North Dakota Code 20.1-03-12.4 – Nonresident license surcharge – Fishing conservation fund – Continuing appropriation
(Effective after March 31, 2024) 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the director shall establish a surcharge of five dollars on each nonresident fishing license issued under section 20.1-03-12. The collected surcharge fees must be deposited with the state treasurer and credited to the fishing conservation fund.
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 20.1-03-12.4
- 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
- Department: means the game and fish department. See North Dakota Code 20.1-01-02
- Director: means the director of the department. See North Dakota Code 20.1-01-02
- nonresident: is a ny person who has not actually lived within this state or maintained that person's residence within this state for at least six months immediately preceding the date that residence is to be determined. See North Dakota Code 20.1-01-02
- 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
- Wildlife: means any member of the animal kingdom including any mammal, fish, bird (including any migratory, nonmigratory, or endangered bird for which protection is also afforded by treaty or other international agreement), amphibian, reptile, mollusk, crustacean, or other invertebrate, and includes any part, product, egg, or offspring thereof, or the dead body or parts thereof. See North Dakota Code 20.1-01-02
2. There is created in the state treasury a special fund known as the fishing conservation fund. The fund consists of all money deposited in the fund pursuant to this section. All money deposited in the fund is appropriated as a continuing appropriation to the game and fish department for the purpose of fishery conservation, public access projects, and grant programs relating to fish and wildlife conservation. The game and fish department may adopt rules in accordance with chapter 28-32 for the purpose of administering the fishing conservation fund.