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Study Directives Considered and Assignments Made by the Legislative Council
for the 2005-06 Interim
The following table identifies the bills and resolutions prioritized by the
Legislative Council for study during the 2005-06 interim under authority of
North Dakota Century Code Section 54-35-02. The table also identifies statutory
and other responsibilities assigned to interim committees and identifies the
interim committee assigned the responsibility.
| Bill or Resolution
No. |
Subject Matter |
| 1010 § 11 |
Study the need for a comprehensive, long-range
study of the state's current and future health care needs in order
to address issues such as the aging population of the state, the phenomenon
of health care cost-shifting to the private sector, the trend of uncompensated
health care services, shortages in the number of health care professionals,
duplication of technology and facilities, and any other factors that might
affect the health care system in North Dakota in the year 2020 (Budget
Committee on Health Care) |
| 1010 § 12 |
Study the appropriate minimum standard of
loss ratio for accident and health insurers and whether that loss ratio
is more appropriately set by statute or by rule (Industry,
Business, and Labor Committee) |
| 1012 § 15 |
Study the services provided by residential
treatment centers and residential child care facilities and the appropriateness
of the payments provided by the state for these services (Budget
Committee on Human Services) |
| 1013 § 16 |
Study the state's elementary and secondary
education system, including key measurements of student progress, programs
that address the state's competitiveness with other states, costs
incurred by the state relating to implementing the No Child Left Behind
Act, and the most effective means of using taxpayer dollars at the state
and local levels to ensure the best possible education for the children
of this state (Education
Committee) |
| 1015 § 28 |
Study issues related to state employee compensation,
including total state employee compensation, the human resources system,
retirement benefits, health insurance benefits, and the feasibility and
desirability of implementing equity pay, merit pay, and pay for performance
compensation systems (Employee
Benefits Programs Committee) |
| 1035 § 1 |
Establish a government performance and accountability
system pilot project involving up to three executive branch agencies during
the 2005-06 interim (Budget
Committee on Government Services) |
| 1195 § 7 |
Study the feasibility and desirability of
requiring professional employer organizations operating in North Dakota
to register with the state, including consideration of how other states
address the issue of registration of professional employer organizations
(Industry,
Business, and Labor Committee) |
| 1198 § 1 |
Study reemployment processes and costs and
an appropriate method for providing a limitation on the total average
number of job-attached unemployment insurance claimants (Industry,
Business, and Labor Committee) |
| 1260 § 1 |
Study public improvement contracts and issues
relating to use of multiple bids versus single prime bids, construction
management, professional liability and indemnification, and design-build
delivery systems (Industry,
Business, and Labor Committee) |
| 1280 § 6 |
Study the feasibility and desirability of
creating an allied health professions board to regulate the practice of
members of allied health professions, including the feasibility and desirability
of a North Dakota allied health professions board entering joint professional
licensure agreements with neighboring states (Budget
Committee on Health Care) |
| 1332 § 3 |
Study the pharmacy benefits management industry,
including the extent of competition in the marketplace for health insurance
and prescription drugs; whether protecting the confidentiality of trade
secret or proprietary information has a positive or negative impact on
prescription drug prices; the ownership interest or affiliation between
insurance companies and pharmacy benefits management companies and whether
such relationships are good for the consumer; the impact of disclosure
of information regarding relationships between pharmacy benefits management
companies and their customers; the use of various cost-containment methods
by pharmacy benefits managers, including the extent to which pharmacy
benefits managers promote the use of generic drugs; the actual impact
of the use of pharmacy benefits management techniques on community pharmacies;
the impact of mail service pharmacies on consumers and community pharmacies;
the impact of generic and brand name drugs in formulary development, drug
switches and mail order operations, as well as spread pricing, data sales,
and manufacturers' rebates and discounts; the price consumers actually
pay for prescription drugs in North Dakota; and consideration of the legality
of imposing statutory restrictions on pharmacy benefits managers (Industry,
Business, and Labor Committee) |
| 1370 § 1 |
Study the railroad fuel surcharges (Agriculture
and Natural Resources Committee) |
| 1434 § 1 |
Study the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001,
including amendments to the Act, changes to federal regulations implementing
the Act, and any policy changes and letters of guidance issued by the
United States Secretary of Education (No
Child Left Behind Committee) |
| 1459 § 5 |
Study the Medicaid medical reimbursement system,
including costs of providing services, fee schedules, parity among provider
groups, and access (Budget
Committee on Human Services) |
| 1473 § 1 |
Study sentencing alternatives, mandatory sentences,
treatment options, the expanded use of problem-solving courts, home monitoring,
and other related issues (Commission
on Alternatives to Incarceration) |
| 1523 § 1 |
Study workers' compensation claims that
are brought to the committee by injured workers for the purpose of determining
whether changes should be made to the laws relating to workers' compensation
(Worker's
Compensation Review Committee) |
| 1524 § 1 |
Study tribal-state issues, including government-to-government
relations, the delivery of services, case management services, child support
enforcement, and issues related to the promotion of economic development
(Tribal
and State Relations Committee) |
| 2001 § 6 |
Study the feasibility and desirability of
arranging for the printing of bills and resolutions for the 60th Legislative
Assembly by using computers and high-speed printers rather than printing
multiple copies of all bills and having copies available in the bill and
journal room (Legislative
Management Committee) |
| 2001 § 7 |
Study the need for additional legislative
committee meeting rooms and expend available funds for remodeling legislative
meeting rooms if additional meeting rooms are needed (Legislative
Management Committee) |
| 2001 § 8 |
Study the appropriateness of increasing the
daily compensation for chairmen of substantive standing committee divisions
established by rule of the House or Senate (Legislative
Management Committee) |
| 2003 § 23 |
Study higher education funding and accountability,
including a review of the progress made in implementing the Higher Education
Roundtable recommendations relating to the University System meeting the
state's expectations and needs, the funding methodology needed to
meet these expectations and needs, and the appropriate accountability
and reporting system for the University System, and including an independent
consultant's evaluation of the roundtable recommendations and goals
and objectives of the University System, the long-term financing plan
for the University System, and the University System's prioritization
of higher education funding - Selection of consultant by Legislative Council
(Higher
Education Committee) |
| 2004 § 20 |
Study the costs and benefits of adopting a
comprehensive healthy North Dakota and workplace wellness program in collaboration
with the State Department of Health, health insurers and other third-party
payers, Workforce Safety and Insurance, interested nonprofit health-related
agencies, and others who have an interest in establishing accident and
disease prevention programs (Budget
Committee on Human Services) |
| 2004 § 21 |
Study the state's public health unit infrastructure
and the ability of the public health units to respond to public health
issues, including an assessment of the efficiency of operations, given
the personnel and financial resources available; the effectiveness of
services, given the lines of governmental authority of the current infrastructure;
and the efficiency of the food and lodging investigation services provided
by the State Department of Health and the public health units, and to
develop a plan maximizing efficiencies through a coordinated system and
fee structure (Budget
Committee on Human Services) |
| 2015 § 12 (amended by HB 1015 § 41) |
Develop a legislative strategic plan, including
site and facilities' plans, for the Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation's incarceration and correctional facility needs (Budget
Committee on Government Services) |
| 2018 § 9 |
Study the implementation by Job Service North
Dakota of a shared work demonstration project (Industry,
Business, and Labor) |
| 2032 § 17 |
Study the state's business climate through
a business climate initiative, including receipt of agency reports regarding
economic development legislation introduced by the Legislative Council
during previous legislative sessions, participation in business climate
focus groups across the state, and participation in a Business Congress
held before June 1, 2006, and a Business Congress held before June 1,
2008. The Legislative Council is to contract with a third party to provide
professional services to plan, facilitate, report on, and coordinate followup
for the focus groups and Business Congresses included within the study.
