North Dakota Legislative Week 4

The North Dakota Legislature is heading into its 4th week. The following bills were highlighted on the League's Friday Legislative Update phone call. To see a complete list of bills the League is tracking and to see the full schedule, visit www.ndlc.org/legislativeinformation. 

Monday January 25
01/25/2021 09:30 AM   HB 1277 Relating to a residential property tax exemption for new construction; and to provide an effective date. 

Tuesday January 26
01/26/2021 09:00 AM   HB 1169 Relating to competition between the government and private industry; and to provide for a report to the legislative management. 

01/26/2021 09:30 AM   HB 1159 A BILL for an Act to provide an appropriation to the industrial commission for natural gas infrastructure grants; and to provide a statement of legislative intent. 
01/26/2021 02:00 PM   HB 1348 Relating to prohibiting the testing of wastewater for genetic material or evidence of disease; and to provide a penalty. 
01/26/2021 02:15 PM   HB 1259 Relating to participation in a state or national wastewater surveillance system. 
01/26/2021 02:30 PM   HB 1494
Relating to a law enforcement grant program; to provide for a legislative management report; to provide a penalty; and to provide an appropriation. 
Wednesday
January 27

HB 1372 Relating to an optional residential property tax freeze for owners who are disabled or age sixty-five or older; and to provide an effective date. 
01/27/2021 09:30 AM   SB 2213 Relating to the property tax credit for disabled veterans; and to provide an effective date.  
01/27/2021 10:30 AM   SB 2270 Relating to an optional residential property tax reduction for seniors; and to provide an effective date. 
01/27/2021 11:00 AM   HB 1414 Relating to a deduction for retailer remittance of sales tax; and to provide an expiration date. 

Thursday January 28
01/28/2021 08:30 AM   SB 2040 Relating to bonded debt repayments; to amend and reenact sections 6-09.4-06, 6-09.4-10, and 15.1-36-08 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to borrowing and lending authority of the public finance authority, reserve funds associated with bonds, and the school construction assistance revolving loan fund; to provide an appropriation; and to provide a bond issue limit. 
01/28/2021 02:00 PM   HB 1222 Relating to nonconforming structures. 

Friday January 29
01/29/2021 09:00 AM   HB 1419 Relating to the authority of a county or city to levy an infrastructure fee in lieu of special assessments; and to amend and reenact sections 11-09.1-05, 11-11-55.1, 40-05.1-06, 40-12-02, and 40-23-21 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the authority of cities and counties to levy an infrastructure fee in lieu of special assessments and special assessment fund balances. 


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