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North Dakota Statutes, Title 54

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Title 54, State Government

128 chapters · 1,256 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 541,256 Ch 54-52, Public Employees Retirement System55 Ch 54-17, Industrial Commission49 Ch 54-06, General Provisions43 Ch 54-12, Attorney General42 Ch 54-01, Sovereignty and Jurisdiction of State40 Ch 54-35, Legislative Management39 Ch 54-52.1, Uniform Group Insurance Program39 Ch 54-44.3, Central Personnel System37 Ch 54-03, Legislative Assembly35 Ch 54-59, Information Technology Department33 Ch 54-52.6, Defined Contribution Retirement Plan32 Ch 54-27, Fiscal Administration31 Ch 54-60, Department of Commerce27 Ch 54-30, Bonds of North Dakota, Real Estate S…25

37 sections·Filtered byTitle 54✕Ch 54-44.3✕

N.D.C.C. § 54-44.3-01 Purpose of chapter
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The general purpose of this chapter is to create North Dakota human resource management services in order to establish a unified system of human resource management for the classified service of the state based upon merit principles and scientific methods, governing the position …
N.D.C.C. § 54-44.3-01.1 Compensation relationships - Policy
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It is the policy of this state to establish equitable, nondiscriminatory compensation relationships among all positions and classes within the state's classification plan.
N.D.C.C. § 54-44.3-01.2 Compensation philosophy statement
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The compensation program for classified state employees must be designed to recruit, retain, and motivate a quality workforce for the purpose of providing efficient and effective services to the citizens of North Dakota. For purposes of this section, "compensation" is defined as …
N.D.C.C. § 54-44.3-02 Definitions
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As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: 1. "Appointing authority" means the authority to appoint to positions in the classified service and is reserved to officials and heads of departments and agencies within the government. 2. "Board" means the s…

N.D.C.C. § 54-44.3-03 State personnel board - Composition - Terms - Vacancies - Qualifications

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1. The state personnel board is composed of the director, who must be the chairman of the board; one member appointed by the governor; two members elected by employees classified under sections 54-44.3-19 and 54-44.3-20; and one member with a professional human resource backgroun…

N.D.C.C. § 54-44.3-04 Compensation and expenses of members of board

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Each member of the board is entitled to compensation at the rate of fifty dollars for each day employed in the official duties of the board and other expenses as provided for by law.

N.D.C.C. § 54-44.3-05 Secret ballot election - Guidelines

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The secretary of state shall develop guidelines for a secret ballot election among all employees eligible under sections 54-44.3-19 and 54-44.3-20 to carry out the election of the two members of the board elected by classified employees. All elections of members of the board are …

N.D.C.C. § 54-44.3-06 Meetings

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The board shall organize annually at the first meeting of each fiscal year. It shall meet at least once a year and at such times and places as are specified by call of the chairman or any three members of the board. All meetings must be open to the public. Three members constitut…

N.D.C.C. § 54-44.3-07 Duties of board

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The primary responsibility of the board is to foster and assure a system of personnel administration in the classified service of state government. In carrying out this function, the board shall: 1. Adopt any rules and hold any hearings as are necessary to properly perform the du…

N.D.C.C. § 54-44.3-08 Testimony - Call witnesses - Request production of papers

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The board, as a body, may invite and hear witnesses, and request the production of books and papers or any other physical evidence pertinent to any investigation or hearing authorized by this chapter. Witnesses who testify at the invitation of the board shall receive remuneration…

N.D.C.C. § 54-44.3-09 Board secretariat

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The division shall serve as the secretariat to the board.

N.D.C.C. § 54-44.3-10 Action to secure compliance with chapter

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The board may maintain such action or proceeding at law or in equity as the board considers necessary or appropriate to secure compliance with this chapter and its rules and orders thereunder. The attorney general may assign an assistant attorney general as legal adviser and coun…

N.D.C.C. § 54-44.3-11 North Dakota human resource management services - Director - Appointment - Removal

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North Dakota human resource management services is created within the office of management and budget under the supervision and control of a director who is responsible for the performance and exercise of the duties, functions, and powers imposed upon the division. 1. The directo…

N.D.C.C. § 54-44.3-12 Duties of director

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The director shall direct and supervise, with the approval of the director of the office of management and budget, all the administrative and technical activities of the division. In addition to the duties imposed elsewhere in this chapter, the director shall: 1. Establish genera…

N.D.C.C. § 54-44.3-12.1 Revisions to compensation plan

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Revisions to the compensation plan may only be made on July first, following the close of a regular legislative session, except that new classifications may be added to the compensation plan during a biennium when deemed necessary by the director. Revisions to the compensation pl…

N.D.C.C. § 54-44.3-12.2 Employee complaints - Cooperation in development and implementation of basic agency grievance procedures and a statewide appeal mechanism - Appeals

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It is the intent of the state of North Dakota to assure fair and equitable treatment and promote harmony between and among all classified employees by requiring affected agencies to adopt grievance procedures and through the creation of a statewide appeals mechanism with primary …

N.D.C.C. § 54-44.3-13 Records and information to be furnished

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All departments and agencies covered by the personnel system shall furnish any reasonably necessary, nonprivileged records and information to the division which the division requests, except records made confidential by statute.

