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• Century Code has established a $4 an acre cap for the maintenance levy.
• So I think we do a pretty simple change in Century Code.
• But we would be looking at Century Code 57-02-27.26, and that is where you find the inundated water section
• But we would be looking at Century Code 57-02-27.26, and that is where you find the inundated water section
• Fish and Wildlife easement, you know, I have a section.

Summary: The meeting began with approval of the prior minutes and opening remarks from NDSU President David Stewart, who emphasized NDSU’s land-grant mission of statewide service through teaching, research, and extension. He highlighted the university’s role in agriculture, water, soil health, and community outreach, and pointed to examples of research commercialization such as Lilac Agriculture’s work on nitrogen-fixing microbes for crops. He also said he is still early in his tenure and intends to spend time listening and learning across the state. The committee then received a detailed presentation on a state irrigation and drainage study from Tom Bodine on behalf of Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring. The study estimated that North Dakota could develop about 1.3 million additional irrigated acres, with major potential in counties such as McLean, Williams, Sargent, Burleigh, Mountrail, McKenzie, McIntosh, Dunn, and Bottineau. Testimony stressed the economic benefits of irrigation for crop yields, value-added processing, dairy, and potato production, while members also discussed water availability, aquifers, downstream water use, and the need for more flexible permitting. The drainage portion of the study found significant economic benefits from legal drains, and staff explained that the impacts were calculated through increased productivity and related input purchases. Greg Lardy then gave NDSU’s required agriculture update, saying agriculture accounts for more than $41 billion in annual economic activity, one in five jobs, and about 25 percent of state GDP. He reviewed the role of SBAR, the statewide research-extension network, new crop varieties, virtual fencing, AI and weather-network tools, and Extension’s county partnerships and youth programs. He also outlined NDSU’s priorities for the next session: restoring proposed budget cuts, increasing operating support, and addressing deferred maintenance. Members asked about storage shed construction, NDSU’s relationship with Grand Farm, and whether NDSU could help with water-related research tied to drainage and aquifers. The committee also heard from the North Dakota Water Resources Research Institute and a professor on water and data centers, who described graduate fellowships, a water workforce certificate program, and research on data center cooling, water use, and “Legendary Harvest” concepts that would reuse waste heat for greenhouse or aquaculture production. Questions focused on whether the cooling systems were closed-loop, who would own any related production facilities, and whether the project was still only a feasibility study. Finally, North Dakota AgTech described its NSF-funded “engine” project, saying it has brought millions in federal investment to the state, supported startups and on-farm trials, and is focused on commercialization, workforce development, and helping producers lower input costs and improve profitability.

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• Senate Bill 33 amends a section of the Forest Conservation Act, creates a section called the Wildfire
• Bill Sponsor: ...have most people elected. So, Mr.
• Speaker, gentle lady, will this make elections more representative? Mr.
• That has to be done 28 days before the time of the election. So, Mr.
• Speaker, gentle lady, that our county clerks are elected in elections, and the clerk's affiliate, has

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• On line 15 also changing section 15 to section 16.
• On line 15 also changing section 15 to section 16.
• On line 15 also changing section 15 to section 16.
• changing section 15 to read section 16. changing section 15 to read section 16.
• And final section 15 to section 16.

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• educator code of conduct and this is regulated by a body called ESPEC that we are their staff.
• before the election in November.
• Very fiscally conservative. elected officials there, especially their trustees.
• Section D is, of course, the contingency funding provided in House Bill 1.
• There's 3.5 that is completely new outside of what is required by the education code.

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• While Section 18, United States Code, 926A prohibits the creation of state-level gun registries, this
• I also know that under Title 18, United States Code, Section 242, it's a federal crime to deprive any
• I also know that under Title 18, United States Code, Section 242, it's a federal crime to deprive any
• That are in Section 7, or rather that Section 7 would prohibit.
• are in Section 2.

