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HB 1090

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2026 Regular Session Introduced by Terry Spahr

ND designates the SH 18 bridge between 69th and 70th St NE as the Specialist 4 Richard W. Orsund Vietnam bridge, allows donated funds for signs, effective immediately.

Inexpedient to Legislate, MA, VV === BILL KILLED ===; 04/09/2026; SJ 8
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Bill Summary · HB 1090

Summary — North Dakota HB 1090 (2025)

Title: An Act to designate the bridge on State Highway 18 as the Specialist 4 Richard W. Orsund Vietnam bridge; to provide a continuing appropriation; and to declare an emergency.

Purpose / Intent

The bill names a specific bridge on State Highway 18 in honor of Specialist 4 Richard W. Orsund (Vietnam). It authorizes the state transportation department to install signage reflecting that name and establishes a mechanism for donated funds to pay for the signs.

Key provisions

  • Designation: Directs the Department (ND Department of Transportation or departmental equivalent) to designate the bridge on State Highway 18 — located between the junction of 69th Street NE and the junction of 70th Street NE — as the "Specialist 4 Richard W. Orsund Vietnam bridge."
  • Signage: Requires the department to place signs along the highway designating that name.
  • Donations and continuing appropriation: Authorizes the department to accept appropriate donated signs or donated funds for sign placement. Any donated funds received for this purpose are appropriated to the department on a continuing basis to be used for providing the designated signs.
  • Emergency clause: Declares the Act an emergency measure, which accelerates its effective date (i.e., it becomes effective immediately upon enactment rather than at a later statutory effective date).

Who is affected

  • North Dakota Department of Transportation: responsible for designating the bridge and installing signs; may receive and expend donated funds on a continuing basis for this purpose.
  • Local community, motorists, and veterans/family of Specialist 4 Richard W. Orsund: will see the commemorative designation and signage.
  • State budget: Minimal — the statute permits use of donated funds for signs; no statewide general fund appropriation is required by the bill.

Fiscal and operational impact

  • Direct fiscal impact is minimal. The department may accept donated funds and signs; those donations are continuously appropriated for sign placement. The bill does not appropriate general fund dollars or direct the department to expend state funds beyond what may already be available for signage and maintenance.
  • Administrative tasks: updating official maps/records and installing and maintaining the new signs.

Procedural / timeline notes

  • Introduced in the North Dakota Legislature (House) as HB 1090.
  • The bill includes an emergency clause, making its provisions effective immediately upon enactment.
  • Legislative action records indicate unanimous passage votes and enrollment; official filing with the Secretary of State occurred March 18, 2025 (notification as Act 537 noted April 10, 2025).

Additional notes

  • The designation is ceremonial/commemorative and does not change ownership, maintenance responsibility, or legal status of the bridge beyond signage and recognition.
  • Use of donated funds on a continuing appropriation means donated monies remain available for the stated purpose without requiring a new annual appropriation.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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