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Morissette said the bill includes a $19.4 million request for the Office of the Adjutant General — covering a proposed principal repayment for Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) protest response costs, roughly $1.8 million for interest, and about $4.3 million in other response costs. He also described a $3.05 million request for the Attorney General’s litigation pool and witness fees, $30 million in additional federal fund authority for the Department of Public Instruction to cover increased federal program spending, $80,000 for the Department of Veterans Affairs to cover a salary shortfall, an $11.5 million general-fund request for the Department of Corrections related to excess incarceration costs, and a special-fund request for the Department of Water Resources tied to prior legislation and the water infrastructure revolving loan fund.

“Attached to my testimony is a … version of the bill with basically everything that we know at this point,” Morissette said, noting estimates are evolving and additional changes may appear before session end.

Department witnesses explained components. Lance Anderson, warden with the Department of Corrections, told the committee that DOCR has experienced population growth that required county and contracted placements and said the department projects an $11.5 million deficiency by the end of the biennium. Anderson cited statutory authority for county payment of DOCR-sentenced individuals and provided daily-cost calculations his office used to estimate the county and transitional-facility shortfall; he also said medical costs were higher in contracted settings.

Attorney General staff said the office estimates litigation spending will run near $8 million for the biennium (the governor’s budget currently lists $5 million for the AG’s litigation pool) and requested an additional $3 million to supplement existing appropriations. The AG’s finance director said the office pays many mandatory defense costs arising from enacted laws and that discretionary choices (for example, joining multistate suits) also drive demand for the litigation pool.

Committee members asked for follow-up specifics before taking action. Questions included whether paying principal on the DAPL-related debt would affect pending litigation outcomes and whether the Department of Corrections’ turnbacks and ARPA treatments were fully resolved. The committee opted not to act on HB 1024 that day and asked staff and agencies to provide additional information at a later meeting.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","House Appropriations Jan 30, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","Members discussed the biennial deficiency appropriation bill (House Bill 1024), reviewing requests across several agencies including the Adjutant General, Attorney General, Department of Public Instruction and Corrections; the committee deferred final action pending follow-up information.","taxTitle","Appropriations, House of Representatives, Legislative, North Dakota","taxId",28310,"location","North Dakota","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6360055,"Committee raises securities filing fees in House Bill 1011 amendment and advances budget",497,5692000,6189000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2175404-8218a2f95695c9cefb769ebf798ab9d3&start=5692&end=6189","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2175404-8218a2f95695c9cefb769ebf798ab9d3/thumbnail_5692000.jpg","/articles/6360055/North-Dakota/Committee-raises-securities-filing-fees-in-House-Bill-1011-amendment-and-advances-budget","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6360055-1e2f18d5011b989add61184dd2be516e/orig.mp4?Expires=1771175535&Signature=DDLn3jadsv1stgji7rusWmoThKBpvCyO5txweKpTNZmWuOKt9ZyqLPvyOYQ4kZ~XHepnT4-j76M-DGOy8Dce8XTEq6syFzDutUYb1hkk4640dVBpNeWWzL4Z7f7CpydxyJKc2XOL7~H2xtMHTffzuJ1rmSkmEVSE5IBsokEKlSXNjl9JrdRDGMxs9gFC9Bh~gwkqEsQaRCSwHppFWA8r~NpkaRqC3hm7eMQAL~KzfEqKQz~1hWt9R6~vG5JKzuBfrRXzBCSgNdi1LN7m32N31BFKpXy3vmR8qm2oBpY9uUaTHlhFss6aZEyrdfO0F7tggItidgFO4ITvSa~BOnNO9g__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Representative Bosch, presenting the Securities Department budget in House Bill 1011, said the agency’s fee schedule had not been updated for nearly two decades and proposed modest increases to several registration and adviser fees.

Bosch said the department is “a completely special funded, it's a small agency” with 10 employees and that modest fee changes would cover rising operational costs. He described the proposal as a middle-ground change that keeps North Dakota below neighboring states while updating long-stale fees.

Amendment language raises several fees: an agent registration fee from $60 to $75, broker-dealer and investment adviser firm fees modestly higher, and increases in adviser-representative fees. Bosch told the committee the net effect of those adjustments would be roughly $3.88 million in additional revenue to special funds per biennium, and that the department historically returns surplus funds to the general fund each biennium.

