7-21-3410. Funding of county fair activities. (1) The board of county commissioners may appropriate annually, out of the general fund of the county treasury and to the county fair commission, a sum not to exceed $3,500, to be expended by the county fair commission for the purpose of holding a county fair or junior fair and for advertising the products and resources of the county.
     (2) Subject to 15-10-420 and in addition to or in lieu of the appropriation provided for in subsection (1), the county commissioners may levy an ad valorem tax of 1 1/2 mills or less on each dollar of taxable property in the county for the purpose of securing, equipping, maintaining, and operating a county fair or a junior fair, including the purchase of land and the erection of buildings and other appurtenances as may be necessary.
     (3) The funds derived from the appropriation or tax levy must be kept in a separate fund by the county treasurer and must be paid out by the treasurer on order signed by the president and secretary of the fair commission.

     History: (1), (2)En. Sec. 2, Ch. 67, L. 1903; re-en. Sec. 2928, Rev. C. 1907; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 131, L. 1917; re-en. Sec. 4549, R.C.M. 1921; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 32, L. 1927; re-en. Sec. 4549, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 176, L. 1947; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 134, L. 1955; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 154, L. 1971; Sec. 16-1406, R.C.M. 1947; (3)En. Sec. 1, Ch. 165, L. 1907; Sec. 2932, Rev. C. 1907; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 131, L. 1917; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 139, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 4550, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 4550, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 6, L. 1945; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 176, L. 1947; Sec. 16-1407, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 16-1406(part), 16-1407(part); amd. Sec. 61, Ch. 584, L. 1999.