Budget Section

Receive a report from Office of Management and Budget regarding any loans obtained pursuant to Section 6‑09‑15.1. (NDCC § 6‑09‑15.1)

Receive annual report from the North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension Service on full-time equivalent position adjustments made. (NDCC § 11-38-12)

Receive an annual report from the Commissioner of University and School Lands on the investment performance of each fund under its control. (NDCC § 15-02-08.1)

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 building construction or campus improvements and building maintenance of more than $700,000, 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 reports from the Office of Management and Budget, upon request from the Budget Section, regarding the State Board of Higher Education's project variance semiannual reports regarding construction projects valued at more than $250,000. (NDCC § 15-10-47)

Receive annual report from the NDSU Main Research Center on full-time equivalent position adjustments made. (NDCC § 15-12.1-05)

Receive status report from the State Board of Agricultural Research and Education. (NDCC § 15-12.1-17(10))

Receive biennial report from the State Fire Marshal summarizing the expenditures by certified fire departments and districts of funds received from the insurance tax distribution fund and reserve fund balances. (NDCC § 18-04-02)

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 money in the game and fish fund if the balance would be reduced below $15 million. (NDCC § 20.1-02-16.1)

Receive at least semiannual reports from the Legacy and Budget Stabilization Fund Advisory Board. (NDCC § 21-10-11)

Authorize the Life Skills and Transition Center to provide services under contract with a governmental or nongovernmental person. (NDCC § 25-04-02.2)

Receive annual report from the Adjutant General regarding the income and expenditures made from the North Dakota National Guard service member, veteran, family, and survivor support program. Approve any expenditures from the fund that exceed $500,000 per biennium. (NDCC § 37-03-18)

Receive reports on the use of the state disaster relief fund to provide the required state share of funding for expenses associated with presidentially declared and governor-declared disasters in the state. (NDCC § 37-17.1-27)

Receive report from the Industrial Commission each biennium on the balance of the abandoned oil and gas well plugging and site reclamation fund and expenditures from the fund. (NDCC § 38-08-04.5)

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 Department of Commerce's Division of Community Services on conclusions of annual audits of renaissance fund organizations. (NDCC § 40-63-07(9))

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, but if within 6 months before or 3 months after a regular session the authorization is limited to changes in project scope and related expenditures resulting from an unforeseen emergency event. (NDCC § 48-01.2-25)

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 3 years. (NDCC § 52-02-17)

Approve purchase or lease of an airworthy aircraft not otherwise replacing an aircraft with only insurance proceeds by a state agency or entity of state government, other than the Adjutant General or the University of North Dakota School of Aviation, if the Legislative Assembly is not in session. (NDCC § 54-06-37)

Receive report from the State Treasurer, within 90 days of the beginning of each fiscal year, regarding all warrants and checks outstanding for more than 90 days and less than 3 years. (NDCC § 54-11-01)

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(1))

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. (NDCC § 54-16-04(2))

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. (NDCC § 54-16-04.1(4))

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. (NDCC § 54-16-04.1)

Approve Emergency Commission authorization of a state officer's expenditure of federal funds in excess of $50,000 if the 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 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. (NDCC § 54-16-04.2)

Approve Emergency Commission authorization of a state officer's expenditure of funds in excess of $50,000 if the 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, on the advice of the Office of Management and Budget and the recommendation of the Emergency Commission, a state officer to employ full-time equivalent positions in addition to those authorized by the Legislative Assembly. (NDCC § 54‑16‑04.3)

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 Housing Finance Agency at least once per biennium regarding the activities of the housing incentive fund. (NDCC § 54-17-40)

Receive report from the Industrial Commission if any order, regulation, or policy of the Industrial Commission has an estimated fiscal effect on the state in excess of $20 million in a biennium. (NDCC § 54-17-42)

Receive biennial report from the North Dakota Outdoor Heritage Advisory Board. (NDCC § 54-17.8-07)

Receive report from the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation annually on the department's prison population management plan and inmate admissions and the number of inmates the department has not admitted after sentencing. (NDCC § 54-23.3-11)

