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Private-investigation board seeks statutory fee ceiling amid backlog; industry critics urge transparency
Summary
The House Industry, Business and Labor Committee held a hearing on Senate Bill 2051, which would amend Section 43-30-16 of the North Dakota Century Code to allow the North Dakota Private Investigation and Security Board to operate under a statutory fee ceiling and to proceed to administrative rulemaking.
The House Industry, Business and Labor Committee held a hearing on Senate Bill 2051, which would amend Section 43-30-16 of the North Dakota Century Code to allow the North Dakota Private Investigation and Security Board (NDPISB) to operate under a statutory ceiling for fees and to seek an emergency clause so any rulemaking could take effect for the board's September 30 renewal season.
Chris Redmond, special assistant attorney general representing the board, and John Shorey, the board's executive director, told the committee the board's only funding source is industry fees and that protracted litigation related to protests around Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) and subsequent open-records work left the board with substantial unplanned expenses. Redmond said the bill establishes a fee ceiling and that an administrative-rules process would be required to…
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