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Read. Follow. Verify.North Dakota caps hazardous chemical fee increases and raises maximum facility fees
Last action · April 24, 2025: Filed with Secretary Of State 04/23
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What This Bill Does
North Dakota sets new limits on state hazardous chemical fee increases, capping per-chemical fee hikes after January 1, 2026, at five dollars per year and raising the maximum facility fee to nine hundred fifty dollars. Facility owners and operators must pay annual fees by March first, and the division of homeland security transfers half of regular fee collections to county preparedness accounts.
Facility owners face adjusted annual chemical fee caps and increased maximum facility charges of nine hundred fifty dollars, while county hazardous chemical accounts receive half of regular state collections for local emergency response and training programs.
- Senate Bill 2082 was introduced during the Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly of North Dakota by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee at the request of the Adjutant General. context
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Facility owners and operators
Facility owners and operators must pay an annual fee per chemical, face new caps on fee increases, and are subject to maximum fee limits and potential late penalties.
County treasurers
County treasurers must establish a nonlapsing restricted account to hold transferred fee revenues, grants, and donations for local preparedness programs.
Family farm enterprises
Family farm enterprises not engaged in retail or wholesale trade of hazardous chemicals are exempt from the annual fee.
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Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
23 actions- Apr 24, 2025Filed with Secretary Of State 04/23
- Apr 23, 2025SenateEnrolledSigned by Governor 04/22
- Apr 21, 2025SenateEnrolledSent to Governor
- Apr 21, 2025SenateSigned by President
- Apr 21, 2025HouseSigned by Speaker
- Apr 16, 2025SenateFloorSecond reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 1
Show 17 earlier actions
- Apr 16, 2025SenateConcurred
- Apr 10, 2025SenateReturned to Senate (12)
- Apr 10, 2025HouseFloorSecond reading, passed as amended, yeas 81 nays 11
- Apr 7, 2025HouseCommitteeReported back, do pass, place on calendar 20 0 3
- Mar 28, 2025HouseRereferred to Appropriations
- Mar 28, 2025HouseCommitteeAmendment adopted
- Mar 27, 2025HouseCommitteeReported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 0 0
- Mar 14, 2025HouseCommitteeCommittee Hearing 09:00
- Feb 18, 2025HouseIntroducedIntroduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee
- Feb 5, 2025HouseReceived from Senate
- Feb 4, 2025SenateFloorSecond reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 1
- Feb 3, 2025SenateCommitteeReported back, do pass, place on calendar 14 1 1
- Jan 27, 2025SenateCommitteeCommittee Hearing 03:30
- Jan 17, 2025SenateRereferred to Appropriations
- Jan 17, 2025SenateCommitteeReported back, do pass 7 0 0
- Jan 17, 2025SenateCommitteeCommittee Hearing 10:00
- Jan 7, 2025SenateIntroducedIntroduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee
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