North Dakota Legislative Bill Calendar

North Dakota legislative bill calendar for January 16, 2003

Associated Press

Recent bills introduced and House and Senate floor votes in the North Dakota Legislature:

SENATE

Approved Thursday

SB2040 -- Puts the superintendent of public instruction in charge of correspondence course regulation. (46-0)

SB2034 -- Changes terms in a uniform adoption act. (46-0)

SB2075 -- Relates to the distribution of money from the sale of surplus property. (46-0)

SB2100 -- Relates to when tax on an amended return is due. (46-0)

SB2101 -- Regulates income tax averaging for farmers. (46-0)

SB2119 -- Expands the number of schools eligible for a state tuition grant assistance program. (46-0)

SB2102 -- Clarifies the application of the surcharge on rental cars and trucks. (46-0)

SB2152 -- Exempts some unclaimed property records from public inspection. (46-0)

SB2156 -- Relates to social worker licensing. (46-0)

SB2158 -- Regulates payday lenders and money brokers. (46-0)

SB2159 -- Relates to farm wineries and collection of taxes. (46-0)

Defeated Thursday

SB1087 -- Changes dental benefits for Medicaid clients with severe dental problems. (42-4)

SB23137 -- Makes it a crime to teach without a license. (43-3)

Introduced

SB2215 -- Relates to moose and elk hunting license raffles. (Sens. Wardner, Fischer; Reps. Hanson, F. Klein)

SB2216 -- Requires school students and staff to promote respect for each other during school hours. (Sens. Christenson, Fairfield; Reps. Delmore, Winrich)

SB2217 -- Relates to the administration of anesthesia by dentists. (Sens. Andrist, Erbele, Krauter)

SB2218 -- Creates limited or specialty licenses within the practice of environmental health. (Sen. Andrist)

SB2219 -- Establishes a logo sign program. (Sens. Wardner, Bowman; Reps. Aarsvold, Rennerfeldt, Wald)

SB2220 -- Affects poultry inspections. (Sens. Erbele, Christmann, Seymour; Reps. Froseth, F. Klein, Onstad)

HOUSE

Approved Thursday

HB1059 -- Allows service of civil process on Election Day if the process server stays at least 100 feet from the polling place entrance. (89-3)

HB1068 -- Makes it a crime to manufacture or use a false academic credential. (92-0)

HB1070 -- Relates to a bank's security interest. (89-2)

HB1080 -- Rewords the definition of a student with disabilities to include a prison inmate aged 18 to 21, if the student was identified as having a disability before he or she was imprisoned. (91-0)

HB1081 -- Affects how a fourplex housing unit may advertise, if the owner of the fourplex lives in one of the units. (85-7)

HB1085 -- Eliminates the term "probable cause" from state law dealing with reports of child abuse or neglect. (88-2)

HB1107 -- Allows renaissance zone property to be exempted from property taxation if local officials agree. (92-0)

HB1125 -- Relates to the state scholars program. (91-0)

HB1126 -- Raises the maximum amount of a student financial assistance program from $600 to $1,000. (88-3)

HB1127 -- Allows student lenders other than the Bank of North Dakota to participate in the technology occupations student loan program. (91-0)

HB1183 -- Changes the name of the state Board for Vocational and Technical Education to the Board for Career and Technical Education. (87-4)

Defeated Thursday

HB1091 -- Expands the definition of bribery as it applies to school district officials. (82-10)

HB1170 -- Allows park district to levy a 2-mill property tax to provide health insurance to its workers. (68-23)

Introduced

HB1290 -- Bars insurance companies from using only credit reports to decline applications and set premiums. (Reps. Kasper, Dosch, Ruby; Sen. Fischer)

HB1358 -- Relates to small game hunting and fishing licenses and fees. (Reps. Porter, Carlson, Hanson; Sens. Fischer, Tollefson)

HB1359 -- Allows an individual to auction collector motor vehicles without a permit and sets rules. (Reps. Thorpe, DeKrey, M. Klein; Sens. O'Connell, Seymour, Trenbeath)

HB1360 -- Sets the duration of filed financing statements at five years. (Rep. Klemin)

HB1361 -- Relates to grounds for denial of open enrollment applications. (Reps. Haas, Hawken, R. Kelsch; Sens. Cook, Flakoll, Urlacher)

HB1362 -- Relates to business reports required to be filed with the secretary of state. (Reps. DeKrey, Delmore; Sens. Nelson, Traynor)

HB1363 -- Relates to Public Service Commission suspensions. (Reps. Wald, Delmore, Grande; Sens. Fischer, Tollefson)

HB1364 -- Relates to the raising and lowering of communication lines. (Reps. Bernstein, Eckre, Pollert; Sen. Heitkamp)

HB1365 -- Allows group deer hunting for as many as five people. (Reps. Bernstein, Aarsvold)

HB1366 -- Requires a vehicle registration applicant to provide proof of insurance. (Reps. Kingsbury, Delmore)

HB1367 -- Lowers the rate of interest on delinquent property taxes. (Reps. Kingsbury, Schmidt)

HB1368 -- Requires license plates to signify the county the registered owner is from. (Reps. Kempenich, Froelich, F. Klein; Sens. Erberle, Lyson)

HB1369 -- Establishes a farmers equity trust fund. (Rep. Onstad; Sen. Wardner)

HB1370 -- Relates to workers' compensation premium calculations. (Reps. Ruby, Iverson, M. Klein)

HB1371 -- Increases the fee bail bondsmen may charge. (Rep. Ruby)