Measure takes ND oil taxes for wildlife projects

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A proposed North Dakota constitutional amendment would spend part of the state's oil tax collections on water, wildlife and conservation projects.

The plan would give a nine-member appointed board authority over a special fund. The fund could have more than $50 million in annual income.

The proposed measure says five percent of North Dakota's oil tax collections should be set aside in a fund for wildlife and fish habitat, parks, soil conservation and water projects.

Some of North Dakota's oil tax revenues are already earmarked for water projects.

The initiative petition needs almost 27,000 petition signatures to qualify for the ballot. To get on the November ballot, the petitions would need to be finished by early August.

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