§ 37-18-12 — Funding authority - Continuing appropriation

1. Except as otherwise provided by subsection 2, the department of veterans' affairs may
accept and expend funds from any source, including federal or private sources, to be
used to assist veterans or qualified veterans' spouses in obtaining assistance and to
pay other expenses authorized by law incurred in carrying out programs of benefit and
service for resident North Dakota veterans as authorized by the governor with the
approval of the emergency commission.
2. The department of veterans' affairs may apply for, accept, and receive any private
donation, gift, grant, or bequest that is offered or tendered with a specifically identified
purpose or a restrictive condition and which is related to a benefit or service for
resident North Dakota veterans.
a. The department shall administer and expend any private donation, gift, grant, or
bequest in accordance with the purpose or condition imposed by the donor.
b. All moneys received or accepted under this subsection are appropriated on a
continuing basis to the department of veterans' affairs in accordance with the
donor's instructions.
3. All interest earnings from the veterans' postwar trust fund received by the department
of veterans' affairs from the administrative committee on veterans' affairs are
appropriated to the department on a continuing basis.