Shown verbatim: the complete text as captured from the official PDF posted by the North Dakota Legislative Assembly, fetched 2026-09-25. Page and line markers are part of the official record; nothing is edited or removed. This is the current version. The official bill page.
Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly of North Dakota In Regular Session Commencing Tuesday, January 7, 2025 SENATE BILL NO. 2228 (Senators Myrdal, Klein) (Representatives Hanson, Monson) AN ACT to provide an appropriation to the department of commerce for a rural grocery store sustainability grant program. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA: SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE - RURAL GROCERY STORE SUSTAINABILITY GRANTS - ONE-TIME FUNDING. There is appropriated out of any moneys in the general fund in the state treasury, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $1,000,000, or so much of the sum as may be necessary, to the department of commerce for the purpose of providing grants for the preservation of rural grocery stores and increasing the availability of food access in the state, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2027. The department shall prioritize grant funding awarded under this section for supporting existing rural grocery stores before awarding grant funding for feasibility costs related to reopening a grocery store in a community without a grocery store. The funding may not be used for food processing or offsite preparation operations of a rural grocery store. The department of commerce shall establish guidelines for awarding grants under this section. The appropriation in this section is considered a one-time funding item. S. B. NO. 2228 - PAGE 2 ____________________________ President of the Senate ____________________________ Speaker of the House ____________________________ Secretary of the Senate ____________________________ Chief Clerk of the House This certifies that the within bill originated in the Senate of the Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly of North Dakota and is known on the records of that body as Senate Bill No. 2228. Senate Vote: House Vote: Yeas 40 Yeas 75 Nays 6 Nays 17 Absent 1 Absent 2 ____________________________ Secretary of the Senate Received by the Governor at ________M. on _____________________________________, 2025. Approved at ________M. on __________________________________________________, 2025. ____________________________ Governor Filed in this office this ___________day of _______________________________________, 2025, at ________ o’clock ________M. ____________________________ Secretary of State
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record.