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House committee vets Adjutant General budget, debates $6 million state match and emergency clauses
Summary
The House Appropriations Government Operations Division reviewed House Bill 1016, focusing on FTE counts, a proposed $6 million state match to leverage federal sustainment funds, underinsured facilities, and emergency clauses the committee added to multiple budget lines.
BISMARCK — The House Appropriations Department’s Government Operations Division moved through testimony on the Adjutant General’s budget under House Bill 1016 on the committee’s agenda, singling out a request for state matching funds and several staffing questions.
Jackie Huber, deputy adjutant general for the North Dakota National Guard, told the committee the Guard is seeking authority to manage its facilities and projects across 330 buildings on 12 complexes and is asking for a state match split that would total roughly $6 million: $1.5 million in the base budget and $4.5 million in one-time or special funding. "In the last 3 years, we've received approximately $28,000,000 in federal reimbursement for 83 different projects," Huber said, noting the Guard relies on predictable state matches to plan…
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