Bills: SB48, HB250, SB17

Keywords: State Fairgrounds District, fairgrounds bonds, public financing, bond authorization, gross receipts tax, gaming tax, tax-backed bonds, infrastructure funding, Albuquerque fairgrounds, State Fair Tid, economic development, municipal bonds, revenue pledge, capital projects, New Mexico finance, technology, innovation, advisory board, entrepreneurial support, stakeholder representation

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• section somewhere else and freestanding section somewhere else and simply simply simply require require
• misuse how many of you took that coding misuse how many of you took that coding that<01:40:44.360
• <04:34:46.039> fire address New Hampshire admin code fire address New Hampshire admin code
• do anything elect anything but elective elective elective stuff stuff stuff um<04:41:56.120> you're
• <05:16:37.080> covers keep an open mind this section covers keep an open mind this section

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• It's for us in our elected roles to sort of hash through that, but any sort of ascribing of motive or
• However, neither New Mexico statute or code actually defines the term orphaned well.
• That's the first section of this chapter.
• And I know this is a particular section of what you oversee.
• We're hitting three sections. We're summarizing the history of these tax credits.

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• win elective offices. win elective offices.
• There's nothing in my bill that exempts it from a local building code, from any building code.
• code from from any building code. code from from any building code.
• or any other codes that apply.
• I trust the other codes that apply.

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Summary: The Alabama Senate convened with a quorum, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, excused absent senators, and adopted the previous day’s journal. The chamber received several House messages referring local bills to the Committee on Local Legislation, including measures affecting Lawrence, Clayurn, Limestone, Shelby, and Alabaster. The Senate also recognized guests in the gallery, including local leaders, law enforcement officials, and a Jackson County Junior Leadership group. During personal privilege remarks, Senator Figures offered a tribute to Reverend Jesse Jackson, Sr., highlighting his civil rights legacy, political influence, and impact on Black voter participation and representation; the Senate observed a moment of silence. Senator Smitherman also thanked her for the remarks. The Senate then adopted Senate Joint Resolution 47, mourning the death and celebrating the life of John J. Guthrie Jr., and Senate Joint Resolution 48, commending Tommy Jax for emergency actions to help a sick child. The Senate considered numerous confirmations from the Committee on Confirmations, all receiving favorable reports and being confirmed by unanimous or near-unanimous roll calls, including Walter Bracie and Eric Bone to the Alabama Manufactured Housing Commission, Morgan Garner and Susie Beal to the Alabama Electronic Security Board of Licensure, and Joe Brown, Brian Williams, James Spears, Charles Hedrickk, and Kathy Pierce to the Alabama Board of Polygraph Examiners. Committee reports also advanced several bills, including local legislation and county/municipal government measures. On the floor, the Senate adopted a special order calendar and passed or adopted several bills: SB 239 on child custody jurisdiction enforcement, SB 190 on a sales tax exemption for an ocular eye service company, SB 252 on Governor’s Mansion Authority employees and leave benefits, SB 170 on health savings account regulatory coordination, SB 210 on the chiropractic board, SB 242 on commercial driver’s licenses, and SB 70 on crimes and offenses. SB 247 on insurance was carried over at the sponsor’s request for further work, and SB 83 on guardianships and conservatorships was taken up with discussion of a committee amendment to clarify removal of proceedings from probate to circuit court and notice requirements; the transcript cuts off before final action on that bill.

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• So, prepare section 334-B.
• There's uh section two of the bill.
• bottom, not part of section three. bottom, not part of section three.
• three and 16.5 million in in section three and 16.5 million in section<01:55:45.200> four.
• section four. section four.

Bills: SB709, SB2089, SB2090, SB2108, SB2211, SB2250, SB2325, SB2803, SB2866, SB3245

Keywords: mental health, crisis intervention, assisted community treatment, treatment orders, law enforcement training, public safety, court-ordered treatment, Medicaid, healthcare access, unlicensed professionals, supervised services, workforce development, mental health equity, child custody, evaluations, licensed counselors, family court, juvenile justice, waiver of jurisdiction, transfer to adult court

