North Dakota legislation · 69th Legislative Assembly
North Dakota HB1280: AN ACT to amend and reenact section 61-16.1-45 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to maintenance of drainage projects.
Status: Signed into law, April 21, 2025
Relating to maintenance of drainage projects.
What the bill says
An act to amend and reenact section 61-16.1-45 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to maintenance of drainage projects.
From the enrolled text, April 14, 2025:
AN ACT to amend and reenact section 61-16.1-45 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to maintenance of drainage projects. SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. Section 61-16.1-45 of the North Dakota Century Code is amended and reenacted as follows: 61-16.1-45. Maintenance of drainage projects. 1. If it is desired to provide for maintenance of an assessment drain in whole or in part by means of special assessments, the levy in any year for the maintenance may not exceed four dollars per acre [.40 hectare] on any agricultural lands benefited by the drain. The district, at its own discretion, may utilize either of the following methods for levying special assessments for the maintenance: a. Agricultural lands that carried the highest assessment when the drain was originally established, or received the most benefits under a reassessment of benefits, may be assessed the maximum amount of four dollars per acre [.40 hectare]. The assessment of other agricultural lands in the district must be based upon the proportion that the assessment of benefits at the time of construction or at the time of any reassessment of benefits bears to the assessment of the benefits of the agricultural land assessed the full four dollars per acre [.40 hectare]. Nonagricultural property must be assessed the sum in any one year as the ratio of the benefits under the …
Sponsors
- Michael Brandenburg (R, 28) · primary sponsor
- Mike Beltz (R, 20)
- Cole Conley (R, 12)
- Robert Erbele (R, 28)
- Jim Grueneich (R, 28)
- Craig Headland (R, 29)
- Larry Luick (R, 25)
- Janne Myrdal (R, 19)
- Brandy Pyle (R, 22)
- Cynthia Schreiber-Beck (R, 25)
- Terry Wanzek (R, 29)
- Mark Weber (R, 22)
Latest actions
- : Filed with Secretary Of State 04/16
- : Signed by Governor 04/16
- : Sent to Governor
- : Signed by Speaker
- : Signed by President
- : Returned to House
- : Second reading, passed, yeas 42 nays 4
- : Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0
- : Committee Hearing 03:15
- : Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture and Veterans Affairs Committee
Votes
- Final Passage (April 11, 2025): 42 yea, 4 nay, passed
- Final Passage (February 4, 2025): 91 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is HB1280?
- HB1280 is a bill in the North Dakota Legislature (69th Legislative Assembly): AN ACT to amend and reenact section 61-16.1-45 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to maintenance of drainage projects.
- What does HB1280 do?
- In its own words: An act to amend and reenact section 61-16.1-45 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to maintenance of drainage projects.
- What is the status of HB1280?
- Signed into law as of April 21, 2025. Latest action: Filed with Secretary Of State 04/16 (April 21, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB1280?
- Michael Brandenburg (R, 28), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB1280?
- On the North Dakota Legislature website: https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/bill-overview/bo1280.html
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