. $71,000,000 to the adjutant general, including:

(1) $26,000,000 for a Williston armory project;

(2) $20,000,000 for a military museum project;

(3) $10,000,000 for a Dickinson readiness center project;

(4) $9,000,000 for a Camp Grafton fitness facility project; and

(5) $6,000,000 for a Camp Grafton training center billets project.

SENATE ACTION:

• Moved requested funding items to Adjutant General Budget bill SB 2016
• SB 2307 no longer needed.

A concurrent resolution commemorating the 50th anniversary of the end of the United States combat operations and the release of American prisoners of war in Vietnam.

A concurrent resolution encouraging North Dakota citizens to purchase United States flags made out of hemp and manufactured in North Dakota.

A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact section 20.1-05.1-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to discretionary special allocation hunting licenses

Relating to an income tax deduction for military pay; and to provide an effective date.

Exempt from ND State Income Tax

• All Federal "military pay" as member of armed forces for...
  • Federal active duty and
  • National Guard and Reserve pay to include training, education, mobilization, and bonuses.
• All State pay when called to support an emergency on State Active Duty (SAD).

Effective for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2022.

Relating to the creation of a suicide fatality review commission; and to provide an appropriation.

HOUSE AMENDMENTS

• NONE

SENATE AMENDMENTS

• Changed NDH&HS "Executive Director" to "Commissioner"

SECTION 1. A new section to chapter 54-06 of the North Dakota Century Code is created and enacted as follows: Pledge of allegiance. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an executive branch officer or employee may not alter the language of the pledge of allegiance. The voluntary pledge is "I pledge allegiance to the flag, of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."

A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact sections 11-11-05 and 15.1-09-30, subsection 5 of section 15.1-19-03.1, and sections 40-06-02, 49-01-07, 54-16-01, and 54-17-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the recitation of the pledge of allegiance.

HOUSE AMENDMENTS

• Changed to "regularly scheduled meetings"

SENATE AMENDMENTS

• Removed all of section 3 of bill relating to school boards

A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 24-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to designating the bridge on state highway 6 as the PFC. Ronald C. Goodiron Vietnam bridge; and to provide a continuing appropriation.

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