Title 55, State Historical Society and State Parks

All state funds, grants-in-aid from federal allocations, and other moneys or funds contributed or matched, for developing or providing public outdoor recreation facilities and opportunities made available to existing departments or agencies, must be expended through such departme…

The director has the power to appoint department personnel to peace officer status while they are in the employment of the department; provided, however, that the police powers are limited only to the lands or waters administered by the department.

The director and all other department peace officers may serve and execute, in the same manner as any sheriff, all warrants and legal process issued by the court in enforcing this chapter. The officers of the department may call to their aid any sheriff, deputy sheriff, police of…

The director may provide special services within state parks, state campgrounds, state recreation areas, and reserves; provide special technical assistance services; and make rules for the use of those services. The director shall establish and cause to be collected charges, fees…

1. Unless authorized by the director, a motor vehicle may not enter or be permitted to enter any state park, state recreational area, or reserve unless the operator of the motor vehicle displays upon request a permit issued as provided in this chapter. Permits must be of a size, …

All revenues collected as permit fees, admissions, use charges, rentals, compensation for concession agreements, or otherwise, with the exception of revenue from bequests, trusts, or gifts, and with the exceptions noted in subdivisions a and b of subsection 4 of section 55-08-06,…

1. The director shall maintain a state parks and recreation concession revolving fund to be used for the following: a. Procurement and maintenance of an inventory of food, nonintoxicating beverages, and other merchandise and supplies of a suitable nature for the operation of conc…

There is established in the state treasury a special fund designated as the state parks gift fund. The director may seek and accept any gift, private grant, trust, bequest of money, or donation of funds to the gift fund for the purpose of furthering the objectives of the parks an…

For the purpose of paying all or part of the cost of acquisition, construction, reconstruction, improvement, betterment, or extension of properties for state parks, state campgrounds, state recreation areas, and reserves, as described in subsection 2 of section 55-08-07, which ma…

After the issuance of any bonds under section 55-08-08, the state treasurer shall transfer revenues at the times and in the amounts directed in section 55-08-07 to a special trust fund to be known as the state park revenue bond fund, which must be maintained in the state treasury…

The board shall pledge irrevocably the revenues appropriated by section 55-08-07 to the state park fund for the payment of principal and interest due on all bonds issued pursuant to section 55-08-08 and for the accumulation and maintenance of the reserve in the state park revenue…

No buildings or additions may be erected, and no bonds may be issued or the proceeds used for the payment of the cost of any projects under section 55-08-08, except for specified projects designated and authorized by legislative act, or the board if permitted by the legislative a…

The director of the parks and recreation department may enter into any agreements or contracts with the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof when the director considers such action advisable or necessary in order to obtain a grant of funds or other ai…

This chapter does not authorize or permit any state board or agency or any state officer to create any indebtedness of the state or to incur any obligation of any kind or nature except an obligation payable solely from the special trust funds created under this chapter and the re…

The attorney general and all state's attorneys, sheriffs, and other peace officers shall enforce this chapter.

There is hereby established a uniform complaint and summons which may be used in cases involving violations of this chapter. Whenever the complaint and summons established by this section is used, the provisions of the North Dakota Rules of Criminal Procedure relating to arrests …

Any person violating a provision of this chapter for which a penalty is not specifically provided is guilty of a noncriminal violation.

Any person who has been cited for a violation of this title or related rules may appear before a court of competent jurisdiction and pay the statutory fee at or prior to the time scheduled for a hearing or, if bond has been posted, may forfeit the bond by not appearing at the sch…

The fees required for a noncriminal disposition pursuant to section 55-08-18 are as follows: 1. For a class 1 noncriminal offense, a fee of one hundred dollars. 2. For a class 2 noncriminal offense, a fee of fifty dollars. 3. For a class 3 noncriminal offense, a fee of twenty-fiv…