North Dakota Code § 16.1-01-17

As soon as practicable after the secretary of state approves an initiated or referred measure 
for the ballot , the legislative council shall coordinate the determination of the estimated fiscal 
impact of the initiated or referred measure. Upon notification from the secretary of state that 
signed petitions have been submitted for placement of an initiated or referred measure on the 
ballot, the legislative management shall hold hearings, receive public testimony, and gather 
information on the estimated fiscal impact of the measure. Each agency, institution, or 
department shall provide information requested in the format and time frame prescribed by the 
legislative council for identifying the estimated fiscal impact of the measure. At least thirty days 
before the public vote on the measure, the legislative council shall submit a statement of the 
estimated fiscal impact of the measure to the secretary of state. Upon receipt, the secretary of 
state shall include a notice within the analysis required by section 16.1 -01-07 specifying where 
copies of the statement of the estimated fiscal impact can be obtained. Within thirty days of the 
close of the first complete fiscal year after the effective date of an initiated or referred measure 
approved by the voters, the agencies, institutions, or departments that provided the estimates of 
the fiscal impact of the measure to the legislative council under this section shall submit a report 
to the legislative council on the actual fiscal impact for the first complete fiscal year resulting 
from provisions of the initiated or referred measure and a comparison to the estimates provided 
to the legislative council under this section, and the legislative council shall issue a report of the 
actual fiscal impact of the initiated or referred measure.

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