N.D. Cent. Code § 55-02-09
The director of the state historical society shall administer the historical impact emergency fund for the purpose of emergency mitigation of adverse effects on cultural resources and historical buildings, structures, or objects in the state. The director may use the moneys in the historical impact emergency fund only after the emergency commission has authorized the proposed use and expenditure. The historical impact emergency fund may receive moneys from unexpended appropriations for the state historical society, by legislative appropriation, and by gift, grant, devise, or bequest of any money or property to the fund. The historical impact emergency fund may not receive moneys from the state historical society's unexpended appropriations when the fund balance is greater than two hundred fifty thousand dollars. When the historical impact emergency fund balance is greater than two hundred fifty thousand dollars, any unexpended appropriations for the state historical society are canceled. The fund is not subject to section 54-44.1-11 and all income and moneys derived from the investment of the fund must be credited to the fund.
N.D.C.C. § 55-02-09