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 Chapter 21

Appropriations

CHAPTER 21 HOUSE BILL NO. 1021 (Appropriations Committee) (At the request of the Governor)

AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of workforce safety and insurance; to provide for litigation contingency and settlement funds; and to provide for information technology projects and business process analysis. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA: SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION. The funds provided in this section, or so much of the funds as may be necessary, are appropriated from special funds derived from the workforce safety and insurance fund in the state treasury, not otherwise appropriated, to workforce safety and insurance, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2013, and ending June 30, 2015, as follows:

Workforce safety and insurance operations Accrued leave payments Litigation contingency Total special funds Full-time equivalent positions

Base Level $58,413,293

Adjustments or Enhancements $2,496,164

Appropriation $60,909,457

0 0 $58,413,293 247.14

1,662,965 750,000 $4,909,129 3.00

1,662,965 750,000 $63,322,422 250.14

SECTION 2. LITIGATION CONTINGENCY - SETTLEMENT FUNDS - USE OF FUNDS. Funding included in the litigation contingency line item in section 1 of this Act may be spent by workforce safety and insurance only for fees and other costs associated with workforce safety and insurance pursuing a civil action for damages relating to the unsuccessful advanced information management computer system project. Any remaining unused litigation funds may be used by workforce safety and insurance for the development or operation of information technology projects. Any moneys received by workforce safety and insurance resulting from a settlement or court awards relating to this project must be retained in the workforce safety and insurance fund and reported to the sixty-fourth legislative assembly. SECTION 3. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS FUNDING BUSINESS PROCESS ANALYSIS. The workforce safety and insurance operations line item in section 1 of this Act includes the sum of $4,725,000, which may only be spent for costs of conducting a business process analysis of up to $500,000, as provided in section 4 of this Act and for appropriate information technology equipment, development, and operational costs of information technology projects as approved by workforce safety and insurance's executive steering board and the state information technology advisory committee. SECTION 4. BUSINESS PROCESS ANALYSIS. During the 2013-14 interim, workforce safety and insurance shall contract with the information technology department and a private consultant to conduct a business process analysis of workforce safety and insurance. The analysis must include a review of the workforce