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A legislative committee will be reviewing an emergency request to borrow MORE money from the Bank of North Dakota to cover the cost of law enforcement related to protecting of the Dakota Access oil pipeline, reports Kota Territory News.

The expenditure hemorrhage has grown since using the Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC), which was supposed to be for natural disasters, but is instead being used to protect the pipeline that is planned to go through 1851 treaty land.


Comment: Interesting, now there will be no money for a natural disaster. Time will tell if that was a good decision.


Officers from at least 6 states have been deployed to North Dakota to fight for the companies behind the DAPL. Under the EMAC, North Dakota is responsible for reimbursing out-of-state police agencies for various costs such as wages, overtime, officer benefits, meals while officers are on duty, a per diem while officers are off duty, lodging and mileage for the communities that sent vehicles.

The state's Emergency Commission, headed by Gov. Jack Dalrymple, will vote Tuesday on whether to borrow $4 million from the state-owned bank.

The panel already borrowed and spent $6 million from the bank in September.

North Dakota officials have also requested federal officials to reimburse the state for the additional law enforcement costs.

How much taxpayer money will be used to protect the investment of a company? How much taxpayer money will be wasted defending an illegal pipeline that is scheduled to be put through stolen land?