SB 2344 - HEALTH/WELLBEING - PTSD Service Dog Grants $50,000 add to NDDVA Budget - 2013

PTSD Service Dogs

Origination of bill: Senator Sorvaag, Ronald

  • Provide $50,000 to ND Department of Veterans Affairs for training service dogs to assist ND Veterans with PTSD
  • Payment made by NDDVA only after completion of service dog's training
  • Payment may not exceed $12,500 per service dog
  • Legislative management shall consider studying statutory changes to benefit ND veterans; state income taxes, property taxes, veteran-focused incentives, assistance obtaining benefits, assistance obtain

SB 2102 - NATIONAL GUARD - State Employee Retirement Plans and Contributions - 2015

National Guard: State Employee Retirement Plans and Contributions

A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact sections 54‑52‑06.2, 54‑52‑06.4, and 54‑52‑06.5, and subsection 3 of section 54‑52‑17 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to state employee retirement plans and retirement contributions by national guard security officers and firefighters.

SB 2113 - FINANCIAL.PROPERTY TAX - Adds land to tax credit - 2015

Property Tax Credit for Disabled Veterans

A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact section 57‑02‑08.8 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the property tax credit for disabled veterans and extension of the disabled veterans' property tax credit to the disabled veteran's surviving spouse; and to provide an effective date.

SB 2142 - APPRECIATION.FINANCIAL - Purple Heart Number Plates; exempt from tax and annual dues 1 plate - 2015

Motor Vehicle Veterans' Purple Heart Number Plates

A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new subdivision to subsection 2 of section 39-04-18 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a purple heart recipient exemption from motor vehicle registration fees; and to amend and reenact section 39-04-10.10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to veterans' number plates.

SB 2238 - BURIAL/MEMORIAL - Indigent Veterans' choice of Military Caskets and Urns - 2015

Appropriations - Veterans' Military Caskets and Urns

A BILL for an Act to provide an appropriation to the adjutant general for veterans' military caskets and urns.

  • Provide military casket at no cost to veterans interred in ND 
  • Fiscal note of $2,800,000

Senate amendments:

  • Moved to ND DVA
  • removed funding of $2,800,00
  • Moved to County Social services

House amendments:

  • Changed from shall to may: allowed family to choose

Senate concurred to house amendments