Title 24, Highways, Bridges, and Ferries

The director may provide consulting engineering services upon request of any governmental unit. The director has the authority and responsibility for the coordination of the total highway, road, and street program within this state, including the designation of systems, which the…

Not later than the fifteenth day of May of each year, each head of a department, division, section, or activity of the department who may be directed and designated to do so by the director shall submit to the director an outline of the work which should be undertaken by such dep…

The director shall submit a biennial report to the governor and the secretary of state in accordance with section 54-06-04.

1. The director is custodian of, and shall preserve, the files and records of the department. The files and records of the department must be open to public inspection under reasonable regulations. However, records relating to the financial condition of any party are not open to …

Payroll vouchers prepared on forms adopted in accordance with section 24-02-34 must be certified and approved by the director and the same must be presented to the office of management and budget which shall prepare and issue a warrant signed by the state auditor for each person …

Whenever any estimate or allowance for payment, except a final estimate or payment subsequent to a final estimate, is allowed, or granted, on a contract entered into by the department, or a deposit is to be made with the clerk of district court in a condemnation proceeding, and t…

The state, and civil government divisions thereof, and any person damaged by any wrongful act or omission of any bonded employee of the department in the performance of the employee's official duties may maintain an action on the employee's bond for the recovery of damages so sus…

The director may request bids and award contracts for construction work requiring the contractor to furnish all equipment, labor, materials, and supplies for each particular contract or project, or requiring the director to furnish and provide the contractor with materials and su…

Whenever the cost of any construction improvement exceeds the sum of twenty thousand dollars, the department shall proceed to advertise the same, request bids, and award such contracts in the manner provided in this chapter. The department may accept bids and bid bonds that are s…

The department may, if in the opinion of the director, the public interest and the preservation of the state highways from deterioration requires it, do the work necessary for minor grading reconstruction on any state highway without letting a contract for such reconstruction wor…

Any request for bids for construction work or the improvement of any state highway, or any structure in excess of the amount specified in section 24-02-17, must be advertised by publication once prior to the opening of such bids, in the official newspaper of the county in which t…

1. All bids must be opened at the time and place specified in the advertised request for bids. The submission of bids and bid openings may be delayed up to twenty-one days at the discretion of the department. The submission of bids and new bid opening dates must be noticed by ele…

Informal bids must be requested and the contract therefor may be awarded upon such basis and procedure as the director directs.

Whenever any highway improvement involves structural work, dirt grading and traffic service gravel, graveling, stabilizing and oiling, or concrete surfacing, or any two or more of them, then wherever practicable and not contrary to any federal law or regulations, separate proposa…

Each and every contract in excess of the sum specified in section 24-02-17 must be awarded by the department to the responsible bidder submitting the lowest and best bid, but said department may reject all bids. If no satisfactory bid or bids are received, new bids may be called …

In the event that any county or municipality participates in and defrays the cost, or part of the cost, of any improvement to be made by the department, the director shall notify the board of county commissioners of the county so interested, or the proper city officials of any mu…

Payment must be made monthly to the contractor for all work done or material furnished, in such amount as must be determined by the director, but in no event less than ninety percent nor more than ninety-nine percent thereof, and payment must be made in full upon the completion o…

Any person who has furnished labor, materials, or supplies on a contract awarded under section 24-02-23, and who has not been paid in full at the time of final acceptance of the project by the department, has the right to file a claim against the contractor and the surety furnish…

Any person who has furnished labor, materials, or supplies and made a claim under section 24-02-25.1 has the right to commence an action to recover the amount of the person's claim against the contractor or surety within one year of the date of the final acceptance of the project…

A controversy arising out of a contract for the construction or repair of a highway entered by the director must be submitted to arbitration under this chapter and chapter 32-29.2. A person that voluntarily enters a contract for the construction or repair of a highway is deemed t…

In addition to the provisions of section 24-02-30, full compliance by a contractor with the provisions of this section is a condition precedent to the contractor's right to demand arbitration. If the contractor believes the contractor is entitled to additional compensation for wo…

1. Unless a party submits the dispute to the American arbitration association, the arbitrators must be selected in accordance with this section. The party desiring arbitration of claims for more than one hundred thousand dollars shall serve a written demand upon the adverse party…

After a board of arbitration has been appointed, a submission in writing must be executed as provided in section 32-29.3-06, but the submission must provide for the entry of judgment upon the award by the district court of the county in which the improvement, or some part thereof…

If either party refuses to submit to arbitration as provided in this chapter, that party must be deemed to have waived all claims and demands, and the arbitrators shall proceed to determine the controversies set forth by the moving party according to the justice of the case. Judg…

No right exists to demand arbitration against the director until the conditions specified in this section have been complied with. The contractor shall give the director notice in writing that the contractor claims the contract has been or will be performed fully on a day stated,…

The arbitrators shall determine all controversies between the parties growing out of the contract, including the question whether it had been performed at the time claimed by the contractor and whether the additional work required by the director as specified has been done, and i…

If after the making of an award which requires the contractor to do further work, any controversies arise between the parties as to the doing of such work, the controversies may be submitted to the same arbitrators on five days' notice for further determination.