Committee members discussed growing IT and other centralized costs that agencies face; members said many agencies simply receive IT bills they cannot negotiate. Representative Munson and others noted the agencies’ lack of discretion over those charges and flagged rising long-term costs in larger agencies such as Human Services.

The Appropriations Committee voted to adopt the amendment and approved House Bill 1011 as amended for a due pass. Representative Bosch will carry the bill to the floor.","Appropriations approved an amendment to increase several securities registration and investment adviser fees and advanced the Securities Department budget to the House as amended.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6360060,"Appropriations panel approves fee increases and sends House Bill 1123 to the floor",1893,442000,2335000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2175404-8218a2f95695c9cefb769ebf798ab9d3&start=442&end=2335","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2175404-8218a2f95695c9cefb769ebf798ab9d3/thumbnail_442000.jpg","/articles/6360060/North-Dakota/Appropriations-panel-approves-fee-increases-and-sends-House-Bill-1123-to-the-floor","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6360060-616cdcebd885a78146ee77cbd443c849/orig.mp4?Expires=1771175535&Signature=D0FuRD41Lih2Ds2Lu9PfaeEpED00J6d01P8SVB4yDS7FIJQWTKcaH6E6XvaL-s3LIQEyNqMoN2nMqXA7ZXkrRI-n0bAiJLgFjeB3YkTt7l4r62e0pxEwy87bhG-aM~1~2W~zbqjThllbntfUNRNwRVc6DKYOTLKaBfhHhlvVqIwYwyVEZ8fB-jg5I0boQmOmXlrXabq80fYDfCrsnmAq2JiHSuWKkLR5j~Al3jNC3AdcqJ36bXaepQ5Jm4yv3BPhbuXCDqQILN8aDI3RJl5L4Rtci1Ljt-9029CSxm67VCaWXU-MjsQ2~~BSZAVsZM9eFdcmI1l5uyJSQgvB5LOxRw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Representative Jonathan Warray, chair of the House Industry, Business and Labor Committee, told the Appropriations Committee that House Bill 1123 updates long-unchanged insurance licensing fees and producer appointment charges.

Warray introduced the bill to Appropriations and said the measure “addresses outdated fees for 2 areas, company licensing and producer licensing.”

The bill raises the combined filing fees companies pay (certificate of authority, annual statement and abstract) from $155 to $300, which Warray said he estimates will generate about $130,000 in additional revenue per biennium. On the producer side, the committee amended a larger increase: the appointment fee would rise from $10 to $25, which the committee estimated would generate roughly $1.3 million more per biennium. The committee also included increases to various smaller filing and renewal fees and standardized fee language. The committee amendment reduced several originally larger increases after stakeholder discussion, Warray said.

John Godfried, insurance commissioner, explained why the bill also proposes changing the insurance regulatory trust fund reserve. “That $1,400,000 payment that goes out to the NDFA comes out in August,” Godfried said, describing an annual timing shortfall that leaves the fund briefly in deficit each year. Deputy Commissioner John Arnold told the panel the shortfall has been as large as “about 1,700,000 down” in the worst months.

Committee members debated an IBNL amendment that would raise the reserve limit from $1,000,000 to $2,500,000. Several members questioned whether the change was necessary since the department said the timing issue was short-lived and the bill’s fee increases would largely offset the cash-flow gap. Representative Munson moved to strip the section that raised the reserve and return the reserve limit to $1,000,000; that motion carried on a roll call. Representative Kempenek then moved a due-pass recommendation for HB 1123 as amended; the committee approved the bill as amended and selected Representative Meyer as the bill carrier to the floor.

The bill package also clarified refund timing for overpayments, setting a two-year expiration for refund claims and giving discretion to the commissioner. The committee recorded that the insurance regulatory trust fund had turned back $3.8 million to the general fund in FY2024 and estimated a similar turnback for FY2025.

Action on HB 1123 now moves to the full House with the committee’s amendment stripping the reserve increase and retaining the fee adjustments.","The House Appropriations Committee voted to advance House Bill 1123 after adopting committee changes that raise multiple insurance licensing and producer fees and leave the insurance regulatory trust fund reserve limit at its prior level.","actionData","errors"]

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Appropriations Committee hears deficiency bill; action deferred pending follow-up

Committee raises securities filing fees in House Bill 1011 amendment and advances budget

Appropriations panel approves fee increases and sends House Bill 1123 to the floor