Summary: The committee heard SB 709 SD2, which would require the Department of Health to respond to reports involving persons with severe mental illness, assess eligibility for assisted community treatment, and coordinate treatment when appropriate. Testimony from the Department of Human Services and the Department of Health supported the measure, with DOH saying it generally supported the bill but had comments on one section it viewed as unnecessary. The Department of Law Enforcement later explained that the bill would shift certification and standards for crisis intervention officer training from DOH to DLE, while still involving DOH in the training process. Opposition came from the Hawaii Disability Rights Center and an individual testifier, both of whom argued the bill expands state authority over people with mental illness and could worsen forced treatment practices. The Disability Rights Center also raised procedural concerns, saying the bill was effectively moved from a prior administration measure that had not been heard this session, and questioned whether the bill’s changes to assisted community treatment, blood tests, urinalysis, and living arrangements went beyond current law. The individual testifier argued the bill would further entrench harmful psychiatric drugging and urged the committee to defer it. Committee members questioned the administration about the bill’s process, the role of the Attorney General in treatment-over-objection proceedings, and the practical effects of moving CIT certification to DLE. The Attorney General’s office said the bill was intended to fill a gap by allowing it to assist with treatment proceedings, while public defenders would continue to represent respondents and due process protections would remain in place. DLE and DOH said the change would better align certification with law enforcement training needs, improve speed in crisis response, and still keep DOH involved; members also discussed whether WAM counted as a hearing and whether the bill should more explicitly preserve DOH’s role. No vote or final action was taken in the portion provided.

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• So for members, that's agency code 770.
• So as you can see, our agency is made up of five program codes.
• One of them is an enterprise fund, so it is not a general fund program code.
• to the COM, which is the essentially probation and parole budget code.
• And I was honored for my commissioners to have elected me to be chair.

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• So I referenced Section 230.
• I referenced Section 230.
• We enforce the Arkansas Insurance Fraud Act and the Arkansas Criminal Code.
• We enforce the Arkansas Insurance Fraud Act and the Arkansas Criminal Code.
• Guys, look at your Section D. We have a report from the Department of Human Services.

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• Our report also includes a questions and answers section that provides information on the development
• That section also explains key changes to the compact since it was first established in 1992, including
• The authority was established with voter approval of Proposition 302 in the November 2000 election.
• The authority was established with voter approval of Proposition 302 in the November 2000 election.
• The authority... ...in the November 2000 election.

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• We've removed the section imposing requirements on DEM under the program.
• It doesn't address anything to do with building code updates.
• How does the bill address, or does the bill address building code updates? Senator DeSegley.
• It doesn't address anything to do with building code updates.
• The section dealing with auxiliary containers was removed by the House. Senator Smith.

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several introductions, then moved into special order and returning messages. Early floor action included passage of HB 6503 (relief for Mandy Penny Lamon by Sarasota County), HB 1123 (sewer collection systems), HB 211 (farm products), and a joint resolution on ad valorem tax exemption for agricultural tangible personal property, all approved without opposition. Several other measures were temporarily postponed before the chamber recessed and later returned to messages from the House. The Senate then took up a series of House amendments and conference-style motions on major bills. SB 180 on emergency preparedness and response was amended and concurred in after debate over hurricane recovery, local government moratoriums, evacuation timing in the Keys, and property tax and redevelopment provisions; it passed 34-1. CS/HB 1609 on waste incineration and auxiliary containers was heavily debated over plastic and polystyrene preemption, local beach and park regulations, and landfill/incinerator provisions, then passed 26-10. CS/HB 1205 on citizen initiatives was amended to allow volunteers to carry up to 25 petitions without registration/training and passed 28-9. The Senate also refused to concur in a House amendment to SB 234 on offenses against law enforcement, and in SB 116 on veterans, seeking to restore funding for veteran suicide prevention. Later, the chamber approved or advanced several education and health-related bills. CS/HB 1255 on education was amended and passed, with changes to school readiness and other education provisions. CS/HB 875 on educator preparation passed after discussion of cognitive science, classroom management, teacher excellence programs, and the phaseout of the general knowledge test. CS/HB 1105, a large education package, passed after debate over charter school conversions, cell phone restrictions, and other school governance changes. In health care, CS/HB 1427 was introduced as a comprehensive package combining multiple health-related provisions, though the excerpt ends before final action on that bill. Throughout the day, the Senate also concurred or refused to concur in various House amendments on mental health, financial institutions, land development, brownfields, and out-of-network provider legislation, with votes generally recorded and several measures passing on divided but mostly favorable roll calls.

