1. The court facilities improvement advisory committee consists of: a. One member appointed by the North Dakota association of counties to represent counties with a population fewer than seven thousand five hundred. b. One member appointed by the North Dakota association of counties to represent counties with a population of seven thousand five hundred or more. c. The state court administrator, who shall serve as chairman of the committee. d. One member appointed by the state bar association of North Dakota. e. One member appointed by the chairman of the legislative management. 2. The term of each member is three years. Initially, as determined by lot, one member shall serve for one year, two members shall serve for two years, and two members shall serve for three years. At the end of the member's term, the appointing authority shall appoint a successor for a full three-year term. Except for the state court administrator, a member may not serve more than two 3-year terms. A vacancy must be filled by the appointing authority for the remainder of the term. 3. At the initial meeting of the committee, the committee shall adopt rules of operation and procedure for the committee. The committee shall submit the rules to the supreme court for approval. The rules of operation must provide that a quorum of the committee consists of at least three members. 4. The members of the committee are entitled to reimbursement for travel and expenses as provided by law for other state officers. Travel and expense costs must be paid from funds from the court facilities improvement and maintenance fund. 5. The supreme court shall provide staff services for the committee.
27-05.2-10. Application for grants from court facilities improvement and maintenance fund. Moneys in the court facilities improvement and maintenance fund may be used by the court facilities improvement advisory committee to make grants to counties to provide funds for court facilities improvement and maintenance projects. The committee shall review applications to determine if the purpose of a grant is consistent with the purposes of the fund and if the proposed project is a necessary improvement to court facilities or essential to remodel or maintain existing court facilities in the applicant county. A grant may be awarded to a county only if the applicant county agrees to provide local funding for the project in an amount at least equal to twenty-five percent of the total cost of the project. The committee shall ensure that at least twenty-five percent of funds granted during a biennium are allocated to counties with a population fewer than seven thousand five hundred. Grants disbursed under this section may be used only to improve or provide essential remodeling or maintenance to facilities used for chambers, courts, and court-related services.