HB 1383

AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 4.1‑01 and a new section to chapter 49‑22 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the creation of an environmental impact mitigation fund and to mitigating direct environmental impacts; to amend and reenact subsection 1 of section 4.1‑01‑18, sections 49‑22‑05.1 and 49‑22‑09, and subsection 4 of section 49‑22‑16 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the federal environmental law impact review committee, exclusion and avoidance areas, the factors considered by the public service commission when evaluating and designating sites, corridors, and routes, and state agency rules; to provide for a report to the legislative management; to provide an appropriation; and to provide a continuing appropriation.