County Studies Prioritized

The Legislative Management Committee struggled to reduce the 111 studies approved by the 64th Legislative Assembly down to a manageable number for the interim.  They started with 16 that were passed as "required" studies, and ended up adding 28 additional studies for a total of 44.

Of these 44 chosen studies, the NDACo staff has identified 30 that have some relationship to county government.  We have grouped those 30 below in general topic areas.  Keep in mind that now the Legislative Management will divide the studies and the legislators up into 15-18 topic committees, so these will likely get sliced and diced in a somewhat different configuration. 

We will post here the committees, studies assigned, and chairman; once the Legislative Management Committee has completed this work.

Mandatory & Optional Interim Studies / 2015-17 Interim
30 County-Related Out of 44 Total Prioritized Studies (111 Total Advanced)
Oil Tax & Allocation Studies
		SB 2015 § 42	Oil and gas tax incentives and oil and gas recovery techniques (Required)
		SB 2318	Oil extraction tax exemptions for tertiary recovery (Required)
		HB 1176  § 6	Oil and gas tax revenue allocations
Highway Issue Studies
		HB 1377	Truck permitting in oil & gas counties (Required)
		HB 1012 § 10	Impacts  of harmonizing truck size and weight regulations (Required)
		SB 2015 § 41	Special transportation funding distributions to political subdivisions
		HB 1020	Feasibility of placing the upper great plains transportation institute under the NDDOT
		SB 2167	The one-call excavation notice system
Justice & Public Safety Studies
		HB 1015  § 4	Petrial services, sentencing alternatives, treatment options, and related issues (Required)
		HB 1165	PEW Research study of public safety, corrections (Required)
		HCR 3006	Use of state resources for youth adjudicated by tribal courts
		HCR 3012	Child sex offender registration
		HB 1004	Acquiring UND forensic pathology center
		HCR 3004	Best practices for forensic death investigation
		HB 1018  § 25	Feasibility of establishing a civilian ground center for processing first responder data
		SCR 4018	Use of seclusion and restraint in schools
Health & Human Services Studies
		SB 2206 § 12	Develop a plan to transfer of 100% of county social service costs to state (Required)
		HB 1378	Essential health delivery & Affordable Care Act (Required)
		SB 2048 § 7	Behavioral health needs
		HB 1279	Family caregiver supports and services
		HCR 3049	Employment and public assistance
		HCR 3003	State employee health insurance premiums
Voting & Election Studies
		HB 1302	Voter registration
		HB 1389	Verification of non-citizens for voting purposes
Water Studies
		SB 2020 § 22	Sustainable water supply to central & eastern North Dakota (Required)
		HCR 3020	Impact on owners from land inundated by rising Devils Lake waters
		HB 1095	Use of quick-take by water boards
Tax Incentive & Exemption Studies
		SB 2057	Economic development incentives (Required)
		SB 2276	Incentives to getting natural gas service to underserved communities
		HB 1401	Sales tax exemption for materials bought by contractor for tax exempt entity