N.D. Cent. Code § 15-04-24

There is appropriated annually the amounts necessary to pay expenses for trust lands controlled by the board of university and school lands, including appraisal fees, survey costs, surface lease refunds, weed and insect control costs, clean-up costs, capital improvement rent credits, rural fire district reimbursements for fire protection, land rental or land value survey costs, and expenses determined by the board as necessary to manage, preserve, and enhance the value of the trust asset. Each payment must be made from the trust fund for which the land is held.