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0153.01000
     Sixty-ninth
     Legislative Assembly                   HOUSE BILL NO. 1009
     of North Dakota
     Introduced by
       Appropriations Committee
  A BILL for an Act to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the agriculture
  commissioner; and to provide for a transfer.
  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:
      SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION. The funds provided in this section, or so much of the funds
  as may be necessary, are appropriated out of any moneys in the general fund in the state
  treasury, not otherwise appropriated, and from other funds derived from special funds and
  federal funds, to the agriculture commissioner for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the
  agriculture commissioner, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2027,
  as follows:
                                                               Adjustments or
                                             Base Level        Enhancements          Appropriation
 Salaries and wages                        $17,042,562                      $0        $17,042,562
 Operating expenses                             7,426,173                    0          7,426,173
 Capital assets                                    7,000                     0                 7,000
 Grants                                      10,953,969                      0         10,953,969
 Agriculture products utilization               2,110,417                    0          2,110,417
   commission
 North Dakota trade office                      1,600,000                    0          1,600,000
 Board of animal health                          865,718                     0            865,718
 Wildlife services                              1,657,400                    0          1,657,400
 Pipeline restoration and reclamation            200,000                     0            200,000
   oversight program
 Crop harmonization board                         75,000                     0             75,000
 Total all funds                           $41,938,239                      $0        $41,938,239
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  Less other funds                             27,117,306                       0         27,117,306
  Total general fund                          $14,820,933                      $0        $14,820,933
  Full-time equivalent positions                     80.00                   0.00              80.00
      SECTION 2. OTHER FUNDS - TRANSFER - DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES.
  The other funds line item in section 1 of this Act includes the sum of $125,000 which the
  department of water resources shall transfer to the agriculture commissioner for the purpose of
  defraying the expenses of the wildlife services program.
      SECTION 3. TRANSFER - ENVIRONMENT AND RANGELAND PROTECTION FUND -
  MINOR USE PESTICIDE FUND. The agriculture commissioner shall transfer $325,000 from the
 environment and rangeland protection fund to the minor use pesticide fund during the biennium
 beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2027.
     SECTION 4. OTHER FUNDS - ENVIRONMENT AND RANGELAND PROTECTION FUND.
 The other funds line item in section 1 of this Act includes the sum of $7,415,020 from the
 environment and rangeland protection fund for the purpose of defraying the expenses of various
 agriculture commissioner programs.
     SECTION 5. OTHER FUNDS - GAME AND FISH FUND. The other funds line item in
 section 1 of this Act includes the sum of $648,228 from the game and fish department operating
 fund for the purpose of defraying the expenses of various agriculture commissioner programs.
     SECTION 6. OTHER FUNDS - ABANDONED OIL AND GAS WELL PLUGGING AND
 SITE RECLAMATION FUND. The other funds line item in section 1 of this Act includes the sum
 of $700,000 from the abandoned oil and gas well plugging and site reclamation fund, of which
 $200,000 is for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the pipeline restoration and
 reclamation program and $500,000 is for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the
 post-production royalty oversight program.
     SECTION 7. TRADE OFFICE - MATCHING FUND REQUIREMENT. The North Dakota
 trade office line item and the general fund appropriation in section 1 of this Act include
 $1,600,000 of funding related to the North Dakota trade office. The agriculture commissioner
 may spend sixty percent of this amount without requiring any matching funds from the trade
 office. Any additional amounts may be spent only to the extent the North Dakota trade office
 provides one dollar of matching funds from private or other public sources for each one dollar
 provided by the agriculture commissioner. Matching funds may include money spent by
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 businesses or organizations to pay salaries to export assistants, provide training to export
 assistants, or purchase computer equipment as part of the North Dakota trade office's export
 assistant program.
     SECTION 8. WATERBANK PROGRAM - MATCHING FUNDS. The salaries and wages line
 item in section 1 of this Act includes up to $50,000 from the general fund for matching funds for
 the North Dakota outdoor heritage fund grant provided for the waterbank program.
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