50-03 County Human Services Fund

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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<br>is ordered to be levied and assessed, may levy and assess a human services tax for the support<br>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<br>upon receipt thereof, shall pay that proportion of the tax receipts which the county human<br>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<br>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<br>expenditures required by law, the county auditor, on order of the board of county commissioners,<br>may make a transfer to the county human services fund from any other fund, except sinking and<br>interest funds set aside to pay the principal or interest on outstanding bond issues or funds set<br>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<br>insufficient to meet an emergency created by unusual and unanticipated demands on the human<br>services fund, the board of county commissioners, by resolution, may authorize the expenditure<br>of an amount in excess of budget appropriations and may obligate the county in excess of such<br>appropriations for the purpose of replenishing the human services fund. For such emergency<br>expenditures, the county auditor immediately shall issue special warrants to be known and<br>designated as &quot;warrant for emergency human services&quot;. Section 21-02-08 does not apply to<br>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,<br>expends in any one year such an amount for human services purposes that the total county<br>appropriations for that year are exceeded, the appropriations for the following year, to make up<br>the deficit caused by such expenditures, shall not be included within the appropriations subject to<br>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, </p> <BR></DIV><!-- /.col.one --><!-- /.col.two --></DIV><!-- /.col.main --></DIV><!-- /div id = content --> <BR class=clear></DIV> <!-- /div id = livearea --> <DIV></DIV><!-- /.col.one --> <DIV></DIV><!-- /.col.main --> <DIV></DIV><!-- /#content --><BR class=clear> <DIV></DIV><!-- /#livearea --> <!-- Footer--> <DIV id=footer> <DIV class=container> <P class=copyright>Copyright &copy; 2012-2022 Laws9.Com All rights reserved. </P><!-- /.copyright --> <P class=footerlinks><A href="/contactus.html">Contact Us</A> | <A href="/aboutus.html">About Us</A> | <A href="/terms.html">Terms</A> | <A href="/privacy.html">Privacy</A></P><!-- /.footerlinks --> </DIV><!-- /.container --> </DIV><!-- /footer --> </BODY></HTML>