Government Finance Committee

Duties and Studies

Review state budget information, including the monitoring of state revenue and appropriations and review and develop state revenue forecasts.

Study of selected state agency fees. (NDCC § 54-35-27)

2015 § 65 Study the state's guardianship programs. The study must include consideration of the existing structure for the programs under the Office of Management and Budget, judicial branch, and Department of Health and Human Services; the feasibility of consolidating the programs under one agency; and an appropriate level of funding for the programs.

1008 § 3 Study the appropriation procedures for the Department of Financial Institutions. The study must include an analysis of the feasibility and desirability of alternative appropriation methods, management structures employed, oversight and reporting to the executive and legislative branches of government, staff classifications structures tied to federal or market compensation indexes, and staffing structures which allow for adjustments to market conditions.

2015 § 63 Study, in collaboration with the Insurance Commissioner and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the feasibility and desirability of changing administration of the state fire and tornado fund and state bonding fund from the Insurance Commissioner to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. The study must include an analysis of the statutory changes necessary to accomplish the change in administration and other statutory changes necessary to facilitate the Office of Management and Budget's administration of these funds.

Study the need to modernize the fleet of state-owned aircraft, determine the adequate number of aircraft necessary for official government travel, and the feasibility and desirability of establishing an aircraft pool similar to the state motor pool. The study may exclude the ownership and use of specialized aircraft used by the Game and Fish Department, the Highway Patrol, the Department of Transportation, and the Aeronautics Commission, and aircraft owned or leased by the University of North Dakota School of Aviation. (Legislative Management directive)

Reports

Receive at least one report from the Department of Career and Technical Education during the 2023-24 interim regarding grants awarded to a workforce training center for the purposes of uncrewed aircraft system, autonomous vehicle, or other autonomous technology. The report must include a list of grant recipients, the amounts awarded, and a description of the use of the grant funding. (2023 House Bill No. 1519 § 1)

Receive at least one report from the Agriculture Commissioner during the 2023-24 interim regarding grants awarded to individuals and entities in the agriculture industry for the purposes of uncrewed aircraft system, autonomous vehicle, or other autonomous technology. The report must include a list of grant recipients, the amounts awarded, and a description of the use of the grant funding. (2023 House Bill No. 1519 § 2)

Receive a report from the Department of Emergency Services on grants awarded before June 30, 2023, to tribal governments, counties, cities, and townships for emergency snow removal. (2023 Senate Bill No. 2015 § 5 & 2023 Senate Bill No. 2183 § 1)

Receive at least one report from each county or city that receives a distribution from the large facility development fund on the use of the funding. The report must include the amount of funding received and spent by the county or city, including an itemized list of the amounts spent and a description of how the funding was used by the county or city. (2023 Senate Bill No. 2334 § 3) (NDCC § 57-39.2-26.4)

Receive a report from the Office of Management and Budget before September 30, 2024, regarding the findings and recommendations from its study of improving the cash management practices of the state. (2023 Senate Bill No. 2015 § 17)

Receive a biennial report from the Retirement and Investment Office regarding the amount of legacy fund earnings above the percent of market value that would have been transferred to the legacy earnings fund had 2023 Senate Bill No. 2330 not been passed by the 68^th Legislative Assembly. (2023 Senate Bill No. 2015 § 62)

Receive a report from the Department of Health and Human Services regarding the use of funding for the full-time equivalent position block grant program. (2023 Senate Bill No. 2012 § 7)

Receive a presentation from the Department of Transportation before August 1, 2024, of the department's plan to complete the United States Highway 85 four-lane project. (2023 House Bill No. 1012 § 17)

Receive from the Department of Commerce one report by December 31, 2023, and no fewer than two reports during the period beginning January 1, 2024, and ending October 31, 2024, regarding the status of each grant program identified in Section 2 of 2023 House Bill No. 1018 derived from the general fund or state special funds, including funding spent to date, the number of individuals or businesses awarded funding, the name and amount of funding awarded to each individual and business, the date funding was awarded, criteria used when awarding funding, and a detailed listing of how the funding has been used. (2023 House Bill No. 1018 § 30)

Receive a report from the Department of Career and Technical Education during the 2023-24 interim regarding the amount of funding provided per project to defray inflationary costs of existing projects approved under the statewide area career center initiative grant program during the 2021-23 biennium and the construction status of each project. The Office of Management and Budget is required to report to the Legislative Management regarding any uncommitted federal coronavirus capital projects fund appropriation authority transferred from the Information Technology Department to the Department of Career and Technical Education. (2023 House Bill No. 1021 § 10 & 2023 Senate Bill No. 2015 § 7)

Receive reports associated with the study of state agency fees, including a report by July 1, 2024, from each agency that has fees indicating whether any fees were added, deleted, or changed during the course of the biennium; a report by July 1, 2024, from each state agency that is authorized to impose more than 40 fees regarding the amount of each fee, when the fee was implemented, why the fee is set at the specific dollar amount, where the fee is deposited, and whether the fee is critical for the budget of the agency; and a report by September 1, 2024, from the Office of Management and Budget compiling into a single report the reports from state agencies authorized to impose more than 40 fees. (NDCC § 54-35-27)

The Office of Management and Budget shall prepare and submit a quarterly report to the Legislative Management of each executive branch agency that gives any full-time state employee salary increases between April 1, 2021, and June 30, 2023, which cumulatively are 15 percent or more over the employee's base salary as of March 31, 2021. The report must include the name of each employee receiving the increase and any relevant salary information. (NDCC § 54-44-04)

Receive semiannual reports from the Department of Commerce regarding the status of the program to establish and administer an uncrewed aircraft systems test site in cooperation with the University of North Dakota, the Aeronautics Commission, Adjutant General, and private parties appointed by the Governor. (NDCC § 54-60-28) (2023 House Bill No. 1018 § 23)

Receive semiannual reports from the Department of Commerce regarding the development of the beyond visual line of sight uncrewed aircraft system program and the total amount deposited by the State Treasurer in the general fund. (NDCC § 54‑60‑29.1) (2023 House Bill No. 1018 § 25)