(Economic
Development Committee) |
| 2032 § 18 |
Study the issues relating to venture and risk
capital and whether and how some of these issues may be negatively impacting
business development in the state (Economic
Development Committee) |
| 2115 § 1 |
Study the process to negotiate and quantify
reserved water rights (Agriculture
and Natural Resources Committee) |
| 2171 § 1 |
Study the licensure and regulation of acupuncturists
practicing in the state, as well as the possibility of multistate joint
licensure and regulation programs (Budget
Committee on Health Care) |
| 2269 § 2 |
Study the fiscal impact and the feasibility
and desirability of establishing an umbrella licensing organization for
a group consisting of counselors, psychologists, marriage and family therapists,
and social workers (Budget
Committee on Health Care) |
| 2361 § 2 |
Study the state's marriage laws and methods
for strengthening the institution of marriage in the state, including
premarital requirements, such as marital education and counseling, waiting
periods, and marital blood tests; the availability of marriage counseling
and parenting education in the state; and the implementation of predivorce
requirements, such as divorce-effects education (Judiciary
Committee) |
| 2372 § 1 |
Study the feasibility and desirability of
establishing an organization or ombudsman to support and coordinate federal,
tribal, state, including institutions of higher education, and local government
and private efforts to discourage destructive behavior, including alcohol
and drug abuse and tobacco use (Advisory
Commission on Intergovernmental Relations) |
| 2404 § 1 |
Study enhanced funding for elementary and
secondary education and methods, including sales tax, income tax, and
tax exemptions, by which the state's reliance on property taxes to
fund elementary and secondary education could be reduced (Finance
and Taxation Committee) |
| 3005 |
Study information identifying state-owned
real estate and study the utilization of real estate owned by state agencies
and institutions, the best use of state-owned real estate, and whether
the state should establish and maintain an inventory of state-owned real
estate (Budget
Committee on Government Services) |
| 3014 |
Study judicial elections and recent federal
court decisions affecting the conduct of judicial elections (Judicial
Process Committee) |
| 3028 |
Study utilization of the state's abundant
energy resources to attract energy-intensive economic development projects
to the state (Agriculture
and Natural Resources Committee) |
| 3036 |
Study state agency and institution continuing
appropriation authority (Legislative
Audit and Fiscal Review Committee) |
| 3040 |
Study the unemployment insurance tax rate
structure; the structure's impact on the unemployment insurance trust
fund, with special focus on the impact of the current unemployment insurance
tax structure on new businesses; the historical cyclical risks faced by
the industries in which new businesses are beginning to operate; and whether
the unemployment insurance tax impact is reasonably favorable to the desired
economic development of the state (Industry,
Business, and Labor Committee) |
| 3042 |
Study the laws of this state and other states
as they relate to the unauthorized acquisition, theft, and misuse of personal
identifying information belonging to another individual (Judicial
Process Committee) |
| 3054 |
Study state programs providing services to
children with special health care needs to determine whether the programs
are effective in meeting these special health care needs, whether there
are gaps in the state's system for providing services to children
with special health care needs, and whether there are significant unmet
special health care needs of children which should be addressed (Budget
Committee on Human Services) |
| 4010 |
Study alternatives to the current method of
expressing property tax levies in mills per dollar of taxable valuation
(Finance
and Taxation Committee) |
| 4027 |
Study the legal and medical definitions used
for dementia-related conditions - Revised by Legislative Council directive
(Judicial
Process Committee) |
| 4031 |
Study the feasibility and desirability of
adopting the Uniform Trust Code (Judiciary
Committee) |
| 4032 |
Study the feasibility and desirability of
adopting Revised Article 1 of the Uniform Commercial Code - General Provisions
(Judiciary
Committee) |
| NDCC Citation |
Subject Matter (Committee) |
| 4-02.1-18 |
Receive annual audit report from the State Fair
Association (Legislative
Audit and Fiscal Review Committee) |
| 4-05.1-19(8) |
Receive report from the Agricultural Research
Board on its annual evaluation of research activities and expenditures (Industry,
Business, and Labor Committee) |
| 4-05.1-19(10) |
Receive status report from the State Board of
Agricultural Research and Education (Budget
Section) |
| 4-14.1-07 |
Receive statement from an ethanol production
plant receiving ethanol production incentives indicating whether the plant
produced a profit from its operation in the preceding fiscal year, after
deducting ethanol production incentive payments received, effective until
July 1, 2005 (Budget
Section) |
| 4-14.1-07.1 |
Receive statement from an ethanol plant in operation
before July 1, 1995, and receiving a production incentive from the state
indicating whether the plant produced a profit from its operation in the
preceding fiscal year, after deducting the payments received under the section
(Budget
Section) |
| 4-19-01.2 |
Approve use of moneys deposited in the State
Forester reserve account (Budget
Section) |
| 4-24-10 |
Determine when agricultural commodity promotion
groups must report to the standing Agriculture Committees (Legislative
Management Committee) |
| 10-19.1-152 |
Receive annual audit report from a corporation
receiving an 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) |
| 11-18-22.1 |
Receive report from the North Dakota Association
of Counties before April 1 of each even-numbered year regarding how each
county has used the county's document preservation fund during the preceding
two fiscal years, effective until August 1, 2009 (Advisory
Commission on Intergovernmental Relations) |
| 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 |
Authorize the State Board of Higher Education
to authorize construction of any building, or campus improvements and building
maintenance of more than $385,000, if financed by donations (Budget
Section) |
| 15-10-12.3 |
Receive biennial report from each institution
under the control of the State Board of Higher Education undertaking a capital
construction project that was approved by the Legislative Assembly and for
which local funds are to be used which details the source of all funds used
in the project (Budget
