Any weather modification authority or person that contracted with the board for weather modification operations under this chapter shall appropriate to the state weather modification fund the amount determined by the board to be necessary to provide that weather modification authority or person with weather modification operations. The board may expend, from the state weather modification fund, the funds the board deems necessary to provide a contracting weather modification authority or person with weather modification operations.
N.D.C.C. § 61-04.1-39