50-03 County Human Services Fund - North Dakota Statutes

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CHAPTER 50-03COUNTY HUMAN SERVICES FUND50-03-00.1. Definitions. Terms defined in chapter 50-01.2 have the same meaningwhen used in this chapter.50-03-01. Board of county commissioners may levy human services tax. The boardof county commissioners, if it deems it expedient, annually at its session at which the county tax
is ordered to be levied and assessed, may levy and assess a human services tax for the support
of needy persons in its county.50-03-02. County human services fund. Each county in this state shall maintain a fundto be known as the county human services fund into which the county treasurer, immediately
upon receipt thereof, shall pay that proportion of the tax receipts which the county human
services appropriation bears to the total county appropriations.50-03-03. Relief expenditures paid from human services fund. All expenditures bythe county for the relief of the needy must be paid out of the county human services fund. The
fund is not subject to any other charges and is exempt from section 21-02-08.50-03-04.Transfer of money to human services fund.If the human servicesappropriation made by a board of county commissioners is not sufficient to meet the
expenditures required by law, the county auditor, on order of the board of county commissioners,
may make a transfer to the county human services fund from any other fund, except sinking and
interest funds set aside to pay the principal or interest on outstanding bond issues or funds set
aside to retire any other outstanding indebtedness.50-03-05. Emergency expenditures - Special warrants. If the unexpended balance inany fund or funds of the county which may be transferred to the county human services fund is
insufficient to meet an emergency created by unusual and unanticipated demands on the human
services fund, the board of county commissioners, by resolution, may authorize the expenditure
of an amount in excess of budget appropriations and may obligate the county in excess of such
appropriations for the purpose of replenishing the human services fund. For such emergency
expenditures, the county auditor immediately shall issue special warrants to be known and
designated as "warrant for emergency human services". Section 21-02-08 does not apply to
such emergency expenditures.50-03-06. Expenditure of total county appropriation - How appropriation followingyear determined. If the board of county commissioners of any county, due to an emergency,
expends in any one year such an amount for human services purposes that the total county
appropriations for that year are exceeded, the appropriations for the following year, to make up
the deficit caused by such expenditures, shall not be included within the appropriations subject to
the tax levy limitation for general county purposes provided by law.50-03-07.Appropriation for food stamp program administration - Financialagreement. Repealed by S.L. 1997, ch. 403,