North Dakota 69-2025 Assembly Status: In Committee 3 R cosponsors

SB 2363 — Relating to the determination of state aid payments, state aid minimum local effort, the protection of taxpayers and taxing districts, voter approval of excess levies in school districts, school district levies, and contents of the property tax statement; and to provide an effective date.

Last action — Second reading, failed to pass, yeas 23 nays 23

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill is in committee in the Senate. Introduced January 27, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

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Stalled 14% · moderate confidence

  • In Committee

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 6 sponsors

    1 primary, 5 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (3 R).

  • Failed a recorded vote

    Failed 1 recorded vote so far — a real headwind.

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Summary

A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact subsection 3 of section 15.1-27-02, sections 15.1-27-04.1, 15.1-27-04.2, and 57-15-01.1, paragraph 3 of subdivision e of subsection 1 of section 57-15-14, section 57-15-14.2, and subdivision c of subsection 1 of section 57-20-07.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the determination of state aid payments, state aid minimum local effort, the protection of taxpayers and taxing districts, voter approval of excess levies in school districts, school district levies, and contents of the property tax statement; and to provide an effective date.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

34 added · 34 removed

Plain-language change summary

The latest version of Bill SB 2363 increases the mill levy for agricultural property in the school district from 45 mills to 53 mills. Additionally, it raises the mill levy for educational services related to agricultural property from 45 mills to 53 mills. These changes are important because they will generate more funding for local schools, which could enhance educational resources and services in the community.

