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 leg