North Dakota Code 57-15-28.1 – Judgment or claim payment levy limitations in political subdivisions
A political subdivision, except a school district, levying a tax for the payment of a judgment or a settlement of a claim in accordance with section 32-12.1-11 may levy a tax not exceeding five mills. If the political subdivision held a liability insurance policy or insurance contract, purchased by a political subdivision or a government self-insurance pool in which the political subdivision participates pursuant to chapter 32-12.1, which provides coverage to at least the liability limits under section 32-12.1-03 and that coverage was in force at the time of the occurrence that gave rise to the claim of relief, the political subdivision may levy a tax not exceeding a total of ten mills for the payment of a judgment or a settlement of a claim in accordance with section 32-12.1-11. The tax levy limitations specified by law do not apply to mill levies under this section, expressed in mills per dollar of taxable valuation of property in the political subdivision.
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 57-15-28.1
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Property: includes property, real and personal. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
- Taxable valuation: signifies the valuation remaining after deducting exemptions and making other reductions from the original assessed valuation, and is the valuation upon which the rate of levy finally is computed and against which the taxes finally are extended. See North Dakota Code 57-02-01