North Dakota Code 57-15-30.2 – Financial reporting requirements for taxing entities – County auditor – State auditor
1. The governing body of any county, city, township, school district, park district, recreation service district, rural fire protection district, rural ambulance service district, soil conservation district, conservancy district, water authority, or any other taxing entity authorized to levy property taxes or have property taxes levied on its behalf, in the year for which the levy will apply, shall file with the county auditor of each county in which the taxing entity is located, at a time and in a format prescribed by the county auditor, a financial report for the preceding calendar year showing the ending balances of each fund or account held by the taxing entity during that year.
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 57-15-30.2
- Governing body: means a board of county commissioners, city council, board of city commissioners, school board, or board of education, or the similarly constituted and acting board of any other municipality. See North Dakota Code 57-02-01
- Property: includes property, real and personal. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- year: means twelve consecutive months. See North Dakota Code 1-01-33
2. By March first of each year, the county auditor of each county shall provide to the state auditor in an electronic format a financial report showing the ending balances of the county general fund and county road and bridge fund for the preceding calendar year, including the amount in each fund which is committed for a specific use. The county auditor shall provide the report to the state auditor regardless of whether an audit is complete.