North Dakota Code 37-17.1-18 – Appropriations and authority to accept services, gifts, grants, and loans
1. Each county or city has the power to make appropriations in the manner provided by law for making appropriations for the ordinary expenses of such county or city for the payment of expenses of its local emergency management organization.
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 37-17.1-18
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
- Organization: includes a foreign or domestic association, business trust, corporation, enterprise, estate, joint venture, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, limited partnership, partnership, trust, or any legal or commercial entity. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- Person: means an individual, organization, government, political subdivision, or government agency or instrumentality. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- 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
2. Whenever the federal government or any agency or officer thereof or any person, firm, corporation, or limited liability company offers to the state, or through the state to any county or city thereof, services, equipment, supplies, materials, or funds by way of gift, grant, or loan, for purposes of emergency management, the state, acting through the governor or the emergency management director, or such county or city, acting through its executive officer or governing body, may accept such offer and may authorize any officer of the state, county, or city, as the case may be, to receive such services, equipment, supplies, materials, or funds on behalf of the state or such county or city, and subject to the terms of the offer and the rules and regulations, if any, of the agency making the offer.