Section) |
| 15-10-42 |
Receive report from the State Board of Higher
Education before July 1, 2006, regarding implementation of a policy requiring
all institutions to assess faculty and teaching assistant English communication
skills (Education
Committee; Higher
Education Committee) |
| 15-39.1-10.11 |
Receive annual report from the Board of Trustees
of the Teachers' Fund for Retirement regarding annual test of actuarial
adequacy of statutory contribution rate (Employee
Benefits Programs Committee) |
| 15-69-02 |
Approve, upon receiving a recommendation from
the Emergency Commission and in conjunction with the State Board of Higher
Education and the North Dakota Economic Development Foundation, designation
of a center of excellence recommended by the Centers of Excellence Commission
(Budget
Section) |
| 15-69-05 |
Receive annual audits from a center of excellence
that is awarded funds under Chapter 15-69 on the funds distributed to the
center, until completion of four years following the final distribution
of funds (Budget
Section) |
| 15.1-02-09 |
Receive annual report from the Superintendent
of Public Instruction by the end of February on the financial condition
of school districts (Education
Committee) |
| 15.1-02-13 |
Receive from the Superintendent of Public Instruction
the compilation of annual school district employee compensation reports
(Education
Committee) |
| 15.1-02-14 |
Receive annual report from the Superintendent
of Public Instruction regarding any transfer to the state tuition fund by
the Superintendent of federal or other moneys received by the Superintendent
to pay programmatic administrative expenses for which the Superintendent
received a state general fund appropriation (Budget
Section) |
| 15.1-06-08 |
Receive report from the Superintendent of Public
Instruction of a request from a school or school district for a waiver of
any rule governing the accreditation of schools (Education
Committee) |
| 15.1-06-08.1 |
Receive report from the Superintendent of Public
Instruction of a request from a school or school district for a waiver of
NDCC Section 15.1-21-03 (Education
Committee) |
| 15.1-09-57(4) |
Receive report filed by the Education Standards
and Practices Board at the conclusion of each school year citing all requests
for exceptions to the requirement that individuals be licensed to teach
in a particular course area or field, including the board's response
to each request and a brief description of the board's rationale (No
Child Left Behind Committee) |
| 15.1-21-10 |
Receive from the Superintendent of Public Instruction
the compilation of test scores of a test aligned to the state content standards
in reading and mathematics, given annually to students in three grades statewide
(Education
Committee) |
| 18-11-15 |
Receive notice from a firefighters relief association
concerning service benefits paid under a special schedule (Employee
Benefits Programs Committee) |
| 19-03.1-44 |
Receive report from the Attorney General before
July 2 of every even-numbered year on the current status and trends of unlawful
drug use and abuse and drug control and enforcement efforts in this state
(Judicial
Process Committee) |
| 20.1-02-05.1 |
Approve comprehensive statewide land acquisition
plan established by the director of the Game and Fish Department and every
land acquisition of more than 10 acres or exceeding $10,000 by the Game
and Fish Department (Budget
Section) |
| 20.1-02-16.1 |
Authorize the Game and Fish Department to spend
moneys in the game and fish fund if the balance would be reduced below $15
million (Budget
Section) |
| 25-04-02.2 |
Authorize the 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 the Developmental Center at Westwood Park, Grafton (Legislative
Audit and Fiscal Review Committee) |
| 26.1-50-05 |
Receive annual audited financial statement and
report from the North Dakota low-risk incentive fund (Legislative
Audit and Fiscal Review Committee) |
| 28-32-07 |
Approve extension of time for administrative
agencies to adopt rules (Administrative
Rules Committee) |
| 28-32-10 |
Establish standard procedures for administrative
agency compliance with notice requirements of proposed rulemaking (Administrative
Rules Committee) |
| 28-32-10 |
Establish procedure to distribute copies of
administrative agency filings of notice of proposed rulemaking (Administrative
Rules Committee) |
| 28-32-18 |
Determine whether an administrative rule is
void (Administrative
Rules Committee) |
| 28-32-42 |
Receive notice of appeal of an administrative
agency's rulemaking action (Administrative
Rules Committee) |
| 36-22-09 |
Receive audit report of the North Dakota Stockmen's
Association (Legislative
Audit and Fiscal Review Committee) |
| 40-23-22.1 |
Approve waiver of exemption of state property
in a city from special assessments levied for flood control purposes (Budget
Section) |
| 40-63-03 |
Receive annual reports from the Division of
Community Services on renaissance zone progress (Economic
Development Committee) |
| 40-63-07 |
Receive annual report from the Division of Community
Services on conclusions of annual audits of renaissance fund organizations
(Budget
Section) |
| 43-12.1-08.2 |
Receive annual report from the Board of Nursing
on its study, if conducted, of the nursing educational requirements in this
state and the nursing shortage in this state and the implications for rural
communities, effective through September 30, 2006 (Budget
Committee on Health Care) |
| 45-10.1-71 |
Receive annual audit report from a limited partnership
receiving an ethyl alcohol or methanol production subsidy (Legislative
Audit and Fiscal Review Committee) |
| 46-02-05 |
Determine contents of contracts for printing
of legislative bills, resolutions, journals, and Session Laws (Legislative
Management Committee) |
| 47-30.1-24.1 |
Receive report from the commissioner of University
and School Lands identifying every state agency that has not submitted a
claim for property belonging to that agency (Budget
Section) |
| 47-30.1-24.1 |
Approve state agency relinquishment of unclaimed
property belonging to that agency (Budget
Section) |
| 48-02-20 |
Approve the change or expansion of, or any additional
expenditure for, a state building construction project approved by the Legislative
Assembly (Budget
Section) |
| 49-21-31 |
Receive annually a report from the Public Service
Commission regarding payments received under the performance assurance plan
and expenditures from the performance assurance fund (Budget
Section) |
| 49-24-13 |
Receive written report from the North Dakota
Transmission Authority each biennium (Electric
Industry Competition Committee) |
| 50-06-05.1 |
Approve termination of federal food stamp or
energy assistance program (Budget
Section) |
| 50-06-25 |
