{"id":167825,"date":"2019-03-20T15:36:07","date_gmt":"2019-03-20T20:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=167825"},"modified":"2019-03-20T15:36:07","modified_gmt":"2019-03-20T20:36:07","slug":"burgum-signs-infrastructure-bill-into-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=167825","title":{"rendered":"Burgum signs infrastructure bill into law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-133411\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Burgum-CU112117-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Burgum-CU112117-300x202.jpg 300w, http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Burgum-CU112117-260x175.jpg 260w, http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Burgum-CU112117.jpg 445w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Bismarck (Gov Burgum\u2019s Office) North Dakota Governor, Doug Burgum Wednesday signed legislation that will provide $250 million to help cities, counties and townships in non-oil producing counties pay for infrastructure needs, urging local leaders to invest the dollars in existing infrastructure areas to limit the growth of property taxes and create healthy, vibrant communities.<\/p>\n<p>Legislative leaders, bill sponsors and stakeholders joined Burgum for the signing of<\/p>\n<p>House Bill 1066. The bipartisan bill passed with broad support, 80-12 in the House<\/p>\n<p>and 46-0 in the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>The bill changes the distribution of oil and gas tax revenues, creating new<\/p>\n<p>buckets to set aside revenue for counties, cities and townships in non-oil<\/p>\n<p>producing areas. Starting in the 2021-23 biennium, the bill will direct $115 million<\/p>\n<p>to cities, $115 to counties and townships, and $20 million for an airport<\/p>\n<p>infrastructure fund.<\/p>\n<p>One of the pillars of our Main Street Initiative is smart, efficient<\/p>\n<p>infrastructure, and we know communities across North Dakota have significant<\/p>\n<p>infrastructure needs. We also support local control, and this bill gives communities<\/p>\n<p>enormous latitude to use this bounty of oil tax revenues. If used wisely, these<\/p>\n<p>grant dollars represent a golden opportunity to improve the economics of cities,<\/p>\n<p>limit the growth of property taxes and create healthy, vibrant communities,<\/p>\n<p>enhancing the quality of life for all North Dakotans, Burgum said.<\/p>\n<p>The law requires that grant dollars be used for essential infrastructure projects,<\/p>\n<p>including water and wastewater treatment plants; sewer and water lines, including<\/p>\n<p>lift stations and pumping systems; water storage systems, including dams, water<\/p>\n<p>tanks and water towers; storm water infrastructure, including curb and gutter; road<\/p>\n<p>and bridge infrastructure; electricity and natural gas transmission infrastructure;<\/p>\n<p>airport infrastructure; and communications infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In addition to allocating oil tax revenues to non-oil producing areas, the law also<\/p>\n<p>preserves allocations for oil-producing areas and removes the sunset on the hub<\/p>\n<p>city designation that directs additional oil tax revenue to Dickinson, Minot and Williston.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bismarck (Gov Burgum\u2019s Office) North Dakota Governor, Doug Burgum Wednesday signed legislation that will provide $250 million to help cities, counties and townships in non-oil producing counties pay for infrastructure needs, urging local leaders to invest the dollars in existing infrastructure areas to limit the growth of property taxes and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":123853,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-167825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=167825"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":167826,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167825\/revisions\/167826"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/123853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=167825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=167825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=167825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}