Approve use of the preliminary planning revolving fund. (NDCC § 54-27-22)

Approve use of cashflow financing. (NDCC § 54-27-23)

Receive report from the Office of Management and Budget at each meeting of the Budget Section regarding the reports received from state agencies, other than entities under the control of the State Board of Higher Education, that have applied for federal grants estimated to be $25,000 or more. (NDCC § 54-27-27)

Receive report on transfers of funds from the budget stabilization fund to the general fund to offset projected decrease in general fund revenues. (NDCC § 54-27.2-03)

Consider specific actions, projects, and transfers. (NDCC § 54-35-02.9)

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(23))

Receive report from the Office of Management and Budget regarding any purchase of oil put options by the State Investment Board to offset reduced 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)

Receive report from the Office of Management and Budget in December of even-numbered years regarding commodities and services exempted from state procurement requirements. (NDCC § 54-44.4-02.2)

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))

Approve any donation from funds the donor has not designated or conditioned the use of for a specific purpose to the state parks gift fund in excess of $50,000 (NDCC § 55-08-07.2)

Receive report from tribal governing bodies annually regarding investment of oil and gas tax receipts in essential infrastructure and fees, expenses, and charges the tribe imposes on the oil industry. (NDCC § 57-51.2-02)

Authorize establishment of casualty insurance organization to provide extraterritorial workforce safety and insurance. (NDCC § 65‑08.1-02)

Review and report on budget data prepared by the Director of the Budget.

Receive a report from the Legislative Council staff in the fall of 2022 on the status of the state's federal funds receipts for the current biennium and estimated federal funds receipts for the subsequent biennium.

Authorize the Governor's office expend other funds if the amount of funds received from a source exceeds $150,000 under Chapter 54-16. Federal funds which may become available to the Governor's office may be accepted by the Governor's office. Federal funds accepted by the Governor's office may not be spent until authorization is received from the Legislative Assembly or from the Emergency Commission and Budget Section under Chapter 54-16. (2021 House Bill No. 1001 § 3)

Receive a report after June 30, 2022, from the Department of Human Services on any transfer made in excess of $50,000 and to the Appropriations Committees of the 68^th Legislative Assembly regarding any transfers made pursuant to this section. (2021 House Bill No.1012 § 8)

Receive quarterly reports during the 2021-22 interim from the Department of Human Services Behavioral Health Division on the status of the substance use disorder treatment voucher system program, including data on the utilization of the program, data on program expenditures, and an estimate of the number of months of funding remaining in the program. (2021 House Bill No. 1012 § 62)

Receive quarterly reports from the Department of Transportation regarding the use of funds transferred from the general fund to the highway fund. (2021 House Bill No. 1015 § 13)

Approve State Water Commission expenditure of funds that become available in the resources trust fund or the water projects stabilization fund in excess of 2021-23 biennium appropriations. (2021 House Bill No. 1020 § 3)

Receive a report from the Director of the Office of Management and Budget on the amounts spent under Section 10 of 2021 Session Laws Chapter 548 (2021 House Bill No. 1505 § 10)

Receive a report from the Department of Human Services on any transfer made in excess of $50,000 pursuant to Section 11 of 2021 House Bill No. 1506 (2021 House Bill No. 1506 § 11)

Receive a report from the State Board of Higher Education on any adjustments or increases of full-time equivalent positions. (2021 Senate Bill No. 2020 § 8)

During the 2021-22 interim, the Director of the NDSU Main Research Center shall report to the Legislative Management regarding priority capital projects and other expenses that may be eligible for funding from the state fiscal recovery fund allocated to the state under the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. (2021 Senate Bill No. 2020 § 11)

Receive certification from the Director of Office of Management and Budget that the appropriation for the intermodal facility construction grant program complies with federal guidelines for the federal Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund. (2021 Senate Bill No. 2245 § 1 (3))

Hold the required legislative hearings on state plans for the receipt and expenditure of new or revised block grants passed by Congress. (2021 Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 4001)