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Appropriations panel adopts amendment to Senate Bill 2006 expanding aeronautics funding; amendment carried to floor
Summary
The Appropriations - Education and Environment Division adopted an amendment to Senate Bill 2006 that adjusts aeronautics salary, IT and grant lines and includes SIF one‑time funding requests for major airport projects. Senator Meyer moved the amendment; the committee voted aye and approved moving SB 2006 as amended.
Senator Meyer presented the statement of purpose for an amendment to Senate Bill 2006, which the committee described as the aeronautics budget package. The amendment includes cost‑to‑continue salary adjustments, an information‑technology rate increase, a reclassification of a vacant FTE pool to an agency line item, and a mix of operating and infrastructure grant changes funded from special funds and one‑time SIF dollars.
Why it matters: The amendment would change the aeronautics commission’s funding lines and earmark large one‑time SIF projects for airports identified in the amendment text, shifting substantial capital dollars into the aeronautics budget pending further leadership decisions on debt or bonding strategies.
Senator Meyer summarized the key items, noting a 3.75 million special‑fund infrastructure grant pool and larger SIF requests for sizeable airport projects. Specifically, the statement of purpose cited one‑time SIF funding requests for Fargo (60,000,000 for a terminal), Grand Forks (30,000,000 for a runway) and Dickinson (30,000,000 for a terminal), and a $3,750,000 carryover for an International Peace Guard airport rehabilitation project.
Senator Meyer moved the amendment (identified in the transcript as amendment 25.0173.01001). A second was recorded (the transcript records a second by “Shiley”). The committee took a voice/roll call and recorded multiple “aye” votes on the amendment and, after a subsequent motion, recorded a roll call adopting Senate Bill 2006 as amended. The transcript records the motion carrying and the chair directing Senator Meyer to carry the bill to the committee’s next stage.
Recorded action: Senator Meyer moved the amendment; it was seconded; the committee voted to adopt the amendment and then voted to move Senate Bill 2006 as amended. The transcript records the chair and several senators voting “aye” and concludes “The motion carries.” The record includes no recorded “no” votes in the segment provided.
Ending: The committee completed work for that sitting; committee chairs and members said the schedule will continue and that members will begin work on appropriations in greater detail the following week.
