23.0915.01000
Sixty-eighth
Legislative Assembly HOUSE BILL NO. 1307
of North Dakota
Introduced by
Representatives Roers Jones, Lefor, Mock, O'Brien, Pyle
Senators Meyer, Patten, J. Roers, K. Roers
1 A BILL for an Act to provide an appropriation to the attorney general for a back the blue grant
2 program; and to provide for a report.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:
4 SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION - ATTORNEY GENERAL - BACK THE BLUE GRANT
5 PROGRAM - ONE-TIME FUNDING - REPORT TO SIXTY-NINTH LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY.
6 There is appropriated out of any moneys in the general fund in the state treasury, not otherwise
7 appropriated, the sum of $5,000,000, or so much of the sum as may be necessary, to the
8 attorney general for the purpose of providing back the blue grants to assist local law
9 enforcement agencies with workforce recruitment and retention, for the biennium beginning
10 July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2025. Of the funding appropriated in this section, $1,250,000
11 is available exclusively to local law enforcement agencies employing ten or fewer employees
12 working in a law enforcement capacity. This funding is considered a one-time funding item.
13 1. To be eligible for a grant under this section, a law enforcement agency must have
14 incurred workforce recruitment and retention-related expenditures. Eligible
15 expenditures include:
16 a. Bonuses paid to new and current law enforcement officers;
17 b. Tuition and fee payments made on behalf of law enforcement trainees; and
18 c. Costs to upgrade law enforcement equipment.
19 2. Law enforcement agencies seeking reimbursement for workforce recruitment and
20 retention-related expenditures must submit a report of actual expenditures incurred to
21 the attorney general with the grant application.
22 3. The attorney general:
23 a. Shall reimburse each eligible applicant fifty percent of allowable expenditures;
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1 b. May not award funding appropriated in this section to state or federal law
2 enforcement entities; and
3 c. Shall report to the sixty-ninth legislative assembly regarding the number of grants
4 provided pursuant to this section.
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