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Revised 10/1/02
NORTH DAKOTA LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
Tentative Agenda
BUDGET SECTION
Tuesday, October 8, 2002
Senate Chamber, State Capitol
Bismarck, North Dakota
| 9:00 a.m. |
Call to order
Roll call
Consideration of minutes of the August 22, 2002, meeting |
| 9:05 a.m. |
Presentation by a representative of the Office
of Management and Budget regarding:
- The status of the state general fund, as compared to original and
revised projections
- The status of the tobacco settlement collections
- An update regarding North Dakota's homeland security issues and
impacts, including state agency efforts and related budget impacts
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| 9:30 a.m. |
Review by the Legislative Council staff of
preliminary information regarding the 2003-05 biennium state general fund
budget |
| 9:45 a.m. |
Presentation by a representative of the Information
Technology Department on a report on performance measures and the status
of state information technology projects and plans, pursuant to Section
9 of 2001 Senate Bill No. 2043 and North Dakota Century Code (NDCC) Section
54-59-19 |
| 10:00 a.m. |
Consideration of the following state agency
requests that have been authorized by the Emergency Commission and require
consideration by the Budget Section:
- Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (Request #1410) - To increase
spending authority by $125,000 to accept federal funds from the United
States Department of Justice, Office of Justice, Victim of Crime Act (VOCA),
for crime victim services line item to passthrough to local agencies that
assist crime victims
- Mill and Elevator Association (Request #1412) - To increase special funds
spending authority by $3,500,000 for salary line item ($300,000) and for
operating line item ($3,200,000) for insurance premium ($1,100,000); overtime
($300,000); repairs and utilities ($1,150,000); demurrage ($150,000);
laboratory supplies and fumigations ($300,000); and interest expense ($500,000)
because of higher than anticipated expenses resulting from the aftermath
of September11 events and the Mill and Elevator Association's record production
and shipment volumes
- Department of Human Services (Request #1415) - To increase spending authority
by $18,839,639 to accept federal funds ($18,172,779) from the United States
Department of Health and Human Services ($10,598,175) and the United States
Department of Agriculture ($7,574,604) and other funds from the agency's
child support collections ($666,860) for grants - assistance payments
line item ($18,839,639) to be used for temporary assistance for needy
families (TANF) ($3,130,404); for child care assistance ($1,053,433);
for low-income home energy assistance (LIHEAP) ($7,081,198); and for food
stamp - electronic benefit transfer ($7,574,604); resulting from increased
caseload and because of changes to federal regulations that will provide
funding for additional benefits being available to recipients
- Public Service Commission (Request #1416) - To increase other funds spending
authority for the operating line item by $69,000 from the Public Service
Commission's valuation fund to pay expenses related to the analysis, research,
and hearing for a telecommunications utility's request for proposed fee
schedule for interconnection, unbundled network elements, and resale
- Adjutant General (Request #1417) - To increase spending authority by $5million
to accept federal funds from the National Guard Bureau for army guard
contracts line item for maintenance and repair projects at federally supported
assets located at the Camp Grafton Training Facility, Devils Lake, and
the Raymond Bohn Armory Complex, Bismarck
- Department of Commerce (Request #1419) - To increase spending authority
by $117,595 to accept federal funds from the United States Department
of Health and Human Services (state commission administration and professional
development assistance training) for salary line item ($45,720); operating
line item ($63,875); equipment line item ($8,000); and one FTE position
for the North Dakota State Commission on National and Community Service,
created by Executive Order 2002-02.3 (revised July 19, 2002) and as authorized
by the federal National and Community Services Act of 1990, to develop
and communicate a statewide vision to encourage citizen engagement in
service to youth and community
- Department of Parks and Recreation (Request #1420) - To increase other
funds spending authority by $150,000 for operating line item ($135,000)
and extraordinary repairs line item ($15,000) for expenses related to
park operations, moving, and geothermal lighting
- Division of Emergency Management (Request #1422) - To increase spending
authority by $265,000 to accept federal funds from the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) for grants line item for predisaster mitigation
program to conduct local and regional mitigation planning activities to
meet the requirements of the Disaster Management Act of 2000
- Division of Emergency Management (Request #1423) - To increase spending
authority by $1,955,000 to accept federal funds from FEMA ($1,725,000)
and to accept other funds ($230,000), from the proceeds of loan from the
Bank of North Dakota (borrowed in accordance with the provisions of North
Dakota Century Code Section 37-17.1-23) for salaries line item ($65,400);
operating line item ($21,110); and for grants line item ($1,868,490) for
expenses related to the spring 2002 flooding disaster declaration
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| 11:00 a.m. |
Presentation by a representative of the Workers
Compensation Bureau regarding:
- The status of the risk management workers' compensation program,
pursuant to NDCC Section 65-04-03.1
- The progress of construction and proposed rental space within the
new Workers Compensation Bureau building, pursuant to Section 5 of
2001 House Bill No.1024
- The provision of extraterritorial workers' compensation insurance,
pursuant to NDCC Section 65-08.1-02
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| 11:30 a.m. |
Presentation by a representative of the Department
of Commerce on the performance measures and the status of the Department
of Commerce, pursuant to Section 7 of 2001 Senate Bill No. 2019 |
| 12:00 noon |
Luncheon recess |
| 1:00 p.m. |
Presentation by a representative of the Department
of Human Services on the status of actual medical assistance expenditures
to date compared to projections and whether the actual expenditures for
the biennium are anticipated to exceed funding appropriated, pursuant
to Section 20 of 2001 House Bill No. 1012 |
| 2:00 p.m. |
Presentation by a representative of the North
Dakota University System office regarding workforce training funds raised
in each region during the 2002 fiscal year, pursuant to Section 5 of Senate
Bill No. 2020 |
| 2:15 p.m. |
Comments by a representative of the Administrative
Committee on Veterans Affairs regarding the Veterans Home performance
audit, including the committee action addressing the audit recommendations
relating to the management of the Veterans Home |
| 3:00 p.m. |
Presentation by the Legislative Council staff
of a memorandum on block grant hearings required during the 2003 legislative
session and a resolution draft authorizing the Budget Section to hold
any legislative block grant hearings required during the 2003-04 interim |
| 3:15 p.m. |
Presentation by the Legislative Council staff
of a memorandum on federal funds to be received by state agencies during
the 2001-03 and 2003-05 bienniums |
| 3:30 p.m. |
Presentation by a representative of the Budget
Committee on Government Services on the committee's July 10, 2002, budget
tour of the International Peace Garden, and the committee's July 11, 2002,
budget tours of the North Central Human Service Center and the State Fair |
| 3:45 p.m. |
Presentation by a representative of the Budget
Committee on Human Services on the committee's September 4, 2002, budget
tours of the Lake Region Human Service Center, School for the Deaf, and
Camp Grafton, and the committee's September 5, 2002, budget tour of the
Developmental Center |
| 4:00 p.m. |
Committee discussion and staff directives |
| 4:15 p.m. |
Adjourn |
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