North Dakota legislation · 69th Legislative Assembly
North Dakota HB1557: A BILL for an Act to provide an appropriation to the department of water resources for legal fee reimbursement grants.
Status: Failed, February 4, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an Act to provide an appropriation to the department of water resources for legal fee reimbursement grants.
From the introduced text, January 20, 2025:
A BILL for an Act to provide an appropriation to the department of water resources for legal fee reimbursement grants. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA: SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION - DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES - LEGAL FEE REIMBURSEMENT GRANTS - ONE-TIME FUNDING. There is appropriated out of any moneys in the state water commissioner fund in the state treasury, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $221,993, or so much of the sum as may be necessary, to the department of water resources for the purpose of providing grants to reimburse residents for legal fees associated with watershed lawsuits heard by the North Dakota supreme court, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2027. This funding is considered a one-time funding item. Page No. 1 25.1284.02000
Sponsors
- Mike Schatz (R, 39) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Second reading, failed to pass, yeas 6 nays 85
- : Reported back, do not pass, placed on calendar 12 0 1
- : Committee Hearing 09:00
- : Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Votes
- Final Passage (February 4, 2025): 6 yea, 85 nay, failed
Common questions
- What is HB1557?
- HB1557 is a bill in the North Dakota Legislature (69th Legislative Assembly): A BILL for an Act to provide an appropriation to the department of water resources for legal fee reimbursement grants.
- What does HB1557 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an Act to provide an appropriation to the department of water resources for legal fee reimbursement grants.
- What is the status of HB1557?
- Failed as of February 4, 2025. Latest action: Second reading, failed to pass, yeas 6 nays 85 (February 4, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB1557?
- Mike Schatz (R, 39).
- Where is the official record for HB1557?
- On the North Dakota Legislature website: https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/bill-overview/bo1557.html
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