Government Affairs Committee Meeting

Review of the Special Session:
North 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.
 
On July 13 Dalrymple ordered lawmakers to return to Bismarck this week to address a projected $310 million budget shortfall for the biennium.
 
The 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.
 
K-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.
 
We 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.

Agenda:
1:30 p.m. – Introductions

• Bernie Dardis, Policy Vice Chair, GNDC

• Jon Godfread, Greater North Dakota Chamber
   

• Bernie Dardis, Policy Vice Chair, GNDC