Receive biennial report from the Department
of Human Services which provides a five-year historical analysis of the
number of persons receiving services under the medical assistance program,
the costs for rendering the services by program appropriations, the budget
requested, the budget appropriated, and actual expenditures for each of
the preceding five years, effective until July 1, 2007 (Budget
Committee on Human Services) |
| 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) |
| 50-29-02 |
Receive annual report from the Department of
Human Services describing enrollment statistics and costs associated with
the children's health insurance program state plan (Budget
Committee on Health Care) |
| 52-02-17 |
Receive report from Job Service North Dakota
before March 1 of each year on the actual job insurance trust fund balance
and the targeted modified average high-cost multiplier, as of December 31
of the previous year, and a projected trust fund balance for the next three
years (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) |
| 53-12.1-03 |
Receive report, as requested, from the director
of the North Dakota Lottery regarding the operation of the lottery (Judicial
Process Committee) |
| 54-03-20 |
Establish guidelines on maximum reimbursement
of legislators sharing lodging during a legislative session (Legislative
Management Committee) |
| 54-03-26 |
Determine the fee payable by legislators for
use of personal computers (Legislative
Management Committee) |
| 54-03-28 |
Contract with a private entity, after receiving
recommendations from the Insurance Commissioner, to provide a cost-benefit
analysis of every legislative measure mandating health insurance coverage
of services or payment for specified providers of services, or an amendment
that mandates such coverage or payment (Budget
Committee on Health Care) |
| 54-06-26 |
Establish guidelines defining reasonable and
appropriate use of state telephones by legislative branch personnel (Legislative
Management Committee) |
| 54-06-31 |
Receive periodic reports from the Central Personnel
Division on the implementation, progress, and bonuses provided by state
agency programs to provide bonuses to recruit or retain employees in hard-to-fill
positions (Employee
Benefits Programs Committee) |
| 54-10-01 |
Approve the State Auditor's hiring of a
consultant to assist with conducting a performance audit of a state agency
(Legislative
Audit and Fiscal Review 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 the
State Auditor (Legislative
Audit and Fiscal Review Committee) |
| 54-10-13 |
Determine when the 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) |
| 54-10-28 |
Determine information technology compliance
reviews to be conducted by the State Auditor and receive the results of
those reviews (Information
Technology 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 a 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
a state officer's acceptance of federal funds in excess of $50,000 if
the acceptance of funds is not necessary to avoid an imminent threat to
the safety of people or property due to a natural disaster or war crisis
or an imminent financial loss to the state (Budget
Section) |
| 54-16-04.1 |
Approve Emergency Commission authorization of
a state officer's expenditure of federal funds in excess of $50,000
if acceptance of funds is necessary to avoid an imminent threat to the safety
of people or property due to a natural disaster or war crisis or an imminent
financial loss to the state (Budget
Section) |
| 54-16-04.1 |
Approve, with the Emergency Commission, acceptance
of any federal funds made available to the state which are not for a specific
purpose or program and which are not required to be spent before the next
regular legislative session for deposit in a special fund until the Legislative
Assembly appropriates the funds (Budget
Section) |
| 54-16-04.2 |
Approve Emergency Commission authorization of
a state officer's acceptance of funds in excess of $50,000 if the acceptance
of funds is not necessary to avoid an imminent threat to the safety of people
or property due to a natural disaster or war crisis or an imminent financial
loss to the state (Budget
Section) |
| 54-16-04.2 |
Approve Emergency Commission authorization of
a state officer's expenditure of funds in excess of $50,000 if acceptance
of funds is necessary to avoid an imminent threat to the safety of people
or property due to a natural disaster or war crisis or an imminent financial
loss to the state (Budget
Section) |
| 54-16-09 |
Approve Emergency Commission authorization of
transfer of spending authority from the state contingencies appropriation
in excess of $50,000 if the transfer is not necessary to avoid an imminent
threat to the safety of people or property due to a natural disaster or
war crisis or an imminent financial loss to the state (Budget
Section) |
| 54-23.3-09 |
Receive report from the director of the Department
of Corrections and Rehabilitation on any new program that serves adult or
juvenile offenders, including alternatives to conventional incarceration
and programs operated on a contract basis, if the program is anticipated
to cost in excess of $100,000 during a biennium (Budget
Section) |
| 54-27-22 |
Approve use of the 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) |
| 54-35-02 |
Review uniform laws recommended by the 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 and any necessary discussions with adjacent states on water-related
topics (Agriculture
and Natural Resources 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 2007 session (Legislative
Management Committee) |
| 54-35-15.2 |
Review the activities of the Information Technology
Department, statewide information technology standards, the statewide information
technology plan, and major information technology projects; review cost-benefit
analyses of major projects; conduct studies; and make recommendations regarding
established or proposed information technology programs and information
technology acquisition (Information
Technology Committee) |
| 54-35-15.4 |
Determine information technology compliance
reviews to be conducted by the State Auditor and receive the results of
those reviews (Information
Technology Committee) |
| 54-35-18 |
Study the impact of competition on the generation,
transmission, and distribution of electric energy within this state (Electric
Industry Competition Committee) |
| 54-35-18.2 |
Study the impact of competition on the generation,
transmission, and distribution of electric energy within this state (Electric
Industry Competition 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) |
| 54-40-01 |
Approve any agreement between a North Dakota
state entity and South Dakota to form a bistate authority (Budget
Committee on Government Services) |
