North Dakota Code 23.1-10-05 – Revenue to the fund
Revenue from the following sources must be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the fund:
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 23.1-10-05
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute means the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
- 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. Moneys recovered by the department in an action or administrative proceeding based on violation of the state’s environmental statutes, including actions for administrative expense recoveries, civil penalties, compensatory damages; and money paid pursuant to any agreement, stipulation, or settlement. This section does not limit the department’s ability to agree to a supplemental environmental project as part of a settlement.
2. Moneys donated to the department for the purposes of this chapter.
3. Transfers from the abandoned oil and gas well plugging and site reclamation fund under subdivision f of subsection 2 of section 38-08-04.5.
4. Moneys received from a federal agency for the purpose of this section.
5. Any other moneys as may be deposited in the fund for use in carrying out the purposes of this chapter.