N.D. Cent. Code § 61-04.1-32
The provisions of chapter 11-23 shall not apply to appropriations made under the provisions of this chapter. However, immediately after a weather modification authority has been created by resolution of the board of county commissioners, and after certification of a mill levy by the weather modification authority, and only for the initial or first appropriation for the authority, the board of county commissioners may appropriate from moneys, not otherwise appropriated, in the general fund, such moneys as are necessary for carrying out the provisions of this chapter. However, the appropriation shall not exceed an amount equal to what funds would be raised by a seven-mill levy upon the taxable valuation of the property in the county.
N.D.C.C. § 61-04.1-32