N.D. Cent. Code § 40-38.1-02
40-38.1-02. Municipal arts fund - Levy - Collection - Kept separate
40-38.1-02. Municipal arts fund - Levy - Collection - Kept separate
For the purpose of establishing and maintaining the municipal arts council, the governing
body of a city authorizing the same shall establish a municipal arts fund. The fund shall consist
of revenues from any city property tax authorized by this section, which levy may be made by
the city at the direction of the municipal arts council in any amount, but not exceeding the
limitation in subsection 6 of section 57-15-10 and any other moneys received from federal,
state, county, city, or private sources. The city auditor shall keep the municipal arts fund
separate and apart from the other money of the city, and it shall not revert to or be considered
funds on hand by the governing body at the end of any fiscal year. The municipal arts fund shall
be used exclusively for the establishment and maintenance of the municipal arts council and for
grants by the council to appropriate arts organizations in the city. Upon motion of the governing
body or upon petition of not less than twenty-five percent of the qualified electors voting in the
last general election of the city, filed not less than sixty days before the next regular election, the
governing body shall submit to the qualified electors at the next regular election the question of
whether such governing body shall annually levy a specified amount not to exceed five mills for
the municipal arts council.