BISMARCK, N.D. (KFGO-AM) North Dakota's House has killed bipartisan legislation to require performance audits of two state agencies that regulate oil and gas activity.
The House defeated the measure 67-22 on Wednesday.
House Democratic Minority Leader Kenton Onstad of Parshall sponsored the bill that would have required performance audits of the state Department of Mineral Resources and the state Department of Health. Both agencies have departments that regulate oil and gas activity in the state.
Onstad says the bill was crafted after increasing worry from landowners and others that the agencies were not adequately regulating the North Dakota's oil and gas industry.