The board of county commissioners of a county which has a job development authority or joint job development authority shall establish a job development authority fund and may levy a tax not exceeding the limitations in subsection 14 of section 57-15-06.7. In the year for which the levy is sought, a job development authority or joint job development authority seeking approval of a property tax levy under this chapter must file with the county auditor, 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 held by the job development authority or joint job development authority during that year. The county treasurer shall keep the job development authority fund separate from other money of the county. The county treasurer shall transmit all funds received pursuant to this section within thirty days to the board of directors of the authority. The funds when paid to the authority must be deposited in a special account, or special accounts if the authority chooses to maintain a separate account for promotion of tourism, in which other revenues of the authority are deposited. Moneys received by the job development authority from any other source must also be deposited in the special accounts.

The moneys in the special accounts may be expended by the authority as provided in section 11-11.1-02 and 11-11.1-03.