BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20160811T183000Z DTEND:20160811T193000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Government Affairs Committee Meeting DESCRIPTION:Review of the Special Session:\n\nNorth Dakota lawmakers convene this month for the 15th special legislative session in state history with a tall task before them: fixing a more than $300 million projected budget shortfall to fix in three days' time.\n\n \n\nOn July 13 Dalrymple ordered lawmakers to return to Bismarck this week to address a projected $310 million budget shortfall for the biennium.\n\n \n\nThe Republican majority's plan calls for a 2.5 percent budget cut to general funded agencies\, draining the remaining $75 million from the Budget Stabilization Fund and authorize a contingency transfer of up to $100 million in Bank of North Dakota profits.\n\n \n\nK-12 education would be held harmless in the proposed plan through Foundation Aid Stabilization Fund dollars\, while human services would be held harmless through general fund dollars and corrections' budget cuts would be kept at 1 percent.\n\n \n\nWe will review what happened\, what it means for the coming legislative session\, and how this can affect you as a chamber member. Tune in to hear all the details from the Legislatures 3 days back in session.\n\n\n\nAgenda:\n\n1:30 p.m. Introductions\n\n\n Bernie Dardis\, Policy Vice Chair\, GNDC\n\n \n\n1:35 p.m. Review for the Special Session\n\n\n Jon Godfread\, Greater North Dakota Chamber\n\n \n\n2:20 p.m. Open Discussion Your chance to ask your questions about specific topics \n\n\n Bernie Dardis\, Policy Vice Chair\, GNDC\n\nNext meeting - September 8\, 2016 @ 1:30pm X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Review of the Special Session:
\nNorth Dakota lawmakers convene this month for the 15th special legislative session in state history with a tall task before them: fixing a more than $300 million projected budget shortfall to fix in three days&rsquo\; time.
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\nOn July 13 Dalrymple ordered lawmakers to return to Bismarck this week to address a projected $310 million budget shortfall for the biennium.
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\nThe Republican majority&rsquo\;s plan calls for a 2.5 percent budget cut to general funded agencies\, draining the remaining $75 million from the Budget Stabilization Fund and authorize a contingency transfer of up to $100 million in Bank of North Dakota profits.
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\nK-12 education would be held harmless in the proposed plan through Foundation Aid Stabilization Fund dollars\, while human services would be held harmless through general fund dollars and corrections&rsquo\; budget cuts would be kept at 1 percent.
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\nWe will review what happened\, what it means for the coming legislative session\, and how this can affect you as a chamber member. Tune in to hear all the details from the Legislatures 3 days back in session.
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\nAgenda:
\n1:30 p.m. &ndash\; Introductions\n\n\n \;
\n1:35 p.m. &ndash\; Review for the Special Session\n\n\n2:20 p.m. &ndash\; Open Discussion &ndash\; Your chance to ask your questions about specific topics \n\n\nNext meeting  \;- September 8\, 2016 @ 1:30pm LOCATION:GNDC Office 2000 Schafer Rd Bismarck\, ND 58502 -or- Go To Meeting: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/963263925 888.640.7162 or 626.521.0016 Access Code: 963.263.925 UID:e.2286.42 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260408T015919Z URL:http://business.ndchamber.com/events/details/government-affairs-committee-meeting-08-11-2016-42 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR