 - Legislative Council request
Taxation Committee
Study the feasibility and desirability of providing property tax relief through alternative state and local revenue sources (HCR 3037)
Study the impact of tax-exempt property on school districts (HCR 3044)
Study the property tax exemption for charitable organizations (HCR 3052)
Study taxation and regulatory incentives for the lignite industry in order to improve its competitive position in the energy marketplace (SCR 4050)
Study the assessment of agricultural property and inundated lands - Legislative Council chairman directive
Study the application of the farm building property tax exemption - Legislative Council chairman directive
Welfare Reform Committee
Study the monitoring of North Dakota's welfare reform implementation efforts to determine the effectiveness of welfare reform (1997 S.L., ch. 12, § 31)
Study the implementation of the temporary assistance for needy families program (1997 S.L., ch. 404, § 82)
Study the issues of welfare reform as they relate to the relationship between the state and the federally recognized Indian tribes within the state (SCR 4030)
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 (NDCC § 50-06-01.8)
Approve revised administration of the temporary assistance for needy families program by the Department of Human Services (NDCC § 50-09-29)
Receive periodic reports from the Department of Human Services regarding the evaluation of welfare reform (1997 S.L., ch. 12, § 31)
