North Dakota Code 54-16-04 – May order transfer of moneys between funds – Line item transfers – Order may draw from state treasury
The emergency commission, upon the advice of the office of management and budget, may order money or spending authority transferred from one fund or line item to another fund or line item belonging to or appropriated for the same institution or board or the same state enterprise, may order a transfer of spending authority from the state contingencies appropriation, or, in an extremity, may authorize money to be drawn from the state treasury to meet the emergency until the legislative assembly can make an appropriation available. The following transfers, if authorized by the emergency commission, require the approval of the budget section of the legislative management:
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 54-16-04
- 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
- 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
- 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
1. A transfer of moneys or spending authority which would eliminate or make impossible the accomplishment of a program or objective funded by the legislative assembly.
2. A transfer exceeding fifty thousand dollars from one fund or line item to another fund or line item, unless the transfer is necessary to comply with a court order or to avoid:
a. An imminent threat to the safety of people or property due to a natural disaster or war crisis; or
b. An imminent financial loss to the state.