North Dakota HCR3035: A concurrent resolution to amend and reenact section 2 of article IX of the Constitution of North Dakota, relating to distributions from the common schools trust fund.

What the bill says

A concurrent resolution to amend and reenact section 2 of article IX of the Constitution of North Dakota, relating to distributions from the common schools trust fund. STATEMENT OF INTENT This measure permits the funding of school construction across the state with distributions from the common schools trust fund totaling three billion dollars over ten years, at a rate of three hundred million dollars per year.

From the introduced text, February 25, 2025:

A concurrent resolution to amend and reenact section 2 of article IX of the Constitution of North Dakota, relating to distributions from the common schools trust fund. STATEMENT OF INTENT This measure permits the funding of school construction across the state with distributions from the common schools trust fund totaling three billion dollars over ten years, at a rate of three hundred million dollars per year. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF NORTH DAKOTA, THE SENATE CONCURRING THEREIN: That the following proposed amendment to section 2 of article IX of the Constitution of North Dakota is agreed to and must be submitted to the qualified electors of North Dakota at the general election to be held in 2026, in accordance with section 16 of article IV of the Constitution of North Dakota. SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. Section 2 of article IX of the Constitution of North Dakota is amended and reenacted as follows: Section 2. 1. Distributions from the common schools trust fund, together with the net proceeds of all fines for violation of state laws and all other sums which may be added by law, must be faithfully used and applied each year for the benefit of the common schools of the state and no part of the fund mustmay ever be diverted, even temporarily, from this …

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