25.0922.01000
Sixty-ninth
Legislative Assembly HOUSE BILL NO. 1188
of North Dakota
Introduced by
Representative Lefor
1 A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact section 15-20.2-08 of the North Dakota Century Code,
2 relating to the assessment of fees for area career and technology center expenses.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:
4 SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. Section 15-20.2-08 of the North Dakota Century Code is
5 amended and reenacted as follows:
6 15-20.2-08. Assessment of participating districts for proportionate share of center
7 expenses - Allocation of students - Civil penalty for failure to remit payment.
8 1. A center board shall, for the purpose of paying any administrative, planning, operating,
9 or capital expenses incurred or to be incurred, shall assess each participating:
10 a. Participating school district its proportionate sharea center membership fee
11 based upon its high school enrollment as compared to the total high school
12 enrollment of all participating school districts in the area career and technology
13 center and shall assess each nonparticipatingmay assess fees based on access
14 and use of programs.
15 b. Nonparticipating school district receiving services its proportionate sharea fee
16 based upon its utilizationuse of programs.
17 2. A center board shall, as nearly as possible, allocate, as nearly as possible, the number
18 of students from each participating district to be served in an area career and
19 technology center on the same proportionate basis as is used for the assessment of
20 expenses.
21 A center board utilizing mobile units solely shall, for the purpose of paying any
22 administrative, planning, operating, or capital expenses incurred or to be incurred, assess each
23 participating school district its proportionate share based upon its utilization of programs as
24 compared to total program utilization of all participating school districts in such center. A center
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1 board utilizing mobile units solely shall, as nearly as possible, determine the program utilization
2 of each participating school district to be served based upon its high school enrollment as
3 compared to the total high school enrollment of all participating school districts in such center
4 and the school's accessibility to those programs.
5 3. Each participating school district shall remit payment of the assessment of its share of
6 expenses to the center board promptly after receipt of the assessment notice, or within
7 a period of time determined by the center board, but no later than sixty days after the
8 official date of receipt as noted on the assessment notice. A civil penalty of one
9 percent per month must accrue on all assessments not paid when due.
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Statutes affected:
INTRODUCED: 15-20.2-08