Section 19-10B-7 - Joint powers agreement.
19-10B-7. Joint powers agreement.
The commissioner of public lands, the taxation and revenue department, the energy, minerals and natural resources department and any other agency that utilizes the system shall enter into a joint powers agreement for the purpose of cooperating in the joint design, development, acquisition and implementation of the ONGARD system. The agreement shall provide either for the sharing of costs incurred to develop the system or for the payment to the commissioner of public lands by the taxation and revenue department, the energy, minerals and natural resources department or other agencies for the use of those portions of the ONGARD system that are utilized by those agencies. Any such payments received by the commissioner of public lands shall be used to retire the bonds or, if the bonds have been fully retired, shall be deposited into the state lands maintenance fund.