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Committee questions move of bioscience grant program to Industrial Commission; action delayed for further review
Summary
Lawmakers discussed transferring a life-sciences grant program from the Agriculture Department to the Industrial Commission and a $12 million appropriation. Legislators debated adding statutory reporting requirements; no vote was taken and the committee will revisit the bill Wednesday morning.
Senators on the Appropriations - Education and Environment Division heard extended testimony about transferring a life-science/bioscience grant program from the North Dakota Department of Agriculture to the Industrial Commission and a proposed $12 million appropriation.
Senator Sean Cleary, District 35, explained an amendment he drafted to add statutory reporting requirements to the bill. Cleary said he sought public reporting of recipients, award amounts, administrative costs, other funding for each project, project status, any repayments, and a return-on-investment summary posted on the Industrial Commission’s website.
Doug Goehring, North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner, told the committee the program has operated for approximately six years and that the Agriculture Department had contracted much…
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