2015 North Dakota Century Code Title 50 Public Welfare Chapter 50-03 County Human Services Fund
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CHAPTER 50-03
COUNTY HUMAN SERVICES FUND
50-03-00.1. Definitions.
Terms defined in chapter 50-01.2 have the same meaning when used in this chapter.
50-03-01. Board of county commissioners may levy human services funding.
The board of county commissioners may levy a tax for support of human services programs
in the county as provided in section 50-06.2-05.
50-03-02. County human services fund.
Each county in this state shall maintain a fund to 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 by the 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 services appropriation 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 in any 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. County human services program levy insufficiency due to extraordinary
impact - Application for state assistance.
The board of county commissioners may apply to the department of human services for a
grant if that county has expended revenue exceeding the amount generated by a levy of twenty
mills for support of human services programs in the county as provided in section 50-06.2-05 for
the current or immediately preceding budget year due to extraordinary human services program
impact. If it is shown to the satisfaction of the department of human services that the county has
experienced extraordinary human services program impact from meeting human services needs
resulting from proximity to an Indian reservation or proximity to the state hospital, the
department may provide a grant, from funds available to the department for that purpose, of up
to the excess amount expended.
50-03-07. Appropriation for food stamp program administration - Financial
agreement.
Repealed by S.L. 1997, ch. 403, ยง 13.
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50-03-08. (Effective through December 31, 2015) Appropriation for county social
service board administration and programs.
The board of county commissioners of each county annually shall appropriate and make
available to the human services fund an amount sufficient to pay:
1. The local expenses of administration of locally administered economic assistance
programs;
2. That county's share of fifteen percent of the amount expended in this state, in excess
of the amount provided by the federal government, for medical assistance in the form
of payments for care furnished to recipients of therapeutic foster care services; and
3. That county's share of the cost of other family preservation services, including
intensive in-home services, provided under title VI-B, subpart 2, of the Social Security
Act [Pub. L. 103-66, title XIII, 13711(a)(2); 107 Stat. 649 et seq.; 42 U.S.C.
629 et seq.], as amended, as may be agreed to by the department and the county
social service board.
(Effective for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2015) Appropriation for county
social service board administration of locally administered economic assistance programs. The
board of county commissioners of each county annually shall appropriate and make available to
the human services fund an amount sufficient to pay the local expenses of administration of
locally administered economic assistance programs.
50-03-09. (Repealed effective December 31, 2015) Department to develop formula.
The department, with the cooperation of the boards of county commissioners, shall develop
a formula to be used to determine the appropriate amount of each county's share under
subsection 2 of section 50-03-08.
50-03-10. County commissions to make recommendations.
Before August first of each year, the boards of county commissioners of the counties shall
make a collective recommendation to the department concerning the distribution between
counties, of the social service block grant funds and the general fund equivalents of social
service block grant funds available to the department for distribution to county social service
boards. The department shall consider the recommendation of the county commissioners in
determining the distribution to the county social service boards, in the following calendar year, of
the social service block grant funds and the general fund equivalents of social service block
grant funds available to the department for that purpose.
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