Dalrymple calls special session of Legislature to tackle widening shortfall [View all]
BISMARCK – Gov. Jack Dalrymple took the extraordinary step Wednesday of calling the Legislature into special session to plug a budget gap that’s projected to widen to $310 million by the end of this biennium, after already shoring up a more than $1 billion revenue shortfall in February.
Dalrymple issued an executive order for lawmakers to convene Aug. 2. Under the state constitution, they must meet for at least the three days to pass a bill, which Dalrymple said his office will introduce to the Legislature’s delayed bills committee.
He said he and legislative leaders from both parties agree that a combination of targeted, short-term budget adjustments and the use of some contingency funds is the best route for balancing the budget by the end of the biennium on June 30, 2017.
“I think we have an excellent plan for dealing with this shortfall,” he said at a Capitol press conference with GOP leadership.
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