| 54-44-04 |
Receive report from the director of the Office
of Management and Budget on the status of tobacco settlement funds and related
information (Budget
Section) |
| 54-44-16 |
Receive report from the Office of Management
and Budget regarding any purchase of oil put options by the State Investment
Board to offset reduced state general fund oil and gas tax revenues due
to oil and gas prices falling below selected levels (Budget
Section) |
| 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) |
| 54-52.1-08.2 |
Approve terminology adopted by the Public Employees
Retirement System 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) |
| 54-59-02.1 |
Receive from the Chief Information Officer recommendations
of the department's advisory committee regarding major software projects
for consideration and the drafting of appropriate legislation to implement
the recommendations (Information
Technology Committee) |
| 54-59-05(4) |
Approve execution by the Information Technology
Department of proposed agreement to finance the purchase of software, equipment,
or implementation of services in excess of $1 million (Budget
Section) |
| 54-59-12 |
Receive report from the Chief Information Officer
regarding the coordination of services with political subdivisions, and
from the Chief Information Officer and the commissioner of the State Board
of Higher Education regarding coordination of information technology between
the Information Technology Department and higher education (Information
Technology Committee) |
| 54-59-13 |
Receive report from the Information Technology
Department regarding any executive branch state agency or institution that
does not agree to conform to its information technology plan or comply with
statewide policies and standards (Information
Technology Committee) |
| 54-59-19 |
Receive summary of annual report from the Information
Technology Department (Budget
Section; Legislative
Audit and Fiscal Review Committee) |
| 54-59-19 |
Receive annual report from the Information Technology
Department (Information
Technology Committee) |
| 54-60-03 |
Determine the standing committees that will
receive the report from the Commissioner of Commerce on the department's
goals and objectives, its long-term goals and objectives, and on commerce
benchmarks (Legislative
Management Committee) |
| 54-60-10 |
Approve expenditures exceeding $130,000 a biennium
by the Department of Commerce from its operating fund for web site maintenance
(Budget
Section) |
| 54-60-10 |
Receive report annually from the Department
of Commerce regarding money spent to administer an Internet web site that
provides career guidance and job opportunity services (Budget
Section) |
| 54-60-11 |
Receive biennial report from the Commissioner
of Commerce on the process used and factors considered by the commissioner
in identifying target industries on which economic development efforts are
focused and the special focus target industry (Economic
Development Committee) |
| 54-60.1-07 |
Receive the compilation and summary of state
grantor reports filed annually by the Department of Commerce beginning in
2007 and the reports of state agencies that award business incentives for
the previous calendar year (Economic
Development Committee) |
| 54-61-03 |
Receive annual report from the director of the
Commission on Legal Counsel for Indigents containing pertinent data on the
indigent defense contract system and established public defender offices
(Judicial
Process Committee) |
| 57-40.6-11 |
Receive annual report from the Division of State
Radio on the operation of and any recommended changes in the emergency 911
telephone system standards and guidelines (Electric
Industry Competition Committee) |
| 57-40.6-12 |
Receive report from the Public Safety Answering
Points Coordinating Committee by November 1 of each even-numbered year on
city and county fees on telephone exchange access service and wireless service
(Electric
Industry Competition Committee) |
| 65-02-03.3 |
Receive annual report from the director of Workforce
Safety and Insurance and the chairman of the Workforce Safety and Insurance
Board of Directors (Legislative
Audit and Fiscal Review Committee) |
| 65-02-05.1 |
Receive biennial report from Workforce Safety
and Insurance on all revenues deposited into and expenditures from the building
maintenance account of the Workforce Safety and Insurance fund (Budget
Section) |
| 65-02-30 |
Receive report from the director of Workforce
Safety and Insurance, the chairman of the Workforce Safety and Insurance
Board of Directors, and the auditor regarding the biennial performance audit
of the organization (Legislative
Audit and Fiscal Review Committee) |
| 65-04-03.1 |
Receive periodic reports from Workforce Safety
and Insurance and the Risk Management Division of the Office of Management
and Budget on the success of a single workers' compensation account
for state entities covered by NDCC Chapter 32-12.2 (Budget
Section) |
| 65-06.2-09 |
Receive report from Workforce Safety and Insurance
on recommendations based on safety audit of Roughrider Industries work programs
and performance audit of modified workers' compensation coverage program
(Industry,
Business, and Labor Committee) |
| 2003 Session Laws Citation
|
Subject Matter
(Committee) |
| Chapter 3 § 11 |
Approve obtaining and using funds from any source
by the Forest Service to assist in the construction of equipment and supply
storage buildings in Towner and Bottineau (Budget
Section) |
| Chapter 36 § 42 |
Receive report in December of even-numbered years
from the director of the Office of Management and Budget on specified commodities
and services exempted by the director from the procurement requirements
of NDCC Chapter 54-44.4 (Budget
Section) |
| 2005 Session Laws
Citation |
Subject Matter
(Committee) |
| Chapter 12 § 4 |
Approve, with the Emergency Commission, additional
full-time equivalent positions in the Department of Human Services for Medicaid
program review of eligibility and payments when it is cost-effective to
hire additional positions in lieu of contracts (Budget
Section) |
| Chapter 12 § 6 |
Receive report from the Department of Human Services
after June 30, 2006, regarding any transfers between line items and between
subdivisions in excess of $50,000 (Budget
Section) |
| Chapter 12 § 11 |
Receive report from the Department of Human
Services by July 1, 2006, regarding the department's review of its budget,
programs, and services to determine the extent to which the department can
provide for additional general fund requirements resulting from changes
in the federal medical assistance percentage for North Dakota without affecting
the level of services provided by the department (Budget
Committee on Human Services) |
| Chapter 12 § 16 |