N.D.C.C. § 54-44.3-14 Records public

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The records of the division and the board, except such records as the statutes may require to be held confidential, are public records and must be open to public inspection, subject to regulations as to the time and manner of inspection which may be prescribed by the division or …

N.D.C.C. § 54-44.3-14.1 Mediation - Open records exemption - Retaliation prohibition

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Records of the division relating to mediation services provided by the division are exempt from section 44-04-18. An employee may not be discharged, disciplined, or penalized concerning the employee's compensation, conditions, location, or other privileges of employment because o…

N.D.C.C. § 54-44.3-15 Payment disapproved by director

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The director may disapprove the payment for personal service for any person holding a position in the classified service, except a person appointed to a position for the duration of an emergency, if the director determines that the person named therein has not been classified and…

N.D.C.C. § 54-44.3-16 Agency personnel officers

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The elected or appointed chief officer of each agency or department of the service shall designate a staff employee to serve as personnel officer for that division of the service to assist the chief officer in that person's duty to administer personnel responsibilities specified …

N.D.C.C. § 54-44.3-17 Grant-in-aid programs

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Whenever the provisions of any law, rule, order, or regulation of the United States or of any federal agency or authority providing or administering federal funds for use in North Dakota require civil service or merit standards or classifications other than those required by the …

N.D.C.C. § 54-44.3-18 Authority to provide services to cities and political subdivisions

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The division may enter into agreement with any city or political subdivision of the state to furnish services and facilities of the division to the city or political subdivision in the administration of its personnel on merit principles. Any such agreement must provide for the re…

N.D.C.C. § 54-44.3-19 Board authority to provide service to cities, political subdivisions, and other entities

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The board may enter into agreement with any city or political subdivision of this state to furnish any of its services and facilities, other than factfinding or conciliation services, and the agreement must provide for reimbursement to the state of the cost of the services and fa…

N.D.C.C. § 54-44.3-20 Categories of positions in the state service

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All positions in the state service are included in the classified service, except: 1. Each official elected by popular vote and each person appointed to fill vacancies in an elective office, one principal assistant, and one private secretary. 2. Members of boards and commissions …

N.D.C.C. § 54-44.3-21 Employment only under approved class title

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No person may be appointed to or employed in a position in the classified service under a class title which has not been approved by the director as appropriate to the duties to be performed.

N.D.C.C. § 54-44.3-22 Limitations on inquiries in application or test - Discrimination prohibited

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No question in any form of application or in any test may be so framed as to elicit any information concerning the political or religious opinions or affiliations of any applicant, nor may any inquiry be made concerning such opinions or affiliations. All disclosures thereof must …

N.D.C.C. § 54-44.3-23 Veterans' preferences

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Veterans' preferences must be in accordance with chapter 37-19.1.

N.D.C.C. § 54-44.3-24 Application of chapter to existing employees

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All employees in positions which are in the classified service as defined in this chapter and who, prior to July 1, 1975, have served continuously for a period of six months or more, or as regular seasonal employees have satisfactorily served in such positions through one seasona…

N.D.C.C. § 54-44.3-25 Prohibited conduct

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1. No person may make any false statement, certificate, mark, rating, or report with regard to any test, certification, or appointment made under this chapter, or in any manner commit or attempt to commit any fraud preventing the impartial execution of this chapter and the rules.…

N.D.C.C. § 54-44.3-26 Penalty

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Any person who intentionally violates any provision of this chapter is guilty of an infraction and, upon conviction thereof, is, for a period of one year, ineligible for appointment or employment in the classified service.

N.D.C.C. § 54-44.3-27 Transfer of records of merit system council

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All personnel and records of the North Dakota merit system council are hereby transferred to the division created by this chapter.

N.D.C.C. § 54-44.3-28 College student cooperative education or intern program - Eligibility

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The director shall establish and administer within the executive and legislative branches of state government a program through which college students may receive stipends and academic credit for participating in a cooperative education or internship program. The program must be …

N.D.C.C. § 54-44.3-29 Acceptance of federal funds

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The director is authorized to accept federal funds through grant-aided agencies or directly for the purpose of operating or ensuring operation of a merit personnel system.

N.D.C.C. § 54-44.3-30 Agencies subject to merit system

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All personnel employed by the department of health and human services, the regional offices of that department, job service North Dakota, North Dakota human resource management services, department of environmental quality, and other agencies or political subdivisions as may by f…

N.D.C.C. § 54-44.3-31 Political subdivision may request to be exempted from state merit system

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A political subdivision subject to the merit system under this chapter may file a request with the division and the commissioner of the department of health and human services or commissioner's designee to be exempted from the merit system. The request must describe a plan and po…

N.D.C.C. § 54-44.3-32 Political subdivision merit system compliance

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The division and the department of health and human services shall develop oversight and audit procedures for political subdivision merit systems to assure compliance with federal merit system principles. If the division and the department of health and human services determine t…