N.D. Cent. Code § 11-23-01

Current through 2024 Legislative Session
Section 11-23-01 - Officers required to furnish commissioners with departmental budget
1. Every officer in charge of any institution, office, or undertaking supported wholly or in part by the county shall file with the board of county commissioners a departmental budget that is prescribed by the state auditor. The departmental budget must include an itemized statement of the estimated amount of money that will be required for the maintenance, operation, or improvement of the institution, office, or undertaking for the ensuing year. The board of county commissioners may require additional information to clarify the departmental budget.
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a. The departmental budget submitted by the human service zone may not exceed an amount determined by the department of health and human services and the human service zone director pursuant to section 50-35-04 and must include the county's cost allocation of indirect costs based on an amount established by the department of health and human services.
b. The county share of the human service zone's indirect costs must be funded entirely from the county's general fund.
c. The department of health and human services shall develop a process to review a request from a human service zone for any proposed increase in staff. As part of its review process, the department of health and human services shall review pertinent factors, which may include caseload information. If the department of health and human services approves a request for a proposed increase in staff, the human service zone budget may be increased by the amount determined necessary by the department of health and human services to fund the approved additional staff. The human service zone director shall submit the proposed increase in staff to the human service zone board for review. The human service zone director shall work with the department to achieve equitable compensation and salary increases for all human service zone team members within the human service zone. The human service zone director shall notify appropriate host county staff of all staffing changes for administrative purposes.
3. For purposes of this section, "host county" means the county within the human service zone in which the human service zone administrative office is located and in which the human service zone team members are employed.

N.D.C.C. § 11-23-01

Amended by S.L. 2021 , ch. 352( HB 1247 ), § 13, eff. 9/1/2022.
Amended by S.L. 2021 , ch. 353( SB 2086 ), § 3, eff. 8/1/2021.
Amended by S.L. 2019 , ch. 391( SB 2124 ), § 2, eff. 7/1/2019.
Amended by S.L. 2017, ch. 341 (SB 2206),§ 2, eff. 8/1/2019.
Amended by S.L. 2017, ch. 341 (SB 2206),§ 22, eff. 8/1/2019.
Amended by S.L. 2017, ch. 341 (SB 2206),§ 1, eff. 8/1/2017 and expires 8/1/2019.
Amended by S.L. 2015 , ch. 329( SB 2206 ), § 1, eff. 8/1/2015.