N.D. Cent. Code § 57-60-14 (2025)
1. At least quarterly, the state treasurer shall allocate: a. The lignite research tax collections under section 57-60-02.2 to the lignite research fund for the purposes under section 57-61-01.5. b. The remaining portion of the coal conversion state share after the exemption under section 57-60-02.2 to the legacy fund to become part of the principal of the legacy fund. For purposes of this subdivision, "coal conversion state share" has the same meaning as subsection 1 of section 57-60-02.2. c. The remaining portion of the generating plant state share after the exemption under section 57-60-02.2 to the legacy fund to become part of the principal of the legacy fund. For purposes of this subdivision, "generating plant state share" has the same meaning as subsection 2 of section 57-60-02.2. d. The remaining coal conversion tax collections under section 57-60-02 to the county.
2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the allocation under this section to each county may not be less in each calendar year than the amount certified to the state treasurer for each county under this section in the immediately preceding calendar year. For a county that has received less in a calendar year than the amount certified to the state treasurer for that county in the immediately preceding calendar year, not later than January tenth of the following year, the county auditor shall calculate the amount that is due under this subsection and submit a statement of the amount to the state treasurer. The state treasurer shall verify the stated amount and make the required payment under this subsection to the county, from collections received under section 57-60-02, not later than March first of the following year. The funds needed to make the distribution to counties under this subsection are appropriated on a continuing basis for making these payments. Money received by a county under this subsection must be distributed pursuant to section 57-60-15.
3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for a county in which is located a coal conversion facility that was not a coal conversion facility under this chapter before January 1, 2002, for years after 2002, subsection 2 applies to allocations to that county under this section, except that for a county described in this subsection, amounts received for any calendar year must be allocated by the county in the same manner property taxes for the facility were allocated for taxable year 2001.
(Contingent effective date - See note)
1. The state treasurer shall no less than quarterly allocate all moneys received from all coal conversion facilities in each county pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, fifteen percent to the county and eighty-five percent to the state, except moneys received from the tax imposed by subsection 3 of section 57-60-02, which must be allocated to the state. From the amount allocated to the state under this subsection: a. Five percent must be allocated to the lignite research fund, for the purposes defined in section 57-61-01.5; and b. The remaining amount must be deposited in the legacy fund to become part of the principal of the legacy fund.
2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the allocation under this section to each county may not be less in each calendar year than the amount certified to the state treasurer for each county under this section in the immediately preceding calendar year. For a county that has received less in a calendar year than the amount certified to the state treasurer for that county in the immediately preceding calendar year, not
later than January tenth of the following year, the county auditor shall calculate the amount that is due under this subsection and submit a statement of the amount to the state treasurer. The state treasurer shall verify the stated amount and make the required payment under this subsection to the county, from collections received under section 57-60-02, not later than March first of the following year. The funds needed to make the distribution to counties under this subsection are appropriated on a continuing basis for making these payments. Money received by a county under this subsection must be distributed pursuant to section 57-60-15.
3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for a county in which is located a coal conversion facility that was not a coal conversion facility under this chapter before January 1, 2002, for years after 2002, subsection 2 applies to allocations to that county under this section, except that for a county described in this subsection, amounts received for any calendar year must be allocated by the county in the same manner property taxes for the facility were allocated for taxable year 2001.