North Dakota Century Code Title 40. Municipal Government § 40-38.1-02. Municipal arts fund--Levy--Collection--Kept separate

For the purpose of establishing and maintaining the municipal arts council, the governing body of a city authorizing the same shall establish a municipal arts fund. The fund shall consist of revenues from any city property tax authorized by this section, which levy may be made by the city at the direction of the municipal arts council in any amount, but not exceeding the limitation in subsection 6 of section 57-15-10 and any other moneys received from federal, state, county, city, or private sources. The city auditor shall keep the municipal arts fund separate and apart from the other money of the city, and it shall not revert to or be considered funds on hand by the governing body at the end of any fiscal year. The municipal arts fund shall be used exclusively for the establishment and maintenance of the municipal arts council and for grants by the council to appropriate arts organizations in the city. Upon motion of the governing body or upon petition of not less than twenty-five percent of the qualified electors voting in the last general election of the city, filed not less than sixty days before the next regular election, the governing body shall submit to the qualified electors at the next regular election the question of whether such governing body shall annually levy a specified amount not to exceed five mills for the municipal arts council.