Receive report from the Department of Human Services
during the 2005-06 interim on the department's plan to transfer appropriate
individuals from the Developmental Center to community placements and on
the anticipated number of individuals that will be transferred during the
2005-07 biennium (Budget
Committee on Human Services) |
| Chapter 15 § 42 |
Approve, with the Emergency Commission, up to 21
additional full-time equivalent employee positions at the State Hospital
relating to the substance abuse treatment pilot program (Budget
Section) |
| Chapter 16 § 6 |
Approve, with the Emergency Commission, borrowing
up to $900,000 from the Bank of North Dakota by the Department of Emergency
Services to migrate the State Radio Communications system from analog to
digital (Budget
Section) |
| Chapter 16 § 7 |
Receive report, as requested, from the Department
of Emergency Services detailing the uses of federal homeland security funds
at the state and local levels and any discrepancies relating to the local
needs assessment completed by the department and purchases made with federal
homeland security funds (Budget
Section) |
| Chapter 16 § 10 |
Receive report from the Department of Emergency
Services on its reevaluation of job classifications impacted by the department's
reorganization, the positions affected by the reorganization, and a detailed
justification of any prior salary increases and a recommendation and analysis
of any proposed salary increases or decreases (Budget
Section) |
| Chapter 16 § 10 |
Approve salary increases to positions affected by
the Department of Emergency Services' reorganization after the department's
reevaluation of job classifications impacted by the reorganization (Budget
Section) |
| Chapter 29 § 3 |
Administer appropriation for the purpose of replacing
sound system mixers in the House chamber (Legislative
Management Committee) |
| Chapter 29 § 5 |
Review and adopt project plan for replacement of
legislative technology applications and approve deliverables of each completed
project phase (Legislative
Management Committee) |
| Chapter 31 § 9 |
Receive report from a representative of the State
Board of Higher Education regarding the allocation of the equity pool provided
to address equity at higher education institutions and other campus needs
(Budget
Section) |
| Chapter 31 § 17 |
Receive report from a representative of the
State Board of Higher Education periodically during the 2005-06 interim
on the status of the board's review of the long-term finance plan (Budget
Section; Education
Committee; Higher
Education Committee) |
| Chapter 32 § 26 |
Receive report from the State Department of Health
during the 2005-06 interim regarding the department's basic care survey
pilot project which includes a recommendation of whether the unannounced
survey process should continue for all basic care facilities (Budget
Committee on Health Care) |
| Chapter 40 § 4 |
Receive report from the Department of Transportation
regarding any additional full-time equivalent positions for highway construction
and maintenance hired in lieu of contracting for those positions (Budget
Section) |
| Chapter 42 § 6 |
Approve, with the Emergency Commission, construction
of footings for up to three additional floors in a new Bank of North Dakota
building (Budget
Section) |
| Chapter 42 § 35 |
Receive annual report from the manager of the State
Mill and Elevator Association concerning the current role and mission of
the association and short-term and long-term plans for acquisitions, construction,
renovation, equipment upgrading, sales and marketing, personnel, and all
financial matters, as well as a description of efforts by the association
to inform legislators about the role, mission, and operations of the association
(Budget
Section) |
| Chapter 46 § 13 |
Approve, with the Emergency Commission, borrowing
of up to $5,000,000 by the Office of Management and Budget as requested
by the Centers of Excellence Commission for the purpose of providing funding
to centers of excellence (Budget
Section) |
| Chapter 46 § 21 |
Receive report from the Department of Commerce after
July 1, 2006, on the use of grant funds provided to the Rural Development
Council to match federal funds (Budget
Section) |
| Chapter 46 § 25 |
Receive report from the Department of Commerce after
July 1, 2006, on the use of grant funds provided to the Red River Valley
Research Corridor to match federal (Budget
Section) |
| Chapter 46 § 26 |
Receive report from the Department of Commerce after
July 1, 2006, on the use of grant funds provided to the North Dakota center
for technology program (Budget
Section) |
| Chapter 46 § 27 |
Receive report from the Department of Commerce after
July 1, 2006, on the use of funding for grants in the partners in marketing
grant program (Budget
Section) |
| Chapter 46 § 46 |
Receive report from the Commissioner of Commerce
during the 2005-06 interim on the status of the American Indian Business
Development Office and the status of the International Trade and Business
Office (Economic
Development Committee) |
| Chapter 46 § 47 |
Receive report from the Commissioner of Commerce
during the 2005-06 interim on the status of the certification program through
which the Division of Economic Development and Finance provides training
services to local economic developers (Economic
Development Committee) |
| Chapter 46 § 48 |
Receive report from the Commissioner of Commerce
during the 2005-06 interim on the status of the image information program
(Economic
Development Committee) |
| Chapter 46 § 49 |
Receive report from the Commissioner of Commerce
during the 2005-06 interim on the status of the business hotline program
(Economic
Development Committee) |
| Chapter 46 § 50 |
Receive report from the Commissioner of Commerce
during the 2005-06 interim on the status of the Dakota manufacturing initiative
(Economic
Development Committee) |
| Chapter 46 § 51 |
Receive report from the Commissioner of Commerce
before July 1, 2006, on the outcome of the Department of Commerce's
study of the state's intellectual property laws as they relate to the
protection of intellectual property rights (Economic
Development Committee) |
| Chapter 46 § 52 |
Receive report from the Commissioner of Commerce
before July 1, 2006, on the outcome of the Department of Commerce's
study of the state's economic development incentives (Economic
Development Committee) |
| Chapter 46 § 53 |
Receive report from the Commissioner of Commerce
annually during the 2005-06 interim regarding North Dakota economic goals
and associated benchmarks (Budget
Section) |
| Chapter 52 § 2 |
Receive report from the Highway Patrol after
July 1, 2006, regarding the progress of the training for law enforcement
officers and emergency service providers provided under the appropriation
