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Read. Follow. Verify.North Dakota HB 1402 gives local governments first dibs on state surplus vehicles at a 30 percent discount
Last action · February 5, 2025: Withdrawn from further considerationSponsors: Jim Grueneich and 9 others
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What This Bill Proposed
State surplus motor vehicles must be offered exclusively to for fourteen days at thirty percent below before other transfers occur.
Changes procurement costs for local government agencies by creating a mandatory two-week priority window and a price discount for purchasing state surplus vehicles.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
political subdivisions
Political subdivisions gain a fourteen-day priority window and a thirty percent discount to purchase state surplus motor vehicles.
state agencies
State agencies must hold surplus motor vehicles for political subdivisions before transferring them at fair market value to other eligible entities.
nonprofit organizations
Nonprofit organizations receive regular notifications of surplus property availability but are subject to the initial fourteen-day purchasing priority given to political subdivisions for motor vehicles.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Withdrawn.
Procedural history
3 actions- Feb 5, 2025HouseWithdrawn from further consideration
- Feb 5, 2025HouseCommitteeRequest return from committee
- Jan 13, 2025HouseIntroducedIntroduced, first reading, referred Transportation Committee
Version history
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 35)
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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