N.D. Cent. Code § 26.1-50-03
The fund may be used only for making loans to low-risk businesses for primary sector business projects in this state. A loan may not be approved or made by the fund without some participation in the loan by the Bank of North Dakota. A loan from the fund may not be made to an insurer. The governing board shall establish the rate of interest and terms of repayment for a loan from the fund. Fifty percent of the amount loaned from the fund during the first year of a biennium must be reserved solely for businesses in rural areas. The remainder loaned from the fund may be used in urban or rural areas. For purposes of this section, "rural areas" means the area of the state not including territory within the corporate limits of a city with a population of twenty thousand or more.
N.D.C.C. § 26.1-50-03