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25.1333.04000 Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly of North Dakota SECOND ENGROSSMENT REENGROSSED SENATE BILL NO.
25.1333.05000 Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly of North Dakota THIRD ENGROSSMENT REENGROSSED SENATE BILL NO.
1 25.1333.04000 Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly 15.1-27-04.1.
1 25.1333.05000 Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly 15.1-27-04.1.
2 25.1333.04000 Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly 2024-25 school year when sixty-eight percent of tuition received under an agreement to educate students from a school district on an air force base with funding received through federal impact aid must be excluded from the tuition calculation under this paragraph;
2 25.1333.05000 Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly 2024-25 school year when sixty-eight percent of tuition received under an agreement to educate students from a school district on an air force base with funding received through federal impact aid must be excluded from the tuition calculation under this paragraph;
3 25.1333.04000 Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly b.
3 25.1333.05000 Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly b.
4 25.1333.04000 Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly 2017-18 baseline weighted student units multiplied by ten thousand six hundred forty-six dollars;
4 25.1333.05000 Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly 2017-18 baseline weighted student units multiplied by ten thousand six hundred forty-six dollars;
5 25.1333.04000 Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly (1) Tuition revenue shall be adjusted as follows:
5 25.1333.05000 Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly (1) Tuition revenue shall be adjusted as follows:
6 25.1333.04000 Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly 7.
6 25.1333.05000 Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly 7.
7 25.1333.04000 Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly superintendent of public instruction in accordance with section 15.1-02-08, with the exception of revenue received specifically for the operation of an educational program provided at a residential treatment facility, tuition received for the provision of an adult farm management program, and beginning in the 2025-26 school year, eighty-five percent of tuition received under an agreement to educate students from a school district on an air force base with funding received through federal impact aid, until the 2026-27 school year, and each school year thereafter, when all tuition received under an agreement to educate students from a school district on an air force base with funding received through federal impact aid must be excluded from the tuition calculation under this paragraph;
7 25.1333.05000 Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly superintendent of public instruction in accordance with section 15.1-02-08, with the exception of revenue received specifically for the operation of an educational program provided at a residential treatment facility, tuition received for the provision of an adult farm management program, and beginning in the 2025-26 school year, eighty-five percent of tuition received under an agreement to educate students from a school district on an air force base with funding received through federal impact aid, until the 2026-27 school year, and each school year thereafter, when all tuition received under an agreement to educate students from a school district on an air force base with funding received through federal impact aid must be excluded from the tuition calculation under this paragraph;
8 25.1333.04000 Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly becomes an elementary district and for each year thereafter.
8 25.1333.05000 Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly becomes an elementary district and for each year thereafter.
9 25.1333.04000 Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly (1) The district's weighted student units multiplied by ten thousand six hundred forty-six dollars;
9 25.1333.05000 Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly (1) The district's weighted student units multiplied by ten thousand six hundred forty-six dollars;
(1) Forty-five mills multiplied by the taxable valuation of agricultural property in the school district;
(1) Fifty-three mills multiplied by the taxable valuation of agricultural property in the school district;
10 25.1333.04000 Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly (2) Sixty mills multiplied by the taxable valuation of residential, commercial, and centrally assessed property in the school district.
10 25.1333.05000 Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly (2) Sixty mills multiplied by the taxable valuation of residential, commercial, and centrally assessed property in the school district.
11 25.1333.04000 Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly 5.
11 25.1333.05000 Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly 5.
Forty-five mills times twenty percent of the state average valuation of agricultural property per student multiplied by the number of weighted student units in the district;
Fifty-three mills times twenty percent of the state average valuation of agricultural property per student multiplied by the number of weighted student units in the district;
12 25.1333.04000 Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly 57-15-01.1.
12 25.1333.05000 Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly 57-15-01.1.
13 25.1333.04000 Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly b.
13 25.1333.05000 Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly b.
Reduced by the amount of state aid under chapter 15.1-27, which is determined by multiplying the budget year taxable valuation of the school district by the lesser of the base year mill rate of the school district minus sixty mills for residential, commercial, and centrally assessed property and forty-five mills for agricultural property, or fiftysixty mills for all property classifications, if the base year is a taxable year before 20132025.
Reduced by the amount of state aid under chapter 15.1-27, which is determined by multiplying the budget year taxable valuation of the school district by the lesser of the base year mill rate of the school district minus sixty mills for residential, commercial, and centrally assessed property and fifty-three mills for agricultural property, or fiftysixty mills for all property classifications, if the base year is a taxable year before 20132025.
14 25.1333.04000 Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly fund levies under sections 57-15-14 and 57-15-14.2, the school district may apply subsection 3 to the total amount levied in dollars in the base year for both the school district's local contribution to the costs of education, general fund, and special fund accounts.
14 25.1333.05000 Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly fund levies under sections 57-15-14 and 57-15-14.2, the school district may apply subsection 3 to the total amount levied in dollars in the base year for both the school district's local contribution to the costs of education, general fund, and special fund accounts.
(3) The authority for a levy of up to a specific number of mills, placed on the ballot in a school district election for electoral approval of increased levy authority under subdivision a or b, after June 30, 20132025, must be stated as a specific number of mills of general fund levy authority and must include a statement that the statutory school district general fund levy limitation is seventy mills on the dollar of the taxable valuation of residential, commercial, and centrally assessed property in the school district and fifty- five mills on the dollar of the taxable valuation of agricultural property in the school district.
(3) The authority for a levy of up to a specific number of mills, placed on the ballot in a school district election for electoral approval of increased levy authority under subdivision a or b, after June 30, 20132025, must be stated as a specific number of mills of general fund levy authority and must include a statement that the statutory school district general fund levy limitation is seventy mills on the dollar of the taxable valuation of residential, commercial, and centrally assessed property in the school district and sixty- three mills on the dollar of the taxable valuation of agricultural property in the school district.
(1) Forty-five mills on the taxable valuation of agricultural property in the district, for any purpose related to the provision of educational services.
(1) Fifty-three mills on the taxable valuation of agricultural property in the district, for any purpose related to the provision of educational services.
15 25.1333.04000 Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly b.
15 25.1333.05000 Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly b.
16 25.1333.04000 Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly b.
16 25.1333.05000 Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly b.
(a) For agricultural property, the taxable value for the taxable year for each parcel shown on the tax statement multiplied by the numberlesser of one hundred forty mills or the sum of the mill levy reduction grant under chapter 57-64 for the 2012 taxable year plusand the number of mills determined by subtracting from the 2012 taxable year mill rate of the school district in which the parcel is located the lesser of:
(a) For agricultural property, the taxable value for the taxable year for each parcel shown on the tax statement multiplied by the numberlesser of one hundred thirty-two mills or the sum of the mill levy reduction grant under chapter 57-64 for the 2012 taxable year plusand the number of mills determined by subtracting from the 2012 taxable year mill rate of the school district in which the parcel is located the lesser of:
or excluding forty-five mills.
or excluding fifty-three mills.
17 25.1333.04000 Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly SECTION 8.
17 25.1333.05000 Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly SECTION 8.
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Action History

