LEGISLATIVE CALENDAR
JULY 2010
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
August 2010 1 2 3
S M T W T F S
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ADVISORY
COMMISSION ON
INTERGOVERNMENTAL
RELATIONS, 9a,
Roughrider Room
Canada Day
(Canadian national
holiday)
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Independence Day
State offices closed for
4th of July holiday
ENERGY
DEVELOPMENT AND
TRANSMISSION, 9a,
Roughrider Room
HIGHER EDUCATION,
9a, Bismarck State
College
24th Annual Prairie Rose
State Games,
Bismarck-Mandan (9-11)
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
North Dakota County
Superintendents
Convention,
Devils Lake (11-13)
North Dakota Water
Resource Districts
Association Annual
Summer Meeting and
North Dakota Water
Education Foundation’s
Annual Executive
Briefing, Minot (12-14)
LONG-TERM CARE,
9a, Roughrider Room
North Dakota County
Auditors Convention,
Center (14-16)
North Dakota Rural
Water Systems
Association Summer
Meeting and Leadership
Retreat, Fargo (14-16)
North Dakota Academy
of Family Physicians
55th Annual Meeting
and Scientific
Assembly, Medora
(15-17)
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WORKFORCE, 1p,
Roughrider Room
WORKFORCE, 8a,
(cont.)
EMPLOYEE
BENEFITS
PROGRAMS, 9a,
Harvest Room
Lignite Energy Council’s
Legislators’ and
Legislative Candidates’
Tour of Coal Country
North Dakota State Fair,
Minot (23-31)
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National Conference
of State Legislatures
Legislative Summit
2010 (annual
meeting), Louisville,
Kentucky (25-28)
North Dakota State’s
Attorneys Convention,
Bismarck (26-29)
TRIBAL AND STATE
RELATIONS, 9a,
Fort Totten
A Preview of August 2010
OTHER EVENTS: August 1 Civic Day, Canada
August 5-8 American Legislative Exchange Council 37th Annual Meeting, San Diego, California
August 8-11 65th Annual Meeting Midwestern Legislative Conference, Council of State Governments, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
August 12-14 Agricultural Medicine: Occupational and Environmental Health for Rural Health Professionals, Dickinson
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
from the Council
July 2010
http://www.legis.nd.gov/
lcouncil@nd.gov
MEMOS These memorandums are available from the Legislative Council office: “State Disaster Relief Fund
Expenditures – Budget Section Approval” and “Summary of 2009-11 Centers of Excellence Applications –
Round 1″ (Budget Section); “Legislative Compensation and Expenses,” “Legislative Compensation
Commission,” “Legislative Compensation Increases Compared to Inflation and State Employee Salary
Increases – 1981 Through 2010,” and “Legislative Compensation Levels in Other States” (Legislative
Compensation Commission); “Legislative Assembly Employee Positions and Compensation,”
“Legislative Document Subscription Program,” and “Legislative Wing Improvements Status” (Legislative
Procedure and Arrangements); “Overweight Vehicle Enforcement Fees and Extraordinary Road Use
Fees” (Public Safety and Transportation); and “Income From Oil Leases and Royalties” and “Property
Taxes Levied for County Roads” (Taxation).
WHAT A GAS North Dakota became the first state to establish an Ethanol Production Council, so notes the June 2010
issue of Prairie Business.
MEDICAL
ADVISORS
In the spring-summer 2010 issue of North Dakota Medicine, the University of North Dakota (UND) School
of Medicine and Health Sciences Advisory Council and its functions are highlighted. As the only one of its
kind in the state, the council, consisting of 17 members, actively consult with the dean of the UND School
of Medicine and Health Sciences on funding, services, and facilities to meet the health needs of North
Dakotans. Serving on the council to represent the Legislative Assembly currently are Representatives
Stacey Dahl and Ralph Metcalf and Senators Robert S. Eberle and Tim Mathern. In addition, the council
includes persons from the Department of Human Services, the State Board of Higher Education, the State
Department of Health, the North Dakota Medical Association, the North Dakota Healthcare Association, the
Department of Veterans’ Affairs Hospital in Fargo, the UND Center for Rural Health, and all four of the
medical campuses.
CAMELOT
REVISITED
State Policy Reports annually compiles its Camelot Index, which ranks the 50 states on measures of
economic vitality, health, education, crime, society, and government. In the 2010 analysis, North Dakota
ranks No. 1 in the crime-free state category, No. 2 following South Dakota in the education population
component, and No. 2 after New Hampshire in the aggregate ranking across all categories. In its index of
State Economic Momentum, State Policy Reports ranks states on their performance in personal income,
employment, and population growth. For the first quarter of 2010 (March), North Dakota holds the first
spot, reflecting the strength of the state’s natural resource development. In the last quarter of 2009, North
Dakota stood at the No. 4 ranking.
LAWMAKING:
THE GUIDE
The Legislative Council just produced an updated How a Bill Becomes Law. Known as A Guide to
Lawmaking in North Dakota, the document is available online from the legislative branch webpage at
www.legis.nd.gov/docs/pdf/bill-law.pdf.
APPROPRIATELY
TABLED
As part of the legislative wing improvement, a new table has been installed in the Harvest Room. The new
Roughrider Room table should be finished by the end of August. Both rooms will receive new sound
systems, projectors, and screens by the 2011 legislative session.
SIX-PACK
CELEBRATION
The Monday after Father’s Day, the Minot Daily News carried a story about Representative Matthew M.
Klein’s big surprise. For Father’s Day, his six daughters from across the country (along with two
granddaughters) stood on his doorstep. They had not been together since four years ago at the Kleins’
50th wedding anniversary.