AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the state treasurer; to amend and reenact section 54-11-13 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the salary of the state treasurer; and to declare an emergency.
HB 1005 is the biennial appropriations bill for the North Dakota State Treasurer’s office for the 2025-27 biennium. It provides a total appropriation of $3.51 million, including $3.22 million from the general fund and $295,000 from special funds, to cover salaries and wages, operating expenses, coal severance payments, a new and vacant FTE pool, and a dedicated amount for carbon dioxide pipeline payments. The bill also identifies $295,000 in one-time funding for information technology projects, funded from the strategic investment and improvements fund, and requires the treasurer to report on the use of that one-time money to the 70th Legislative Assembly.
In addition to funding the office, the bill amends North Dakota Century Code section 54-11-13 to update the annual salary of the state treasurer. It also includes a provision allowing the treasurer to request transfers from the new and vacant FTE pool to salaries and wages under guidelines established in a separate appropriations measure. The bill declares the information technology funding an emergency measure, allowing that portion to take effect immediately.
The bill’s impact on state law is limited but direct: it sets the operating budget for the state treasurer’s office, authorizes specified special-fund spending, and changes the statutory salary for the treasurer. It also creates reporting and transfer conditions tied to one-time funding and personnel management, which affects how the office may use appropriated money during the biennium.
Overall sentiment appears strongly supportive, as reflected by the large bipartisan margins in both chambers and the absence of recorded committee controversy in the provided materials. The House passed the bill 85-4 and the Senate 41-6, indicating broad agreement on the need to fund the treasurer’s office and update the salary. No committee testimony or recorded debate is included, so the available record does not show detailed objections, though the few dissenting votes suggest some limited disagreement over the appropriation level, the salary increase, or the emergency IT funding.
HB 1005 appropriates funds for the State Treasurer for the 2025-27 biennium, authorizes $295,000 in one-time special-fund IT spending from the strategic investment and improvements fund, and updates the statutory salary of the state treasurer in section 54-11-13 of the North Dakota Century Code. It also establishes reporting requirements for one-time funding and permits transfers from a new and vacant FTE pool to salaries and wages under related budget guidelines, affecting both the office’s budget administration and the treasurer’s compensation.
The bill appears to have received broad bipartisan support and little visible opposition in the available record. It passed the House 85-4 and the Senate 41-6, suggesting general agreement that the treasurer’s office should be funded and that the salary adjustment and IT investment were acceptable. Because no committee transcripts are provided, there is no detailed record of debate, but the small number of negative votes indicates only limited dissent.
No specific committee objections are available in the provided materials, so the main points of contention can only be inferred from the bill’s structure and the recorded dissenting votes. Potential areas of disagreement include the size of the appropriation, the statutory salary increase for the state treasurer, and the use of $295,000 in special funds for information technology projects as an emergency measure. The bill’s carbon dioxide pipeline payment line item may also have drawn attention because it creates a separate funding category within the treasurer’s budget.