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Committee votes 14-0 to recommend 'do not pass' on bill changing architect/engineer procurement threshold

2107591 · January 9, 2025
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Summary

The Government and Veterans Affairs Committee voted unanimously to recommend a do-not-pass on House Bill 1121 after the Parks and Recreation Department asked the panel to kill the measure and rework it with sponsors.

House Bill 1121, a bill to amend North Dakota Century Code sections 48-01.2-01 and 48-01.2-02.1 governing the threshold for procuring plans, drawings and specifications from architects and engineers for public improvements, drew short testimony and a unanimous committee recommendation to kill the measure.

The committee’s vote came after Cody Schulz, director of North Dakota Parks and Recreation, told lawmakers the department had worked with state agencies and sponsors after a similar measure last biennium and asked the committee to “do a do not pass and kill this bill” so a…

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