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SCR 4025 - Senate Concurrent - Congress Urged To Create Wind Energy Production Tax Credit

Introduced by Sen. Bercier, Mathern Introduced by Rep. Boucher, Svedjan, Tieman A concurrent resolution urging Congress to promote development of North Dakota's wind energy resource by appropriating funds to provide a two and one-half cents per kilowatt hour wind energy production tax credit.Read the full bill in PDF Format
Introduced: 01/30/03
Last Action: Filed with Secretary of State
Final Bill Status: Passed

Related Topics

The following is a list of related topics or categories for this bill. Click on the topic title to view more legislation related to the same topic.

Congress, Energy, Public Utilities, Resolutions, Taxation, United States, Wind Energy

Voting Statistics

There was only one roll call vote on this bill in the Senate and the Filed with Secretary of State

The following is a breakdown of the votes on this bill from the last roll call recorded for each legislative body.

Party Breakdown

The following is a breakdown by party:
Percent Voting For Bill
Republican
50%
Democrat
100%

House / Senate

The following is a breakdown by legislative body:
Percent Voting For Bill
House
0%
Senate
65.9%


East vs. West

Based on the geographic location of the district, we have tallied the votes by "East versus West" (view the East/West District map)
Percent Voting For Bill
Eastern Districts
84.6%
Western Districts
45.4%



District Votes



The following breaks down the percentage of ND Legislative Districts that were either fully In Support (voted Yea) on this bill, Fully Against (All Voted Nay) or Split (not all members of district agreed)
Percent Of Districts
Districts For
65.9%
Districts Against
31.9%
Districts Split
2.12%
How did your district vote on this bill? - Break the Votes Down by District


Demographic Breakdowns

We have gathered statistics on each legislative district and have grouped their votes into a number of categories. These statistics come from US Census Data and you can read more on our classification and grouping methodology here.

High Female Populations


Percent Voting For Bill
Higher Female Population
69.2%
Lower Female Population
65.7%



Low Graduating Rates


Percent Voting For Bill
Lower Graduation Rate
57.1%
Higher Graduation Rate
70.5%



High Native American Population


Percent Voting For Bill
High Native American Population
100%
Low Native American Population
63.6%



High Manufacturing Sector Jobs


Percent Voting For Bill
Higher Manufacturing Employment
100%
Lower Manufacturing Employment
57.8%



High Divorce Rate


Percent Voting For Bill
Higher Divorce Rate
77.7%
Lower Divorce Rate
64.1%



High Population in Poverty


Percent Voting For Bill
Higher Poverty Rate
100%
Lower Poverty Rate
60.0%



High Population Over the Age of 62


Percent Voting For Bill
Higher 62+ Population
77.7%
Lower 62+ Population
60.0%



High Veteran Population


Percent Voting For Bill
Higher Veteran Population
63.8%
Lower Veteran Population
75%



High Rural Population


Percent Voting For Bill
Higher Rural Population
73.9%
Lower Rural Population
60.0%



Roll Call Votes

The following is a list of House and Senate Roll Call Votes on this bill. The votes are listed in the order of the legislative day in which the vote was taken. The last two roll call votes normally will show the final status of the bill.

In order for a bill to "pass" it must acheive a Constitutional Majority in both the House and the Senate on th exact same version of the bill. This is why you will see more than two votes on many bills. If either body ammends (adds to) a bill, the vote must be re-taken in both houses.

A "Constitutional Majority" requires that greater than 1/2 of ALL legislators in a body must vote yea. Not just a majority of those present. In the house, this requires a total of 48 votes and in the senate, this requires a total of 24 votes

Body Question Yeas Nays Absent
Senate Day 30 - view the votes...
The question being on the final passage of the resolution, which has been read, and has committee recommendation of DO PASS, the roll was called and there were 31 YEAS, 15 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 1 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING
31 15 1

Recorded Actions

The following is a list of "Recorded Actions" taken on this bill as recorded in the house and senate journals

Date Body Action
01/30/03 Senate Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation
02/11/03 Senate Committee Hearing 09:30
02/13/03 Senate Reported back, do pass, placed on calendar y 006 n 000
02/17/03 Senate Second reading, adopted
02/18/03 House Received from Senate
02/20/03 House Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation
03/05/03 House Committee Hearing 10:00
03/05/03 House Reported back, do pass, placed on calendar y 013 n 000
03/07/03 House Rereferred to Finance and Taxation
03/12/03 House Reported back, do pass, placed on calendar y 010 n 004
03/13/03 House Second reading, adopted
03/14/03 Senate Returned to Senate
03/19/03 Senate Signed by President
03/19/03 House Signed by Speaker
03/19/03 Senate Filed with Secretary of State

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