North Dakota Code 57-51.1-07 – Allocation of moneys in oil extraction tax development fund
Moneys deposited in the oil extraction tax development fund from revenue collected under section 57-51.1-02 and oil extraction tax revenue allocated to the state under the terms of an agreement entered pursuant to chapter 57-51.2 must be transferred monthly by the state treasurer as follows:
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 57-51.1-07
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Legacy: A gift of property made by will.
- moneys: means gold and silver coin, treasury notes, bank notes, and every deposit which any person owning the same or holding in trust and residing in this state is entitled to withdraw as money or on demand. See North Dakota Code 57-02-01
- Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
- 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
1. Twenty percent must be allocated to the sinking fund established for payment of the state of North Dakota water development bonds, southwest pipeline series, and any moneys in excess of the sum necessary to maintain the accounts within the sinking fund and for the payment of principal and interest on the bonds must be credited to a special trust fund, to be known as the resources trust fund. The resources trust fund must be established in the state treasury and the funds therein must be deposited and invested as are other state funds to earn the maximum amount permitted by law which income must be deposited in the resources trust fund. Three percent of the amount credited to the resources trust fund must be transferred no less than quarterly into the renewable energy development fund, not to exceed three million dollars per biennium. One-half of one percent of the amount credited to the resources trust fund must be transferred no less than quarterly into the energy conservation grant fund not to exceed one million two hundred thousand dollars per biennium. The principal and income of the resources trust fund may be expended only pursuant to legislative appropriation and are available to:
a. The state water commission for planning for and construction of water-related projects, including rural water systems. These water-related projects must be those which the state water commission has the authority to undertake and construct pursuant to chapter 61-02; and
b. The industrial commission for the funding of programs for development of renewable energy sources; for studies for development of cogeneration systems that increase the capacity of a system to produce more than one kind of energy from the same fuel; for studies for development of waste products utilization; and for the making of grants and loans in connection therewith.
c. The department of commerce for the funding of programs for development of energy conservation and for the making of grants and loans relating to energy conservation.
2. One-half of one percent must be allocated to the resources trust fund beginning with allocations made by the state treasurer in August 2019 and continuing until the combined allocations under this subsection total one hundred twenty-eight million seven hundred forty thousand dollars, after which the state treasurer shall discontinue making allocations under this subsection.
3. Twenty percent must be allocated to the common schools trust fund and foundation aid stabilization fund as provided in section 24 of article X of the Constitution of North Dakota.
4. Thirty percent must be allocated to the legacy fund as provided in section 26 of article X of the Constitution of North Dakota.
5. The remainder must be allocated to the state’s general fund.