Appropriations
Chapter 20
committees of the sixty-fourth legislative assembly on the use of the one-time funding for the biennium beginning July 1, 2013, and ending June 30, 2015. SECTION 3. SOVEREIGN LANDS ENFORCEMENT GRANT. The administrative and support services line item in section 1 of this Act includes $135,000 from the resources trust fund that the state water commission shall provide as a grant to the game and fish department for law enforcement activities on sovereign lands in the state, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2013, and ending June 30, 2015. SECTION 4. ADDITIONAL INCOME - APPROPRIATION. In addition to the amounts included in the estimated income line item in section 1 of this Act, any additional amounts in the resources trust fund and water development trust fund that become available are appropriated, subject to budget section approval, to the state water commission for the purpose of defraying the expenses of that agency, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2013, and ending June 30, 2015. SECTION 5. BANK OF NORTH DAKOTA LOAN - WESTERN AREA WATER SUPPLY AUTHORITY. The Bank of North Dakota shall provide a loan of $40,000,000 to the western area water supply authority for construction of the project. The terms and conditions of the loan must be negotiated by the western area water supply authority and the Bank of North Dakota and any previous loans may be added to and merged into this loan as agreed by the authority and the Bank of North Dakota. The authority may repay the loan from income from specific project features. If the authority is in default in the payment of the principal of or interest on the obligation to the Bank of North Dakota for the loan, the authority is subject to the default provisions under section 61-40-09. SECTION 6. GRANTS - WATER-RELATED PROJECTS - CARRYOVER AUTHORITY. Section 54-44.1-11 does not apply to funding for grants or water-related projects included in the water and atmospheric resources line item in section 1 of this Act. However, this exclusion is only in effect for two years after June 30, 2015. Any unexpended funds appropriated from the resources trust fund after that period has expired must be transferred to the resources trust fund and any unexpended funds appropriated from the water development trust fund after that period has expired must be transferred to the water development trust fund. SECTION 7. FARGO FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT CONSTRUCTION LIMITATION. Except for the construction of ring dikes and levees, construction relating to Fargo flood control project components located south of the city of Fargo's extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction may not begin until after July 1, 2014. SECTION 8. FARGO FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT FUNDING. Funds designated by the sixty-first legislative assembly, the sixty-second legislative assembly, and the sixty-third legislative assembly for Fargo flood control are available only for levee and dike protection until the Fargo flood control project receives federal authorization, a project partnership agreement is executed, a federal appropriation is provided for project construction, and the budget for the Fargo flood control project is approved by the state water commission. SECTION 9. FARGO FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT FUNDING AGREEMENT. Prior to the state water commission expending any state cost-sharing funds, the local Fargo flood control sponsor and state water commission shall enter a cost-sharing agreement. The agreement must provide for the exclusion of state cost-sharing for components of the project identified as recreational by the United States army corps of engineers. The agreement must also provide for the exclusion of state cost-sharing relating to funds expected to be provided for the project by nonfederal entities outside
