Revised 9/8/00
NORTH DAKOTA LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
Tentative Agenda
ELECTRIC INDUSTRY COMPETITION COMMITTEE
Wednesday, September 13, 2000
Roughrider Room, State Capitol
Bismarck, North Dakota
| 9:00 a.m. | Call to order Roll call Consideration of minutes of the June 7, 2000, meeting |
ELECTRIC UTILITY INDUSTRY TAXATION
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| 9:05 a.m. | Presentation by the Legislative Council staff of a bill draft relating to the taxation of the distribution and transmission of electric power for retail sale in North Dakota |
| 9:30 a.m. | Presentation by Ms. Marcy Dickerson, Utility Tax Appraiser, State Tax Department, concerning the bill draft |
| 9:45 a.m. | Presentation by representatives of the state's investor-owned utilities concerning an analysis of the revised transmission line mile tax proposal developed at the June 7, 2000, meeting and the bill draft |
| 10:15 a.m. | Coffee break |
| 10:30 a.m. | Presentation by Mr. Harlan Fuglesten, Director, Communications and Government Relations, North Dakota Association of Rural Electric Cooperatives, concerning the revised transmission line mile tax proposal and the bill draft |
| 11:00 a.m. | Comments by a representative of Missouri River Energy Services concerning the bill draft |
| 11:15 a.m. | Comments by a representative of the North Dakota Association of Municipal Power Systems concerning the bill draft |
| 11:30 a.m. | Comments by other interested persons in attendance concerning the bill draft |
| 12:00 noon | Luncheon recess |
| 1:00 p.m. | Committee discussion concerning the bill draft |
| TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY ACT STUDY | |
| 2:00 p.m. | Presentation by representatives of the cities of Bismarck, Dickinson, Fargo, Grand Forks, Minot, West Fargo, and Williston concerning municipal public utility franchise agreements |
| 3:00 p.m. | Committee discussion and comments by other interested persons in attendance concerning the Territorial Integrity Act study |
| 3:30 p.m. | Staff directives |
| 3:45 p.m. | Adjourn |
