Senate Senator Randel Christmann Senator Tom Seymour
Election Results 2008 North Dakota Elections
The Measures on the Ballot Oil Income Tax Tobacco WSI
The Legislative Council Jim Smith – Director Jay E. Buringrud – Assistant Director John Walstad – Code Revisor Allen H. Knudson – Legislative Budget Roxanne Woeste – Legislative Budget
Office of Management and Budget Budget Projections – Pam Sharp, Director Tammy Dolan
The Governor’s Budget John Hoeven
Interim Committee Legislation Information Technology Budget and Finance Budget Section Agriculture
The ND Legislature –S–Senate –H–House of Representatives
The Leadership Governor John Hoeven Lt. Governor Senate Majority Leader Senate Minority Leader President Pro Tempore House Majority Leader House Minority Leader House Speaker Senate Assistant Leader Senate Assistant Minority House Assistant Leader House Assistant Minority Senate and House Staff Governor’s Staff
Agriculture, Appropriations, Education Finance and Taxation, Government and Veterans Aff Human Services, IBL, Judiciary, Natural Resources Political Subdivisions, Transportation Constitutional Revision -- Maybe 2009 Standing Committees
New Legislation Hands Free for all Cell Phones Market to out-of-state students Opportunity Grant for Higher Ed Students Operation Intern - $ 1,200,000 Renaissance Zone Tax Incentives
The Higher Education Bill Needs Based Financial Aid - $ 14 million Deferred Maintenance facilities $ 50 million Bismarck Higher Ed Center - $ 4.5 million Minot Family Center – UND - $ 4 million Master’s in Public Health - $ 1.1 million
Parties The State Democratic Party The State Republican Party Your Local District Organization Your Congressional Delegation The Legislators that You Know The Lobbyists you Know Legislative Staff You Know The Leaders that You Know
The Internet View the Legislative Web site – nd.gov Read the Interim Committee Minutes Online Share Ideas Among Board Members & Dave Write s to your legislators and leaders Use Google to find ideas
Tools
Make a late campaign contribution Take your local legislator to lunch Invite the legislator to tour your business Come to Bismarck and visit your legislator Take the legislator’s spouse to dinner you legislator about a positive Lobbying the Legislators
Your and Director Contacts Friends and Relatives Memberships and Boards Helped during the campaign
North Dakota Association of Telecommunications Cooperatives -- Mandan David Crothers
( December 1-3, 2008) Tuesday, January 6, 2009 Yes, We can help you !!! Legislative Organizational Session