23.8011.01000
Sixty-eighth
Legislative Assembly HOUSE BILL NO. 1114
of North Dakota
Introduced by
Judiciary Committee
(At the request of the Attorney General)
1 A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact section 53-06.1-11.2 of the North Dakota Century Code,
2 relating to transfers of charitable gaming funds; and to provide a continuing appropriation.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:
4 SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. Section 53-06.1-11.2 of the North Dakota Century Code is
5 amended and reenacted as follows:
6 53-06.1-11.2. Charitable gaming operating fund - Attorney general - State treasurer -
7 Allocations - Transfer to the general fund - Continuing appropriation.
8 1. There is created in the state treasury the charitable gaming operating fund. The fund
9 consists of all gaming taxes, monetary fines, and interest and penalties collected
10 under this chapter.
11 2. Excluding moneys in the charitable gaming operating fund appropriated by the
12 legislative assembly for administrative and operating costs associated with charitable
13 gaming, the attorney general shall allocate remaining moneys in the charitable gaming
14 operating fund on a quarterly basis as follows:
15 a. Ten thousand dollars to the gambling disorder prevention and treatment fund.
16 Moneys in the charitable gaming operating fund are appropriated on a continuing
17 basis to the attorney general for the purpose provided in this subdivision.
18 b. Subject to legislative appropriations, five percent of the total moneys deposited in
19 the charitable gaming operating fund to cities and counties in proportion to the
20 taxes collected under section 53-06.1-12 from licensed organizations conducting
21 games within each city, for sites within city limits, or within each county, for sites
22 outside city limits. If a city or county allocation is less than two hundred dollars,
23 that city or county is not entitled to receive a payment for the quarter and the
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1 undistributed amount must be included in the total amount to be distributed to
2 other cities and counties for the quarter.
3 3. On or before June thirtieth of each odd-numbered year, the attorney general shall
4 certify to the state treasurer the amount of accumulated funds in the charitable gaming
5 operating fund which exceed the amount appropriated by the legislative assembly for
6 administrative and operating costs associated with charitable gaming for the
7 subsequent biennium. The state treasurer shall transfer the certified amount from the
8 charitable gaming operating fund to the general fund prior to the end of each
9 bienniumThe balance of the net proceeds in the charitable gaming operating fund, less
10 holdback of any amount appropriated by the legislative assembly for administrative
11 and operating costs associated with charitable gaming for the subsequent biennium
12 must be transferred to the general fund on a biennial basis.
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Statutes affected:
PREFILED: 53-06.1-11.2
FIRST ENGROSSMENT: 53-06.1-11.2
Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senate Appropriations - Human Resources Division Committee: 53-06.1-11.2
Adopted by the Conference Committee: 53-06.1-11.2