Bills in the 2015 Regular Session, Senate.
David O'Connell
Sponsored
Became law1
Relating to the powers and duties of the state auditor and annual reports of certain political subdivisions in lieu of biennial audits.
Passed the Senate2
Relating to the enforcement of laws relating to the conservation of oil and gas.for an Act to provide for a legislative management study of plugging and reclamation bonds.
Relating to an oil extraction tax exemption; to provide an effective date; and to provide an expiration date.
Out of committee6
A BILL for an Act to provide an appropriation to the department of transportation for matching grants for certain township streets and roads.
A BILL for an Act to provide for a transfer to Dakota college at Bottineau for capital projects.
Relating to valuation approval for lakeside residential properties by the state board of equalization; and to provide an effective date.
A BILL for an Act to provide an appropriation to the state water commission for the removal or protection of rural flood-prone structures in the Mouse River basin; to provide legislative intent; to provide an exemption; and to declare an emergency.
Relating to county emergency management access to well sites, pipelines, and waste disposal sites.
A BILL for an Act to provide for payment of a share of property taxes on land by the owners of severed mineral interests if a producing oil or gas well is generating royalty payments to those owners; and to provide an effective date.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 13
Relating to mineral revenue received by school districts and oil and gas gross production tax definitions and allocations; to provide appropriations; to provide exemptions; to provide for reports to the budget section; and to provide an effective date.
Relating to housing reimbursement for members of the legislative assembly; and to declare an emergency.
Relating to retail installment sales contracts; and to provide a penalty.
Relating to the uses of the abandoned oil and gas well plugging and site reclamation fund; to provide for a transfer; and to provide an appropriation.
Relating to the construction of electric transmission lines by cooperatives and municipal power agencies; and to provide for application.
Relating to a certificate of insurance for driving without liability insurance.
Relating to violations of alcohol retail licenses; to amend and reenact section 5‑01‑06.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to liability for injuries related to intoxication; and to provide for a report to legislative management.
Relating to nurse staffing agencies.for an Act to provide for a legislative management study regarding contract nursing agencies in the state.
Relating to use of multiple bids versus single prime bids, bidding thresholds, design services thresholds, and indemnification.
Relating to a pipeline restoration and reclamation oversight program; to provide an appropriation; and to declare an emergency.
Relating to lines of insurance and procedures for travel insurance.
Relating to the removal of marking materials at excavation sites.for an Act to amend and reenact subdivision d of subsection 3 of section 49‑23‑04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the use of certain marking flags.
Relating to the ownership or leasing of farm and ranch land by corporations.
Passed the House · 2
Relating to orders of the industrial commission.
Relating to extending the date to qualify for the triggered oil extraction tax rate reduction for new horizontal wells; and to provide an effective date.
Passed the Senate · 2
Relating to fuel tax refunds and the special fuels excise tax.
Relating to the bidding threshold for plans and specifications for a public improvement contract; and to provide for a legislative management study.
Out of committee · 9
Relating to an election for members of the defined contribution retirement plan to transfer to the public employees retirement system.
Relating to the composition of the industrial commission.for an Act to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 28‑32‑01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the administrative agency status of the industrial commission.
Relating to the reclamation, landowner inspection, and bond release for well sites.
Relating to an income tax exclusion for social security benefits; to amend and reenact sections 57‑38‑01.28 and 57‑38‑30 and subsection 1 and subdivision d of subsection 2 of section 57‑38‑30.3 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to reduction of the rates of individual and corporate income taxes and an income tax exclusion for social security benefits; and to provide an effective date.
Relating to expanded eligibility for the homestead credit property tax reduction; and to provide an effective date.for an Act to amend and reenact section 57‑02‑08.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to expanded eligibility for the homestead credit property tax reduction; and to provide an effective date.
Relating to the number of county commissioners; to repeal chapter 11‑12 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to requiring each county to have five county commissioners; and to provide an effective date.
Relating to hospital bad debt offset grants; and to provide an appropriation.
Relating to injury to property not from contract.for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 38‑11.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the measure of damages to real property caused by oil and gas development; and to amend and reenact section 38‑11.1‑08 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to an offer of settlement for damages.
Relating to mineral revenue received by school districts; to provide an effective date; and to declare an emergency.