Tuesday, November 18 -- North Dakota Legislative Budget Section Meeting

NORTH DAKOTA LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
Tentative Agenda
BUDGET SECTION
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Senate Chamber, State Capitol
Bismarck, North Dakota
11:00 a.m. Call to order
Roll call
11:05 a.m. Presentation by representatives of the Office of Management and Budget regarding:
• Status of the general fund
• Report on any tobacco settlement proceeds
• Irregularities in the fiscal practices of the state pursuant to North Dakota Century
Code (NDCC) Section 54-14-03.1
• Executive budget revenue forecast for the 2009-11 biennium; one-time revenues,
including beginning balance; deficiency budget requests; and proposed statutory
changes affecting revenues
• Plans for the legislative revised revenue forecast on February 9, 2009
• Review of the appropriation bill format
11:50 a.m. Committee consideration of state agency requests, pursuant to NDCC Chapter 54-16,
that have been authorized by the Emergency Commission and require consideration by
the Budget Section
12:00 noon Luncheon recess
1:00 p.m. Presentation by a representative of Economy.com regarding:
• Economic assumptions included in the executive budget revenue forecast for the
2009-11 biennium
• North Dakota economic outlook, including oil prices and agriculture commodity prices
• Impact of the state's oil industry on state revenues
2:00 p.m. Presentation by representatives of the Office of Management and Budget on the
2009-11 executive budget recommendations for:
• State employee compensation and benefits
• One-time budget investments
• Information technology projects
• Capital projects
• Use of bonding for capital projects and the impact of the limit on general fund lease
payments
• Elementary, secondary, and vocational education
• Higher education institutions and the North Dakota University System office
• State Department of Health
• Department of Human Services, including the Developmental Center and the State
Hospital
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• Public safety agencies, including the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
and the Highway Patrol
• Agricultural and economic development agencies, including the North Dakota State
University Extension Service and the Agricultural Experiment Station
• Natural resource agencies, including the State Water Commission and the Game
and Fish Department
• Department of Transportation and other state agencies and institutions
3:30 p.m. Presentation by a representative of the Office of Management and Budget on specified
commodities and services exempted from the procurement requirements of NDCC
Chapter 54-44.4
3:40 p.m. Presentation by a representative of the Department of Human Services regarding the
status of the Medicaid management information system replacement project pursuant to
Section 3 of 2007 Senate Bill No. 2024
3:50 p.m. Presentation by a representative of the Veterans Home on the status of the Veterans
Home construction project pursuant to Section 4 of 2007 Senate Bill No. 2418
4:00 p.m. Presentation by a representative of the Industrial Commission regarding revenues and
expenditures of the abandoned oil and gas well plugging and site reclamation fund; the
geophysical, geothermal, subsurface minerals, and coal exploration fund; and the
geologic data preservation fund to date for the biennium beginning July 1, 2007, and
ending June 30, 2009, pursuant to Section 7 of 2007 House Bill No. 1060
4:10 p.m. Presentation by a representative of the Game and Fish Department regarding a report
on the recruitment and retention of hunters in North Dakota pursuant to Section 7 of
2007 Senate Bill No. 2017
4:20 p.m. Committee discussion and staff directives
4:30 p.m. Adjourn
Committee Members
Committee membership will be announced during the organizational session, December 1-3, 2008