provided by Chapter 52 (Budget
Section ) |
| Chapter 57 § 4 |
Determine when the Agriculture Commissioner, Bank
of North Dakota, and North Dakota Stockmen's Association must report
on the livestock loan guarantee program to the standing Agriculture Committees
of the 60th Legislative Assembly (Legislative
Management Committee) |
| Chapter 151 § 19 |
Receive report from the president of the Bank of
North Dakota during the 2005-06 interim on the status of the Bank's
investment in alternative and venture capital investments and early-stage
capital funds (Economic
Development Committee) |
| Chapter 151 § 20 |
Receive report from the State Board of Higher Education
and the Centers of Excellence Commission during the 2005-06 interim on the
status of the centers of excellence program (Economic
Development Committee) |
| Chapter 151 § 21 |
Receive report from the Insurance Commissioner
before July 1, 2006, on the outcome of the commissioner's compilation
of existing data regarding the state's liability insurance marketplace
(Industry,
Business, and Labor Committee) |
| Chapter 151 § 22 |
Receive report from the chancellor of the University
System before July 1, 2006, on the outcome of the State Board of Higher
Education's study of incentives the state could adopt to serve as catalysts
for stimulating more efficient commercialization of new technologies (Economic
Development Committee) |
| Chapter 151 § 23 |
Receive report from the Upper Great Plains Transportation
Institute before July 1, 2006, on the outcome of the institute's study
of how improvements to the transportation infrastructure of this state might
enhance the business climate and the state's competitive position in
economic development (Transportation
Committee) |
| Chapter 151 § 24 |
Receive report from the director of the Office of
Management and Budget during the 2005-06 interim on the status of providing
procurement information through the Internet and on the outcome of the director's
procurement assistance center study (Economic
Development Committee) |
| Chapter 167 § 30 |
Receive report from the Superintendent of Public
Instruction regarding notices received from school boards that vote not
to use 70 percent of new moneys received during the 2005-07 biennium for
the purpose of increasing compensation paid to teachers or providing compensation
to teachers beginning employment after June 30, 2005 (Education
Committee) |
| Chapter 167 § 31 |
Receive from the Superintendent of Public Instruction
at the conclusion of each school year during the 2005-07 biennium reports
the Superintendent compiles covering operations of education associations
governed by joint powers agreements (No
Child Left Behind Committee) |
| Chapter 225 § 2 |
Receive report from the Game and Fish Department
before July 1, 2006, regarding the department's findings on its assessment
of the status of mountain lions in North Dakota (Agriculture
and Natural Resources Committee) |
| Chapter 412 § 2 |
Receive periodic reports from the Department of
Human Services during the 2005-06 interim regarding the status of the alternatives-to-abortion
services funding, the first of which must be made by December 1, 2005 (Judiciary
Committee) |
| Chapter 413 § 3 |
Receive periodic status reports from the Department
of Human Services and the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Working Group
during the 2005-06 interim regarding the activities of the working group
and the implementation of the prescription drug monitoring program (Budget
Committee on Human Services) |
| Chapter 413 § 4 |
Receive report from and provide input to the Department
of Human Services during the 2005-06 interim regarding the development of
recommendations required with respect to medical assistance program management
under NDCC Section 50-24.1-27 (Budget
Committee on Human Services) |
| Chapter 414 § 3 |
Approve, with the Emergency Commission, receipt
and expenditure of additional funds by the Department of Human Services
for treatment services under the department's substance abuse treatment
pilot program (Budget
Section) |
| Chapter 417 § 5 |
Receive report from the Department of Human Services
during the 2005-06 interim regarding the status of the Medicaid waiver to
provide in-home services, the number of applications the department receives
for in-home services, and the status of the program's appropriation
(Budget
Committee on Human Services) |
| Chapter 428 § 2 |
Receive report from the Department of Human Services
during the 2005-06 interim regarding the department's progress in developing
and implementing a plan for implementing the Medicare Prescription Drug,
Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (Budget
Committee on Human Services) |
| Chapter 430 § 2 |
Receive report from the Department of Human Services
before November 1, 2005, regarding the status of the amendment to the Medicaid
state plan regarding the disregard of any assets to the extent that payments
are made or because an individual has received or is entitled to receive
benefits under a long-term care insurance policy (Budget
Committee on Human Services) |
| Chapter 470 § 11 |
Receive report from the Attorney General regarding
any expenditures made or employees hired under the authority to defray additional
administrative and other operating costs of the North Dakota lottery in
excess of the appropriation (Budget
Section) |
| Chapter 497 § 1 |
Visit and inspect the veterans' memorial on
the Capitol grounds and recommend repairs and updates to Facility Management
before September 1, 2005 (Legislative
Management Committee) |
| Chapter 538 § 9 |
Receive periodic reports from the Commission on
Legal Counsel for Indigents during the 2005-06 interim regarding the implementation
of the indigent defense system, with the first report presented before December 1,
2005 (Judicial
Process Committee) |
| Chapter 601 § 37 |
Receive report from the Agriculture Commissioner
in November 2005 and June 2006 regarding all notifications and requests
for assistance by individuals who believe local weed boards have not eradicated
or controlled noxious weeds satisfactorily (Agriculture
and Natural Resources Committee) |
| Chapter 667 § 33 |
Receive information from the Superintendent of Public
Instruction regarding the estimated costs that are likely to be incurred
by this state during the ensuing eight years to meet the requirements of
the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (No
Child Left Behind Committee) |
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 table lists the study directives not prioritized by the
Legislative Council for study during the 2005-06 interim under authority of
North Dakota Century Code Section 54-35-02. 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.
| Bill or Resolution No.
