North Dakota Code 50-01-01 – Human service zone obligated to support poor – Eligibility for assistance
Within the limits of the human service zone appropriation, each human service zone in this state is obligated, upon receipt of a written application, to provide general assistance to persons who are residents of the human service zone and who are eligible. To be eligible for general assistance, the applicant:
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 50-01-01
- 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
- 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
- written: include "typewriting" and "typewritten" and "printing" and "printed" except in the case of signatures and when the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See North Dakota Code 1-01-37
1. May not have made, before or after making an application for general assistance, an assignment or transfer of property for the purpose of rendering the applicant eligible for assistance.
2. Shall comply with the written eligibility standards for general assistance established by the human service zone director or department of health and human services. A copy of the written standards must be available upon request. Pursuant to this requirement, the ownership of property by an applicant for general assistance, or by the spouse of the applicant, either individually or jointly, or of insurance on the life of the applicant does not preclude the granting of assistance if the applicant is without funds for the applicant’s support.