North Dakota Code 4.1-44-04 – Agricultural commodity promotion groups to report to the legislative assembly – Report contents
1. From the first to the tenth legislative day of each regular legislative session, the following entities must file a uniform report at a public hearing before the standing agriculture committee of each house of the legislative assembly:
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 4.1-44-04
- following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute means the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- Legislative session: That part of a chamber's daily session in which it considers legislative business (bills, resolutions, and actions related thereto).
- Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
a. The North Dakota ethanol council; b. The North Dakota potato council; c. The North Dakota oilseed council; d. The North Dakota dry bean council; e. The North Dakota dry pea and lentil council; f. The North Dakota barley council; g. The North Dakota soybean council; h. The North Dakota corn utilization council; i. The North Dakota beekeepers association; j. The North Dakota turkey federation; k. The North Dakota milk marketing board; l. The North Dakota dairy promotion commission; m. The North Dakota state wheat commission; and n. The North Dakota beef commission.
2. The presiding officer of each house of the legislative assembly may direct the reports be filed with some other standing committee of that house. Each report must contain a summary of the activities of the commodity group during the current biennium, and a single-page uniform statement of revenues and expenditures for the next biennium.
Each report, except the reports of the North Dakota beekeepers association and the North Dakota turkey federation, also must include an auditor’s report on the commodity group’s single-page uniform statement of revenues and expenditures for the previous two fiscal years or an annual financial statement audit as required by the respective group’s national association.