The legislative assembly may appropriate moneys to the office of management and budget for state contingencies as provided in this chapter. Any state agency, board, commission, or officer authorized by the emergency commission to spend moneys from the state contingencies appropriation must return any unspent moneys of the appropriation within the biennium that it was authorized.

Terms Used In North Dakota Code 54-16-08

  • 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
  • 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