North Dakota AG Opinions, 1986

N.D.A.G. Letter to Sperry (Jan. 9, 1986) January 9, 1986 Mr. James E. Sperry Superintendent State Historical Society North Dakota Heritage Center Bismarck, North Dakota 58505 Dear Mr. Sperry: Thank you for your letter of November 25, 1985, regarding the legal obligations of the State Historical Board concerning a deed which it received from Stutsman County con- veying the 1883 Stutsman County Courthouse to the State Historical Board. The State Historical Society, acting through the State Historical Board, placed the 1883 Stutsman County Courthouse on the State Historic Sites Registry

Date Issued: January 8, 1986 (AGO 86-1) Requested by: Philip D. Papineau, Williams County Assistant State's Attorney - QUESTIONS PRESENTED - I. Whether a violation of N.D.C.C. section 39-21-45.1, modification of a motor vehicle, constitutes an infraction under N.D.C.C. section 12.1-32-01. II. Whether a violator of N.D.C.C. section 39-21-45.1, who is unable to post bond, may be jailed until disposition of the offense. - ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OPINION - I. It is my opinion that a

N.D.A.G. Letter to Tollefson (Jan. 3, 1986) January 3, 1986 Mr. Douglas Tollefson Director Noxious Weed Division North Dakota Department of Agriculture State Capitol Bismarck, ND 58505 RE: Leafy Spurge Control Appropriation Dear Mr. Tollefson: Thank you for your letter of December 17, 1985, concerning the use of leafy spurge control appropriation funds for research. N.D.C.C. Ch. 63-01.1, North Dakota's noxious weed law, contains certain sections relating to the leafy spurge control program. The powers and duties of the commissioner of agriculture in regard to this chapter are set fo

N.D.A.G. Letter to Paulson (Jan. 2, 1986) January 2, 1986 Mr. Gerald S. Paulson Assistant City Attorney City of Emerado Emerado, ND 58228 Dear Mr. Paulson: Thank you for your letter of December 10, 1985, requesting an attorney general's opinion on several facts involving an advertisement for bids for snow removal issued by the City of Emerado. Your questions concern several events which occurred in the bidding process and the rescheduling of meetings of the city council. According to your letter, the subject matter of the contract in question the removal of snow. It is assumed that this

N.D.A.G. Letter to Engmann (Jan. 2, 1986) January 2, 1986 Mr. Scott Engmann Executive Secretary North Dakota Teachers' Fund for Retirement 1929 North Washington Bismarck, ND 58505 Dear Mr. Engmann: Thank you for your letter of November 14, 1985, in which you requested legal advice concerning four questions: 1. Whether past statutory provisions requiring members of the Teachers' Insurance and Retirement Fund to claim refunds of assessments within 18 months from the date teaching ceased precludes all members who failed to do so from claiming under present legislation which does not ha