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Committee advances $75,000 appropriation for irrigation economic study, later re‑refers bill to appropriations
Summary
The Senate Agriculture and Veterans Affairs Committee gave House Bill 1531 a due-pass recommendation as amended to fund an irrigation expansion and economic contribution study, then later reconsidered and re-referred the measure to the Appropriations Committee. The bill would provide up to $75,000 for the Commissioner of Agriculture to contract a
The Senate Agriculture and Veterans Affairs Committee considered House Bill 1531, which would provide a one-time appropriation of up to $75,000 to the Commissioner of Agriculture to contract with a consultant for a study of potential benefits of increased irrigation and water conveyance in North Dakota.
Representative Cynthia Schreiber Beck (District 25), sponsor, told the committee she was working from an amended version in the packet and described the bill as a "shell study" that would compile available data and analyze economic contributions of irrigation. "Data is necessary to continue advocating for irrigation and water conveyance for production agriculture in North Dakota," she…
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