Title 54 — State Government

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the term "budget unit" means a department, institution, board, commission, agency, or other unit of government for which separate or distinct appropriations are made.

The office of the budget is hereby established in the office of management and budget, for the purpose of promoting economy and efficiency in the fiscal management of the state government. The director of the office of management and budget is ex officio director of the budget. T…

The director of the budget, or such subordinate officer as the director of the budget shall designate, shall: 1. Be vested with the duties, powers, and responsibilities involved in securing budget estimates and work programs from the several departments and agencies of the state …

Every agency of the state government when making requests for budgets to be submitted to the federal government for funds, equipment, material, or services shall have such request or budget filed in the office of the budget before submitting it to the proper federal authority. Wh…

The director of the budget, through the office of the budget, shall prepare budget data which must contain and include the following: 1. Summary statements of the financial condition of the state, accompanied by the detailed schedules of assets and liabilities as the director of …

The office of management and budget shall continue to prepare capital construction budgets and a capital construction bill. All future capital construction bills may only include projects involving bonding. All other capital projects funded with general fund moneys or special fun…

The director of the budget or the director's designee shall present the budget data information in section 54-44.1-06, except the drafts of acts required by subsection 7 of that section, and make available sufficient copies thereof to the legislative assembly at the organizationa…

The official budget report must be transmitted by the governor to all holdover legislators and legislators-elect not later than three days after the commencement of the session of the legislative assembly. Such report is not a third-class item under section 46-02-05. The budget d…

All expenditures of the state and of its budget units of moneys drawn from the state treasury must be made under authority of biennial appropriations acts, which must be based upon a budget as provided by law, and no money may be drawn from the treasury, except by appropriation m…

Any payment to a state budget unit for a loss under chapter 26.1-22 or for any loss covered by any property and casualty insurance is hereby appropriated to that budget unit to be used solely for the repair, rebuilding, or replacement of the destroyed or damaged building, propert…

No payment may be made and no obligation may be incurred against any appropriation unless such payment or obligation has been authorized as provided by law. Every official authorizing payments in violation of this chapter is subject to the penalties and provisions of chapter 12.1…

1. The director of the budget shall exercise continual control over the execution of the budget affecting the departments and agencies of state government, with the exception of the legislative and judicial branches. Execution means the analysis and approval of all commitments fo…

The budget requests and expenditures for the legislative and judicial branches of this state are not subject to the provisions of this chapter and such budget requests must be submitted directly to the legislative assembly with informational copies of such budgets provided to the…

The director of the budget or such member of that office as the director of the budget designates may prepare and transmit to the governor and, upon approval by the governor, may transmit to the members of the legislative assembly at least sixty days prior to the commencement of …

The office of management and budget shall develop a statewide central service indirect cost allocation plan according to federal cost allocation principles. Any state agency receiving federal funds shall seek reimbursement from the federal programs for indirect costs appropriatel…

Notwithstanding section 54-27.2-02 and subject to the availability of funds in the general fund, at the end of the biennium the director of the budget shall return to the Bank of North Dakota any funds transferred from the Bank to the general fund in response to a projected short…

1. The director of the budget shall develop and make publicly available an aggregate and searchable budget database website that includes the following information for the biennium: a. Each budget unit making expenditures. b. The amount of funds expended. c. The source of the fun…