  1. Second reading, failed to pass, yeas 23 nays 23

  2. Amendment adopted

  3. Amendment proposed on floor

  4. Amendment adopted, placed on calendar

  5. Reported back amended, without recommendation 15 0 1

  6. Rereferred to Appropriations

  7. Amendment adopted

  8. Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 1 0

  9. Committee Hearing 09:00

  10. Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee

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1 sponsors · 5 co-sponsors · 142 not signed on · 23 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (5)

Not signed on (142)

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Votes

Final Passage

Failed 23 Yea · 23 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 182300
Democratic 4001
Unaffiliated 1000
Total 232301
% of votes cast 49%49%0%2%
How each member voted (47)
Member Party Vote
van Oosting — Yea
Boschee, Josh Democratic Yea
Braunberger, Ryan Democratic Yea
Hogan, Kathy Democratic Not Voting
Marcellais, Richard Democratic Yea
Mathern, Tim Democratic Yea
Axtman, Michelle Republican Nay
Barta, Jeff Republican Nay
Beard, Todd Republican Yea
Bekkedahl, Brad Republican Nay
Boehm, Keith Republican Yea
Burckhard, Randy A. Republican Nay
Castaneda, Jose L. Republican Nay
Cleary, Sean Republican Nay
Clemens, David A. Republican Nay
Conley, Cole Republican Yea
Cory, Claire Republican Nay
Davison, Kyle Republican Nay
Dever, Dick Republican Nay
Dwyer, Michael Republican Yea
Enget, Mark Republican Yea
Erbele, Robert Republican Yea
Gerhardt, Justin Republican Nay
Hogue, David Republican Nay
Kessel, Greg Republican Nay
Klein, Jerry Republican Yea
Larson, Diane Republican Nay
Lee, Judy Republican Nay
Lemm, Randy D. Republican Yea
Luick, Larry Republican Yea
Magrum, Jeffery J. Republican Nay
Meyer, Scott Republican Yea
Myrdal, Janne Republican Yea
Patten, Dale Republican Yea
Paulson, Bob Republican Nay
Powers, Michelle Republican Nay
Roers, Kristin Republican Nay
Rummel, Dean Republican Nay
Schaible, Donald Republican Yea
Sickler, Jonathan Republican Nay
Sorvaag, Ronald Republican Yea
Thomas, Paul J. Republican Yea
Walen, Chuck Republican Yea
Wanzek, Terry M. Republican Yea
Weber, Mark F. Republican Yea
Weston, Kent Republican Nay
Wobbema, Mike Republican Nay

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Subjects

taxation education
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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 2363 do?
A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact subsection 3 of section 15.1-27-02, sections 15.1-27-04.1, 15.1-27-04.2, and 57-15-01.1, paragraph 3 of subdivision e of subsection 1 of section 57-15-14, section 57-15-14.2, and subdivision c of subsection 1 of section 57-20-07.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the determination of state aid payments, state aid minimum local effort, the protection of taxpayers and taxing districts, voter approval of excess levies in school districts, school district levies, and contents of the property tax statement; and to provide an effective date.
Who sponsors SB 2363?
SB 2363 is sponsored by Rep. Nelson, Jon O., Rep. Anderson, Dick, Mike Beltz, Klein, Jerry (Republican), Myrdal, Janne (Republican), and Erbele, Robert (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 2363?
This bill is in committee in the Senate. Introduced January 27, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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