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Bill would shift probable-cost estimate to petitioning entity in irrigation-district formations

2521297 · March 6, 2025
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Summary

Senate Bill 2065 would require petitioning landowners to include a probable-cost estimate in the feasibility study for new irrigation districts; the Department of Water Resources would make a short determination rather than draft a separate DWR report.

The House Energy and Natural Resources Committee recommended a do-pass for Senate Bill 2065 after Department of Water Resources staff described the bill’s changes to the irrigation-district formation process.

Pat Fridgen, planning and education division director for the Department of Water Resources, said current North Dakota Century Code requires petitioners to prepare a…

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