1.    The commissioner shall consult with representatives of county and city weed boards and develop a formula for the distribution to eligible county weed boards and eligible city weed boards of all moneys appropriated by the state for the landowner assistance program.

Terms Used In North Dakota Code 4.1-47-16

  • Commissioner: means the agriculture commissioner or the designee or authorized representative of the commissioner. See North Dakota Code 4.1-01-01
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Property: includes property, real and personal. 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.     a.    The formula must require that county officials budget, from revenues derived from county sources, an amount equal to the revenue that could be raised by a levy of at least three mills for noxious weed control against taxable property in the county which does not lie within the boundaries of a city having a noxious weed control program under this chapter.

     b.    The formula must require that city officials budget, from city sources, an amount equal to the revenue that could be raised by a levy of at least three mills for noxious weed control.

3.     a.    The formula must require that the landowner contribute an amount equal to at least twenty percent of the cost to be expended on behalf of the landowner.

b.    The nature and type of the landowner’s contribution must be determined by the weed board having jurisdiction over the area in which the landowner’s property is located.