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• bill has two sections one section is the bill has two sections one section is the supplier's<00:
• energy conservation code international energy conservation code or<01:15:15.719> as<01:15:15.960
• Well, I think on section three, under 362-A:9 and section 14-A1, it says a customer generator may elect
• > um under 362a colon 9 and it's section um under 362a colon 9 and it's section um um um um 14
• still private loans um most towns elect still private loans um most towns elect if<05:36:58.878>

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• into the Hawaii Electric election into the Hawaii Electric election campaign<02:51:49.960> fund
• our election workers, who's going to oversee our chief elections officer.
• minority's appointments to the elections minority's appointments to the elections commission<05:
• our chief elections going to oversee our chief elections officer<05:54:55.760> um<05:54:56.080
• are all partisan the elections are all partisan the elections commission<05:56:33.440> is

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• highlight and flag it for you in section highlight and flag it for you in section six<00:21:54.240
• the rulem section the rulem section Um<00:27:07.679> this<00:27:08.159> this<00:27
• Uh, the first section is a civil liability section.
• Uh, the first section is a civil liability<00:46:45.680> section.
• <00:47:16.720> of<00:47:16.960> this section and the third section of this section

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• Also, the same as the previous bill, safeguarding our elections, any noncitizen who votes in any election
• So you started down your list and you said safeguarding our elections.
• But let's talk about the elections.
• We had the Election Crimes and Security Office and I think it was 2022.
• So conceivably, it wasn't too long ago there was a Democrat elected.

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• First Black man to be elected in the state House of Alabama in 140 years.
• First Black woman to be elected as a Republican in the state of Georgia's history.
• That's true ethnic studies, and you're going to face it at the polls in the next election.
• A section of this bill states the plan must include strategies to have validate, affirm, embrace, and
• :19:29.040> embodies innocuous, but this section embodies innocuous, but this section embodies

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Summary: House File 29 was heard in committee as a proposal to suspend adoption of the revised social studies standards, push implementation to 2030-31, repeal the requirement to embed ethnic studies across all standards, and cancel related appropriations. The bill sponsor argued Minnesota schools should focus on basic academic achievement and that ethnic studies requirements add burdens and distract from reading, math, and science. The chair moved the bill to the Committee on Education Finance after opening the hearing and then took extensive public testimony. Testimony was sharply divided. Supporters of HF 29, including Katherine Kersten, Deanna Moose, Kendall Qualls, Hillary Swanson, and Diane Smith, argued the ethnic studies framework is ideological, overly focused on race, insufficiently transparent, and costly in professional development time; several said it would divide students or burden teachers. Some supporters also claimed the standards or framework promote activism, critical race theory, or racial stratification. Opponents, including Mark Westfall, Crystal Johnson, Jim Grathwol, Marcus Penny, Claude Sigman, and Courtney Major, said the standards are inclusive, research-based, and designed to help students understand multiple perspectives, civic life, and the contributions of diverse Minnesotans. They emphasized that ethnic studies can improve engagement, critical thinking, and representation, and that teachers should be trusted to implement the standards. No final vote on the bill was taken in the portion of the meeting provided. The only formal action noted was the chair’s motion to re-refer House File 29 to the Committee on Education Finance.

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• For clean energy projects to implement the requirements of Section 94530.
• To implement the requirements of Section 94540, the Governor's budget includes 227 million for offshore
• As the Water Code is written today, it would potentially limit the ability...
• Manual, the public contracts code, that those would still apply.
• Then we're going to go to public comment, but I have to go add on in the elections committee.

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• elections.
• section 21-2, Vice statutes binding section 16-531.01 arizona amending section 21-202 21-331 and 21-
• Inact, Section 16-64 in act in section 16-4, recommends that the bill be minute is elections have added
• elected officials.
• of November 3, 1992, repealing Section 19-21 as amended by Proposition 101, election of November 3,

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