23.3090.01000
Sixty-eighth
Legislative Assembly HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 3025
of North Dakota
Introduced by
Representatives Klemin, Hanson, Lefor, Roers Jones, Schneider, Vigesaa
Senators Bekkedahl, Dwyer, Hogue, Larson
1 A concurrent resolution directing the Legislative Management to consider studying the feasibility
2 and desirability of renovating and constructing an addition to the Liberty Memorial Building or
3 constructing a new building on the grounds of the state Capitol to serve as a new Supreme
4 Court building.
5 WHEREAS, the idea of housing the Supreme Court in a stand-alone building is not a new
6 concept; and
7 WHEREAS, since at least 1924, the plans for the Capitol grounds included a separate
8 "Temple of Justice" that would mirror the architectural design of the Liberty Memorial Building;
9 and
10 WHEREAS, as a result of the Supreme Court's expanding space needs, in 2015, then-
11 Governor Jack Dalrymple proposed appropriating $40 million to repurpose the Liberty Memorial
12 Building into a Supreme Court building; and
13 WHEREAS, the 2015 proposal did not advance due to the rapid downturn in the economy
14 which occurred at that time; and
15 WHEREAS, locating the Supreme Court in the Liberty Memorial Building would be a
16 homecoming for the Court;
17 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF
18 NORTH DAKOTA, THE SENATE CONCURRING THEREIN:
19 That the Legislative Management consider studying the feasibility and desirability of
20 renovating and constructing an addition to the Liberty Memorial Building or constructing a new
21 building on the grounds of the state Capitol to serve as a new Supreme Court building; and
22 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the study include input from the Supreme Court and the
23 Office of Management and Budget; and
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1 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Legislative Management report its findings and
2 recommendations, together with any legislation required to implement the recommendations, to
3 the Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly.
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