|
Subject
Matter |
| 1008 § 7 |
Study the changes in responsibilities and duties
of the Public Service Commission since its inception, including an evaluation
of what additional duties have been given to the commission and those duties no
longer performed |
| 1009 § 14 |
Study the feasibility and desirability of
implementing a license fee for businesses receiving state meat inspection
program services and whether the fee would impact the number of businesses that
would use the federal meat inspection service rather than the state
service |
| 1012 § 12 |
Study the Department of Human Services system of
paying qualified service providers, including a review of the appropriateness
of payment levels to various providers |
| 1012 § 14 |
Study methods of improving the sustainability of
funding long-term care services in the state, including a review of case mix
and rate equalization, consideration of additional support for facilities
providing additional restorative care services, and consideration of options
for reducing the number of required reports of facilities providing
high-quality care or for seeking waivers to change the survey process |
| 1013 § 15 |
Study the potential for cooperative field service
delivery between North Dakota Vision Services - School for the Blind and the
School for the Deaf |
| 1015 § 29 |
Study employee salaries of the Department of
Corrections and Rehabilitation, including a salary comparison of the
department's employees to market, salary increases and equity adjustments
from 1995 through 2005, salary increases and equity adjustments authorized for
the 2005-07 biennium, employee turnover, and salary equity funding requested
and provided |
| 1203 § 11 |
Study the current system under which property
taxes levied by school districts are abated for the purpose of furthering
economic development and whether this practice of abating property taxes levied
by school districts should continue to be a part of economic development
efforts in this state |
| 1203 § 12 |
Study the system of local economic developers to
determine whether the existing system provides the most effective and efficient
system; whether the system could be improved by providing for increased
uniformity in the provision of local economic development services or uniform
applications, project investment standards, and economic development services
or uniform applications, project investment standards, and economic development
authority governance; and whether there are undesirable gaps or duplications in
local economic development services, particularly in rural communities |
| 1272 § 2 |
Study the feasibility and desirability of
revising the process for appointing or electing individuals to the North Dakota
Wheat Commission |
| 1396 § 1 |
Study driving under the influence, repeat
offenses, prevention, enforcement, and penalties |
| 1453 § 2 |
Study the feasibility and desirability of
creating an emblem for the sole use of the North Dakota Legislative Assembly,
members of the Legislative Assembly, and the Legislative Council |
| 1530 § 1 |
Study North Dakota's oil and gas tax
structure, including comparison to the oil and gas tax structure of other
producing states and consideration of the feasibility and desirability of
simplification of North Dakota's oil and gas tax structure |
| 2004 § 22 |
Study whether to change guidelines for funding
programs as a result of additional tobacco settlement collections that are
anticipated to be received and deposited in the community health trust fund
from 2008 through 2017 |
| 2023 § 5 |
Study deferred maintenance and infrastructure for
all state agencies and institutions and compile a list of all the deferred
maintenance and long-term infrastructure needs |
| 2113 § 1 |
Study issues related to hunting and fishing
privileges by nonresidents and nonresidents who are former residents |
| 2160 § 1 |
Study administration and enforcement of the State
Building Code and its relationship to local standards and enforcement |
| 2215 § 1 |
Study feasibility and desirability of private
sector employers securing health insurance for permanent and temporary
employees or themselves through a health insurance pool |
| 2257 § 1 |
Study the feasibility and desirability of
creating a diversion program for people who have written bad checks as an
alternative to prosecution |
| 2268 § 1 |
Study issues related to waste rubber recycling,
abatement and remediation of waste rubber tire stockpiles, and the recovery of
components of petroleum-based products |
| 2272 § 1 |
Study circumstances in which property should
cease to be considered agricultural property for property tax purposes |
| 2272 § 2 |
Issues related to transferability of income tax
credits for installation of geothermal, solar, or wind energy devices |
| 2390 § 1 |
Study city and county development impact
fees |
| 2393 § 1 |
Study sales, use, and gross receipts tax
exemptions and reductions, with emphasis on those that are available for only
certain purchasers, including for each exemption or reduction a detailed
analysis of the fiscal impact to the state, benefits to the state economy from
eliminating the exemption or rate reduction, benefits to the state economy of
retaining the exemption or rate reduction, relationship of the exemption or
reduction to tax policies of other states and to federal or state laws or
regulations, and who are the beneficiaries of each exemption or reduction,
including the extent to which the benefits flow to out-of-state concerns |
| 2395 § 4 |
Study issues relating to Medicaid and other
public funding for the extraordinary health care needs of children who live in
an institution or who are at risk of institutionalization; the Comprehensive
Health Association of North Dakota program provided for under NDCC Chapter
26.1-08, including contracting for a cost-benefit analysis of this program; and
the state programs providing services to children with special health care
needs to determine whether the programs are effective in meeting these special
health care needs, whether there are gaps in the state's system for
providing services to children with special health care needs, and whether
there are significant unmet special health care needs of children which should
be addressed |
| 3001 |
Study the legal and enforcement issues relating
to child support collections on Indian reservations, including state and tribal
court jurisdictions, recognition of income withholding orders, and logistics
involved in transferring child support collected to custodial parents |
| 3010 |
Study the feasibility and desirability of
establishing a state Brownfields law; superfund law; other efforts to encourage
the remediation and redevelopment of sites on which there has been a release of
pollution, contaminants, or petroleum; and measures to encourage property
owners to invest in and redevelop these sites |
| 3013 |
Study the causes of and factors that reduce the
severity of motor vehicle crashes |
| 3016 |
Study the delivery of veterans' services by
the state and counties |
| 3022 |
Study data regarding cervical cancer and human
papillomavirus, evaluate current methods of public education and access to
regular cervical cancer screening, and consider options for increasing
screening accuracy |
| 3025 |
Study the issues of fairness and equity as they
relate to the issuance and enforcement of child visitation orders |
| 3031 |
Study issues relating to tribal-state relations,
including methods for encouraging greater tribal-state cooperation; the
promotion of economic development on Indian reservations in the state; the
identification and study of health care, child welfare services, social
services, environmental protection, education, and law enforcement issues on
the reservations; the identification and study of the social and fiscal impact
of providing social services in counties within and adjacent to the
reservations; and the identification and proposals for the resolution of the
water issues affecting the state and the tribes |
| 3038 |
Study organ and tissue donation and actions that
may be taken at the regional, state, local, and private levels to increase
organ and tissue donations |
| 3039 |
Study the appropriate level of state-sponsored
tourism marketing |
| 3043 |
Study the need for supportive housing and
services, including emergency shelters, transition housing, and permanent
supportive housing for homeless individuals and families with children |
| 3045 |
Study the feasibility and desirability of
authorizing nonprofit organizations to participate in a government liability
self-insurance pool |
| 3047 |
Study sentencing alternatives with an emphasis on
the expanded use of rehabilitation over incarceration, the provision of more
treatment options, and the adequate funding of treatment programs |
| 4009 |
Study school district and library funding sources
to determine if a method can be found to provide an incentive to reduce school
district and library property tax levies |
| 4011 |
Study assessment and taxation of mobile homes and
similar housing alternatives with an emphasis on making assessment and taxation
of those housing alternatives equitable in comparison with assessment and
taxation of traditional residential housing |
| 4016 |
Study the feasibility and desirability of
adopting a statewide procedure for conducting missing persons
investigations |
| 4030 |
Study the delivery of long-term care services in
North Dakota with primary emphasis on the individual's preferred method of
care, patient safety, quality of care, potential duplication of service, and
the direction of state assistance |
| 4033 |
Study whether enhancing the quality of child care
and increasing access to affordable child care would favorably impact economic
development in the state |
| 4037 |
Study the laws pertaining to fences located
outside the corporate limits of the state's cities and the relevancy of
those laws in the 21st century |
| 4039 |
Study state and local taxes and other funding
sources that may be used to more equitably spread the responsibility for
funding elementary and secondary education, reduce reliance on property taxes,
and enhance equity and adequacy of funding for elementary and secondary
education |
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