Bill 1377 Update 3/8/01

Dear Supporters,

I realize that many of you have sent letters to the committees who have heard 1262 and 1377 before. This should be the last time that I ask for a letter (at least concerning 1377). I know many of you are from outside of North Dakota but I think that your letters are still very important. You can let these senators know that the whole country is watching and that everyone of you know that 1377 is a sham and would never have even been proposed in any other state. 

Olson is telling the Podiatrists in North Dakota that if 1377 doesn't pass, the Board will go bankrupt and the Podiatrists could lose their licenses to practice. If you were a Podiatrist in this state wouldn't you support 1377 if you believed this?


Olson and 2 of the other 3 Board members refused to participate in a phone conference to discuss and vote on 1377. Olson and Mike Stone have been calling the Podiatrists in the state and intimidating them into giving them letters of support. They have been slandering me.


Please send an email to the people listed below telling them that this is not right. Tell them that this is not just about Brian Gale. This is about misleading people for self serving reasons. Read John McCord's article in Podiatry Today and tell me why wouldn't the Podiatry Board in North Dakota at least consider settling this case with me? I can tell you why. Because that would destroy me. That wouldn't cost me hundreds of thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours of extra work and years of stress. If this person is allowed to get away with this crime you will soon see that the Board's lawyer, Gary Thune will quickly run up $50,000 in legal
expenses. If it doesn't pass maybe the Board members will change and this can all come to an end.


I have told all of the Podiatrists at our phone conference meeting that if the Board members change and there are fair Podiatrists on the Board, I will gladly take any discipline they determine is appropriate.

Please send an email to these people opposing 1377.
Thanks.

Brian

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Karen K. Krebsbach, Chairman kkrebsba@state.nd.us
Dick Dever,- Vice Chairman ddever@state.nd.us
Ralph L. Kilzer, rkilzer@state.nd.us
Tim Mathern, tmathern@state.nd.us
Carolyn Nelson, cnelson@state.nd.us
Rich Wardner, rwardner@state.nd.us

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GOVERNMENT AND VETERANS AFFAIRS
(Meets Thursday and Friday)

Karen K. Krebsbach, http://www.state.nd.us/lr/01senate/bios/krebsbach.asp - Chairman    
Dick Dever, http://www.state.nd.us/lr/01senate/bios/dever.asp - Vice Chairman   
Ralph L. Kilzer, http://www.state.nd.us/lr/01senate/bios/kilzer.asp    
Tim Mathern, http://www.state.nd.us/lr/01senate/bios/mathern.asp   
Carolyn Nelson, http://www.state.nd.us/lr/01senate/bios/cnelson.asp    
Rich Wardner, http://www.state.nd.us/lr/01senate/bios/wardner.asp   
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10677.0100
Fifty-seventh 
Legislative Assembly HOUSE BILL NO. 1377 of North Dakota
Introduced by Representatives Keiser, Berg, M. Klein
A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 43-05 of the North Dakota
Century Code, relating to the authority of the board of podiatric medicine to borrow funds from the Bank of North Dakota; and to declare an emergency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:
SECTION 1. A new section to chapter 43-05 of the North Dakota Century Code is created and enacted as follows:
Loan for litigation expenses. The board may borrow from the Bank of North Dakota,
and the Bank may loan to the board, funds sufficient to pay for attorneys' fees and costs
incurred in investigations, administrative proceedings, and litigation resulting from the board
performing its duties, subject to the following conditions:

  1. The board has depleted the board's financial reserves.
  2. The attorneys' fees and costs incurred exceed the total dollar amount of all license
    fees received for the year in which the board is borrowing the funds.
  3. The board is assessing the maximum annual renewal license fee permitted under
    section 43-05-15 at the time funds are borrowed.
  4. Notwithstanding section 43-05-15, the board establishes a seven hundred fifty
    dollar annual renewal license fee for each year following the issuance of a loan
    under this section, and the fee is maintained until the loan is fully repaid.
  5.  The Bank of North Dakota may not charge interest on the loan which exceeds the
    prime rate less two percent.
  6. The duration of the loan may not exceed ten years.
  7. Once the loan is paid in full, the annual renewal license fee reverts back to the
    amount established by the board before the issuance of the loan.

SECTION 2. EMERGENCY. This Act is declared to be an emergency measure.
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