North Dakota Code 15-11-29 – Matching funds for bequests to university of North Dakota
In any case wherein any person, corporation, or limited liability company shall have made any gift to the university of North Dakota, whether by donation, bequest, devise, or otherwise, upon condition that the university of North Dakota must raise a matching, equivalent, or counterpart fund held to the same purposes as the original gift in order to enjoy such gift, the university of North Dakota alumni association, incorporated, is hereby empowered to raise such equivalent, matching, or counterpart fund by any practicable and lawful means, and to hold such equivalent, matching, or counterpart fund so raised in trust for the same purposes as the original gift; and such equivalent, matching, or counterpart fund shall be deemed both in law and equity to have been raised by the university of North Dakota. For this purpose the university of North Dakota alumni association, incorporated, is hereby declared to be an agent of the university of North Dakota. Nothing in this section shall be construed to allow the university of North Dakota alumni association, incorporated, any power or authority to alter or change the provisions of any instrument of trust or agreement wherein it is named custodian or trustee of any funds or securities or given any legal power with respect thereto, and nothing in this section shall be deemed to permit the university of North Dakota alumni association, incorporated, to enlarge, amend, or derogate from any conditions such instrument of trust or agreement imposes, or to devote any trust funds in its possession to any purpose other than those stipulated by the settlers of such trust.
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 15-11-29
- Bequest: Property gifted by will.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Devise: To gift property by will.
- Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
- Person: means an individual, organization, government, political subdivision, or government agency or instrumentality. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.