701-566-9300Murphy’s Law Blog 2021 | #22 — Grain Inspection and Reinsurance
House Bill 1026 is the vehicle for modernizing the grain inspection and warehouse regulation sides of the industry. After much gnashing of teeth for several sessions, two years ago oversight was passed from the Public Service Commission to the North Dakota Department of Agriculture. The interim committee chaired by Representative Dennis Johnson – a farmer […]hi
House Bill 1026 is the vehicle for modernizing the grain inspection and warehouse regulation sides of the industry. After much gnashing of teeth for several sessions, two years ago oversight was passed from the Public Service Commission to the North Dakota Department of Agriculture. The interim committee chaired by Representative Dennis Johnson – a farmer – got all the different parties...
NDSGA | Legislative Report – February 26, 2021
Lobbyist, for the North Dakota Corn Growers Association and the North Dakota Ethanol Producers Association, Lance Gaebe, shares information about the passing of infrastructure and fuel tax bills.hi
Lobbyist, for the North Dakota Corn Growers Association and the North Dakota Ethanol Producers Association, Lance Gaebe, shares information about the passing of infrastructure and fuel tax bills.
Murphy’s Law Blog 2021 | #21 — Tiling and a Bonding Vehicle
The effort of bringing disparate parties together to hammer out tiling law was moved forward by the House this week. HB1437 was passed unanimously over to the Senate for its judgement on the matter. I have said it before and it bears repeating; we get better laws with less fighting in the Legislature when someone […]hi
The effort of bringing disparate parties together to hammer out tiling law was moved forward by the House this week. HB1437 was passed unanimously over to the Senate for its judgement on the matter. I have said it before and it bears repeating; we get better laws with less fighting in the Legislature when someone cares enough to get those involved in the dispute to work on something that can...
Murphy’s Law Blog 2021 | #20 — Septic Systems, Quick Take
Bill HB1183 was passed in the House today while the Corn and Soybean Expo is going on. Last year in the Fargodome, I spoke to the lunch crowd about the issue this bill has finally addressed because we all have to deal with wastewater and many of us with septic systems. HB1183 sets up uniform […]hi
Bill HB1183 was passed in the House today while the Corn and Soybean Expo is going on. Last year in the Fargodome, I spoke to the lunch crowd about the issue this bill has finally addressed because we all have to deal with wastewater and many of us with septic systems. HB1183 sets up uniform practices for local health units and installers which should alleviate the patchwork of...
Murphy’s Law Blog 2021 | #19 — Gas Tax, Ag Innovation, Trade Office
Today the House floor convincingly passed a 3 cent-per-gallon gas tax. What?!? You heard me. There had been whisperings of so much money coming for transportation infrastructure from Federal COVID funds that it might overcome the need to raise the $7.4 million per penny tax. The question as I see it is; Does one want […]hi
Today the House floor convincingly passed a 3 cent-per-gallon gas tax. What?!? You heard me. There had been whisperings of so much money coming for transportation infrastructure from Federal COVID funds that it might overcome the need to raise the $7.4 million per penny tax. The question as I see it is; Does one want to vote on what the state can do for ourselves and know the outcome or rely...
NDSGA | Legislative Report – February 19, 2021
North Dakota Corn Growers Association's Executive Director Brenda Elmer talks about the importance of support regarding value-added agriculture products. North Dakota Farm Bureau's Director of Public Policy Pete Hanabutt discusses the 67th Legislative Session crossover will soon begin.hi
North Dakota Corn Growers Association’s Executive Director Brenda Elmer talks about the importance of support regarding value-added agriculture products. North Dakota Farm Bureau’s Director of Public Policy Pete Hanabutt discusses the 67th Legislative Session crossover will soon begin.
Murphy’s Law Blog 2021 | #18 — SBARE and a Bonding Success (so far)
The bonding success story relates to the Friday passage of HB1431 by the House floor at about a three to one ratio. This margin of support surprised many as the House not only quashed a Republican bonding bill of $1.1 billion in the second week of the session but also stripped out about $100 million […]hi
The bonding success story relates to the Friday passage of HB1431 by the House floor at about a three to one ratio. This margin of support surprised many as the House not only quashed a Republican bonding bill of $1.1 billion in the second week of the session but also stripped out about $100 million from HB1431 before passing it yesterday. With hundreds of millions of dollars in it to...
Murphy’s Law Blog 2021 | #17 — Extension and Research Budget
NDSU’s Extension and Research budget is in bill SB2020. The Governor had cut their budget by 15 percent and today the Senate spoke loudly in opposition to his proposal by passing unanimously their counter-proposal which re-instated Extension and Research’s budget to levels of last year. That is what E&R had asked for. Not only that, […]hi
NDSU’s Extension and Research budget is in bill SB2020. The Governor had cut their budget by 15 percent and today the Senate spoke loudly in opposition to his proposal by passing unanimously their counter-proposal which re-instated Extension and Research’s budget to levels of last year. That is what E&R had asked for. Not only that, but SB2020 as of now has also proposed funding for...
Legislative Report – February 12, 2021
Senator Terry Wanzek spoke about North Dakota State University's Research and Extension budget and working to restore it to its base level.hi
Senator Terry Wanzek spoke about North Dakota State University’s Research and Extension budget and working to restore it to its base level.
Murphy’s Law Blog 2021 | #16 — Bonding, Electric Power from Soybeans
Well, policy bills are slowing down in committees – almost done. Now Appropriations committees make their recommendations to the floor. The House is really piled up as they have debated social issues at length, keeping their Calendar for floor action pretty full. With a couple hundred bills more to act on than the Senate (they […]hi
Well, policy bills are slowing down in committees – almost done. Now Appropriations committees make their recommendations to the floor. The House is really piled up as they have debated social issues at length, keeping their Calendar for floor action pretty full. With a couple hundred bills more to act on than the Senate (they have twice as many members) they do seem to be killing a lot...