Government Finance Committee

1083 § 1 Shall study the statutory and regulatory requirements placed on North Dakota state government agencies by United States government agencies as a condition of the receipt of federal funding to determine whether there are viable options to meet the needs of our state without having the federal government's oversight and involvement, which state needs can be met if federal funding associated with undesirable regulation or excessive direct and indirect costs is refused, and whether the benefit of accepting certain federal funds outweighs the benefit of participation in the federal programs.

2015 § 40 Shall study the functions of the Budget Section.  The study must review the 85 duties and studies assigned to the Budget Section, including the need to continue the duties and the ability of the Budget Section to authorize financial decisions, including full-time equivalent positions, North Dakota University System building projects, and project scope changes.

Review state budget information, including monitoring the status of revenues and appropriations

Receive annual report from the Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities detailing the committee's activities, goals, and progress in reaching these goals, and strategies and policies that can help the committee to realize its goals (NDCC § 50-06.1-16)

Approve any agreement between a North Dakota state entity and South Dakota to form a bistate authority (NDCC § 54-40-01)

Receive a report by the Office of Management and Budget by October 15 of each even-numbered year, regarding the reports received by the Office of Management and Budget from each executive branch state agency, excluding entities under the control of the State Board of Higher Education, receiving federal funds, a plan to operate the state agency when federal funds are reduced by 5 percent or more of the total federal funds the state agency receives (2015 House Bill No. 1085, § 1)

Receive report from the Office of Management and Budget regarding its statewide plan and any appropriation authority transferred from the targeted market equity pool (2015 Senate Bill No. 2015, § 4)

Receive report from the Office of Management and Budget regarding distributions from the energy development impact funding pool and each agency receiving a distribution from the energy impact funding pool regarding its plan to discontinue energy impact adjustments for employees at the end of the biennium beginning July 1, 2015, and ending June 30, 2017 (2015 Senate Bill No. 2015, § 5)