§ 61-31-10 — Authorization for receipt of funds - Continuing appropriation

The commissioner is authorized to receive funds for this program from any private or public
source, and is also authorized to receive any funds from any North Dakota state agency, which
have been specifically authorized for that purpose by the legislative assembly. The
commissioner shall work with the governor, director of the game and fish department, United
States fish and wildlife service, nonprofit conservation organizations, and any other public
official or private organization or citizen to develop sources of funding to implement this chapter.
All funds received by the commissioner from any private or public source and from any
North Dakota state agency as well as all funds appropriated by the legislative assembly for
implementing this chapter must be transferred to a special fund in the state treasury, which is
hereby created, to be known as the state waterbank fund. The state waterbank fund and interest
earned thereon is hereby appropriated as a standing and continuing appropriation solely for the
purpose of implementing this chapter, including payment of money due upon waterbank
agreements entered under this chapter.