21.0511.01000
Sixty-seventh
Legislative Assembly HOUSE BILL NO. 1159
of North Dakota
Introduced by
Representatives Brandenburg, Mitskog
Senator Wanzek
1 A BILL for an Act to provide an appropriation to the industrial commission for natural gas
2 infrastructure grants; and to provide a statement of legislative intent.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:
4 SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION - INTENT - LEGACY FUND EARNINGS. There is
5 appropriated out of any moneys in the general fund in the state treasury, not otherwise
6 appropriated, the sum of $100,000,000, or so much of the sum as may be necessary, to the
7 industrial commission for the purpose of providing grants to support natural gas infrastructure
8 development, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2021, and ending June 30, 2023. The industrial
9 commission shall develop guidelines for the grants, including eligibility and reporting
10 requirements. It is the intent of the sixty-seventh legislative assembly that the funds
11 appropriated be derived from legacy fund earnings transferred to the general fund during the
12 biennium beginning July 1, 2019, and ending June 30, 2021.
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