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+Sixty-ninth
+February 21, 2025
 Legislative Assembly
 of North Dakota
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 SECTION 1. A new section to chapter 15-11 of the North Dakota Century Code is created
 and enacted as follows:
 State information technology research center - Report.
-1. The state information technology research center at the university of North Dakota is
-created to conduct exploratory, transformational, and innovative research to promote
-the development of data science, data analysis, software engineering, and advanced
-information technology in the state.
+1. The state information technology research center   is created to conduct exploratory,
+transformational, and innovative research to promote the development of data
+science, data analysis, software engineering, and advanced information technology in
+the state.
 2. To carry out the purposes of this section, the state information technology research
+center must operate as a collaborative virtual center. The state information technology
 center may:
 a. Select the research topics and projects to be pursued;
 b. Enter contracts or agreements with other North Dakota institutions of higher
 education, the information technology department, and federal, private, and
 nonprofit organizations to support research topics and projects;
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 c. Assist in the development of advanced technology solutions, including artificial
 intelligence, machine learning, quantum computing, digital literacy, and
 cybersecurity initiatives;
 d. Encourage the establishment of data centers in the state to enhance advanced
 technology products and initiatives;
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 e. Use existing staff resources, to the extent authorized by legislative
 appropriations, between participating state agencies for the purpose of advancing
 research and development of projects selected under this section; and
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 1. The advanced technology review committee consists of:
 a. The chief information officer or a designee within the information technology
 department;
-b. The vice chancellor for information technology or a designee within the North
-Dakota university system;
-c. One individual from the private sector with significant information and advanced
-technology knowledge, appointed by the governor;
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+b. The vice chancellor for information technology or a designee within the North
+Dakota university system;
+c. One individual from the private sector with significant information and advanced
+technology knowledge, appointed by the governor;
 d. One individual from the private sector with significant information and advanced
 technology knowledge, appointed by the majority leader of the house of
 representatives;
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 f. The commissioner, or a designee within the department of commerce, who shall
 serve as a nonvoting member of the committee and provide recommendations to
 the committee regarding grant awards.
+g. The executive director of a digital academy administered by the North Dakota
+university system.
 2. By July first of each odd  -  numbered year, the chief information officer and vice
 chancellor for information technology shall compile a list of individuals with significant
 private sector information and advanced technology knowledge working within the
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 August first of each year, the chairman of the legislative management shall select one
 of the appointed members to serve as the chairman of the committee. The chairman of
 the committee shall select a vice chair. If a committee member ceases to qualify as a
-member of the appointing entity, that individual's membership on the committee
-ceases immediately and the appointing entity shall appoint a new member to the
-committee for the remainder of the term.
-4. A committee member representing the private sector is entitled to receive
-compensation in an amount not exceeding one hundred thirty  -  five dollars per day and
-travel and expense reimbursement as provided by law for state officers for attending
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+member of the appointing entity, that individual's membership on the committee
+ceases immediately and the appointing entity shall appoint a new member to the
+committee for the remainder of the term.
+4. A committee member representing the private sector is entitled to receive
+compensation in an amount not exceeding one hundred thirty  -  five dollars per day and
+travel and expense reimbursement as provided by law for state officers for attending
 meetings of the committee, to be paid by the   department   within the limits of legislative
 appropriations.
 5. The committee shall meet at the call of the chairman to review and approve grant
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 other information technology businesses to the state. The committee shall consider
 and process applications in a timely manner to allow applicants an opportunity to
 leverage other funds.
-4. Grant recipients shall use funding awarded under this section for the cost of increased
-compute credits and central processing unit storage capacity that promotes the
-program requirements in subsection     3 of this   section  . An entity receiving a grant under
-this section may not use the funds for capital or building investments or other activities
-not identified in this chapter. The funds may not be used for administrative costs or to
-supplant funding for regular operations of the entity. If an entity awarded a grant no
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+4. Grant recipients shall use funding awarded under this section for the cost of increased
+compute credits and central processing unit storage capacity that promotes the
+program requirements in subsection     3 of this   section  . An entity receiving a grant under
+this section may not use the funds for capital or building investments or other activities
+not identified in this chapter. The funds may not be used for administrative costs or to
+supplant funding for regular operations of the entity. If an entity awarded a grant no
 longer conducts its activities in the state, the entity must repay the awarded grant
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 Advanced technology grant fund.
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 enticed a company to invest in or move to the state;
 3. Led to a patent or research that is commercially viable; or
 4. Positively affected workforce in the state.
-SECTION 3. TRANSFER - STRATEGIC INVESTMENT AND IMPROVEMENTS FUND TO
+      SECTION 3. TRANSFER - STRATEGIC INVESTMENT AND IMPROVEMENTS FUND TO
 ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY GRANT FUND. The office of management and budget shall
 transfer $5,000,000 from the strategic investment and improvements fund to the advanced
 technology grant fund during the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2027.
-SECTION 4. APPROPRIATION - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT -
-COMPUTE CREDITS GRANT PROGRAM - ONE-TIME FUNDING. There is appropriated out of
-any moneys in the advanced technology grant fund in the state treasury, not otherwise
-appropriated, the sum of $5,000,000, or so much of the sum as may be necessary, to the
-information technology department for the purpose of the compute credits grant program, for
-the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2027. This funding is considered a
-one-time funding item.
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+      SECTION 4. APPROPRIATION - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT -
+COMPUTE CREDITS GRANT PROGRAM - ONE-TIME FUNDING. There is appropriated out of
+any moneys in the advanced technology grant fund in the state treasury, not otherwise
+appropriated, the sum of $5,000,000, or so much of the sum as may be necessary, to the
+information technology department for the purpose of the compute credits grant program, for
+the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2027. This funding is considered a
+one-time funding item.
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