N.D. Cent. Code § 11-23-01

11-23-01. Officers required to furnish commissioners with departmental budget

1. Every officer in charge of any institution, office, or undertaking supported wholly or in

part by the county shall file with the board of county commissioners a departmental

budget that is prescribed by the state auditor. The departmental budget must include

an itemized statement of the estimated amount of money that will be required for the

maintenance, operation, or improvement of the institution, office, or undertaking for the

ensuing year. The board of county commissioners may require additional information

to clarify the departmental budget.

2. a. The departmental budget submitted by the human service zone may not exceed

an amount determined by the department of health and human services and the

human service zone director pursuant to section 50-35-04 and must include the

county's cost allocation of indirect costs based on an amount established by the

department of health and human services.

b. The county share of the human service zone's indirect costs must be funded

entirely from the county's general fund.

c. The department of health and human services shall develop a process to review

a request from a human service zone for any proposed increase in staff. As part

of its review process, the department of health and human services shall review

pertinent factors, which may include caseload information. If the department of

health and human services approves a request for a proposed increase in staff,

the human service zone budget may be increased by the amount determined

necessary by the department of health and human services to fund the approved

additional staff. The human service zone director shall submit the proposed

increase in staff to the human service zone board for review. The human service

zone director shall work with the department to achieve equitable compensation

and salary increases for all human service zone team members within the human

service zone. The human service zone director shall notify appropriate host

county staff of all staffing changes for administrative purposes.

3. For purposes of this section, "host county" means the county within the human service

zone in which the human service zone administrative office is located and in which the

human service zone team members are employed.