Assigned Studies and Responsibilities
(2005 Session)
ADMINISTRATIVE RULES COMMITTEE
Approve extension of time for administrative agencies to adopt rules (NDCC
§ 28-32-07)
Establish standard procedures for administrative agency compliance with notice
requirements of proposed rulemaking (NDCC § 28-32-10)
Establish procedure to distribute copies of administrative agency filings
of notice of proposed rulemaking (NDCC § 28-32-10)
Determine whether an administrative rule is void (NDCC § 28-32-18)
Receive notice of appeal of an administrative agency's rulemaking action (NDCC
§ 28-32-42)
Study and review administrative rules and related statutes (NDCC § 54-35-02.6)
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)
BUDGET SECTION
Receive status report from the State Board of Agricultural Research and
Education (NDCC § 4-05.1-19(10))
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 (NDCC § 4-14.1-07)
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)
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 (NDCC §15-10-12.1)
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 (NDCC §15-10-12.3)
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
(NDCC §15.1-02-14)
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 (NDCC § 20.1-02-05.1)
Authorize the Game and Fish Department to spend moneys in the game and fish
fund if the balance would be reduced below $10 million (NDCC § 20.1-02-16.1)
Authorize Developmental Center at Westwood Park, Grafton, to provide services
under contract with a governmental or nongovernmental person (NDCC § 25-04-02.2)
Approve waiver of exemption of state property in a city from special assessments
levied for flood control purposes (NDCC § 40-23-22.1)
Receive annual report from the Division of Community Services on conclusions
of annual audits of renaissance fund organizations (NDCC § 40-63-07)
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 (NDCC § 47-30.1-24.1)
Approve state agency relinquishment of unclaimed property belonging to that
agency (NDCC § 47-30.1-24.1)
Approve the change or expansion of, or any additional expenditure for, a state
building construction project approved by the Legislative Assembly (NDCC §
48-02-20)
Receive annually a report from the Public Service Commission regarding payments
received under the performance assurance plan and expenditures from the performance
assurance fund (NDCC § 49-21-31)
Approve termination of federal food stamp or energy assistance program (NDCC
§ 50-06-05.1)
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 (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 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 (NDCC §
54-16-04.1)
Approve Emergency Commission authorization of 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 (NDCC §
54-16-04.1)
Approve Emergency Commission authorization of 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 (NDCC §
54-16-04.2)
Approve Emergency Commission authorization of 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 (NDCC § 54-16-04.2)
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 (NDCC § 54-16-09)
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
(NDCC § 54-23.3-08)
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 report from the director of the Office of Management and Budget on
the status of tobacco settlement funds and related information (NDCC § 54-44-04)
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 (NDCC § 54-44-16)
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)
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 (NDCC § 54-59-05(4))
Receive summary of annual report from the Information Technology Department
(NDCC § 54-59-19)
Approve expenditures exceeding $130,000 a biennium by the Department of Commerce
from its operating fund for web site maintenance (NDCC § 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 (NDCC § 54-60-10)
Receive biennial report from the Workers Compensation Bureau on all revenues
deposited into and expenditures from the building maintenance account of the
workers' compensation fund (NDCC § 65-02-05.1)
Receive periodic reports from the Workers Compensation Bureau 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 (NDCC § 65-04-03.1)
Authorize establishment of casualty insurance organization to provide extraterritorial
workers' compensation insurance (NDCC § 65-08.1-02)
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 (2003 S.L., ch. 3, § 11)
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
(2003 S.L., ch. 36, § 42)
Review and report on budget data prepared by the director of the budget
ELECTRIC INDUSTRY COMPETITION 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
Receive notice from a firefighters relief association concerning service benefits
paid under a special schedule (NDCC § 18-11-15)
Receive annual report from the Board of Trustees of the Teachers' Fund for
Retirement regarding annual test of actuarial adequacy of statutory contribution
rate (NDCC § 15-39.1-10.11)
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 (NDCC § 54-06-31)
Review legislative measures and proposals affecting public employees retirement
programs and health and retiree health plans (NDCC § 54-35-02.4)
Approve terminology adopted by the Public Employees Retirement System Board
to comply with federal requirements (NDCC § 54-52.1-08.2)
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE
Determine information technology compliance reviews to be conducted by the
State Auditor and receive the results of those reviews (NDCC §§
54-10-28; 54-35-15.4)
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
(NDCC § 54-35-15.2)
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 (NDCC
§ 54-59-02.1)
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 (NDCC § 54-59-12)
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 (NDCC §
54-59-13)
Receive annual report from the Information Technology Department (NDCC §
54-59-19)
LEGISLATIVE AUDIT AND FISCAL REVIEW COMMITTEE
Receive annual audit report from State Fair Association (NDCC § 4-02.1-18)
Receive annual audit report from corporation receiving ethyl alcohol or methanol
production subsidy (NDCC §10-19.1-152)
Receive annual audit report from any limited liability company that produces
agricultural ethanol alcohol or methanol in this state and which receives
a production subsidy from the state (NDCC §10-32-156)
Receive report on writeoff of patients' accounts at Developmental Center at
Westwood Park, Grafton (NDCC § 25-04-17)
Receive annual audited financial statement and report from North Dakota low-risk
incentive fund (NDCC § 26.1-50-05)
Receive the audit report of the North Dakota Stockmen's Association (NDCC
§ 36-22-09)
Receive annual audit report from limited partnership receiving ethyhl alcohol
or methanol production subsidy (NDCC § 45-10.1-71)
Receive annual report from the Department of Human Services on writeoff of
recipients' or patients' accounts (NDCC § 50-06.3-08)
Receive report of biennial performance audit of the divisions of Job Service
North Dakota (NDCC §52-02-18)
Approve the State Auditor's hiring of a consultant to assist with conducting
a performance audit of a state agency (NDCC § 54-10-01)
Determine frequency of audits of state agencies (NDCC § 54-10-01)
Determine necessary performance audits by State Auditor (NDCC § 54-10-01)
Determine when State Auditor is to perform audits of political subdivisions
(NDCC § 54-10-13)
Order the State Auditor to audit or review the accounts of any political subdivision
(NDCC § 54-10-15)
Study and review audit reports submitted by the State Auditor (NDCC §
54-35-02.2)
Receive summary of annual report from the Information Technology Department
(NDCC § 54-59-19)
Receive annual report from director of the Workers Compensation Bureau and
the chairman of the Workers Compensation Board of Directors (NDCC § 65-02-03.3)
Receive report from director of the Workers Compensation Bureau, chairman
of the Workers Compensation Board of Directors, and the auditor regarding
the biennial performance audit of the Workers Compensation Bureau (NDCC §
65-02-30)
