The office of the governor may coordinate and plan for conversion to the metric system by all agencies, boards, commissions, and departments within the executive branch of state government in conformance with the Metric Conversion Act of 1975 [Pub. L. 94-168; 89 Stat. 1007; 15 U.S.C. 205a et seq.]. The governor may direct such agencies, departments, boards, and commissions to comply with any guidelines established by the United States metric board to meet the desired deadline for converting to general use of the metric system.
54-07-01.4. Office of management and budget to be designated or appointed as administering state agency. The governor may designate or appoint the office of management and budget as the state agency responsible for administering any statutory function if that function is not statutorily placed in a specific state entity. The office of management and budget shall administer the statutory functions received pursuant to this section in accordance with applicable statutory provisions.