When judgment has been entered against the director, the same is not collectible or enforceable by execution, but if the same provides for the payment of money by the director, it must be paid in the same manner, to the same extent, and out of the same funds as though the claims …

The director may prepare, adopt, or amend uniform standard forms of contracts, bonds, estimates and other forms and documents deemed essential for the efficient administration of highway matters within the department.

The department may sell road materials in small quantities on an occasional basis to local governmental units, when the local governmental units are unable to economically procure those quantities of road materials from the private sector.

The proceeds from any sale of road materials made under section 24-02-35.1 must be deposited in the department of transportation fund. An amount not to exceed the total sum of the sales under section 24-02-35.1, but not to exceed one million dollars a year, may be withdrawn upon …

Except as provided in section 24-01-48, no state funds may be expended for feeder roads or other roads not on the state highway system except for the necessary administrative costs and for such work as is reimbursable from federal or county funds or from funds of other organizati…

The state highway fund, created by law and not otherwise appropriated and allocated, must be applied and used for the purposes named in this section, as follows: 1. Except for investment income as provided in subsection 3, the fund must be applied in the following order of priori…

The special road committee consists of one member of the senate and one member of the house of representatives appointed by the chairman of the legislative management, the director of the game and fish department, the director of the parks and recreation department, and the direc…

There is created in the state treasury the flexible transportation fund. The fund consists of eligible federal or state funding and any contributed private funds. 1. The flexible transportation fund must be administered and expended by the director and may be used for the followi…

The department is hereby authorized, whenever needed, to arrange, with any state-owned or private financing agency, including the Bank of North Dakota, short-term loans in the event that construction funds on hand are insufficient to meet current obligations. Short-term financing…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department, whenever needed for the liberty memorial bridge improvement project and the United States highway 2 project improvements, may arrange with any state-owned or private financing agency or underwriter, including the Bank of…

All revenue in the form of charges, reimbursements, or earnings as hereinafter specified, accruing to the department or any of its agencies or divisions, must be collected and received by the director or the director's agent, and deposited with the state treasurer monthly, who sh…

The director is authorized to establish continuing grants of financial aid for study in undergraduate coursework, which meets the needs and mission of the department, at institutions of higher learning in this state. Expenditure from highway operating funds is authorized. No indi…

The director may contract and cooperate with other states, with political subdivisions of this state, and with the United States government to establish, maintain, and operate a multistate infrastructure bank pursuant to section 350 of the National Highway System Designation Act …

The department of transportation, subject to the approval of the emergency commission, may borrow moneys from the Bank of North Dakota to advance and match federal emergency relief funds. Any moneys borrowed from the Bank of North Dakota pursuant to this section are appropriated.

The director may enter an agreement with a county or city for the cooperative or joint administration of an activity that will enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the state highway system. The terms of the agreement supersede sections 24-02-36 and 24-02-37 or any other st…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the director may enter a cooperative agreement with a private entity for the construction of an item on the state highway system which will benefit the private entity and the traveling public, as determined by the director. The private …

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the director may lease space on the forty-five department-owned radio tower locations in existence on December 31, 2020, to private entities, if the private entities have been unable to secure space on an existing tower that would provi…

The director may enter into cooperative agreements with any transferee under section 54-27-19 or any federal agency operating a national park and may expend highway fund moneys pursuant to legislative appropriations to match federal funds for the purposes of providing assistance …

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the director may enter a cooperative agreement with the Theodore Roosevelt national park for the joint maintenance of the park's transportation network, off of the state highway system, for use by the traveling public. The director may …

1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law but subject to legislative appropriation, the director may enter agreements and may accept any federal or nonstate funds for the administration of reimbursable electric vehicle charging grant programs. a. The director may enter an agr…

The director may enter an agreement with the big sky passenger rail authority regarding the creation of a service development plan.

Upon request, the department of transportation shall provide air transportation services to other state agencies. Unless waived by the department, each agency using air transportation services from the department shall pay a user charge determined by the department of transportat…

The director of the department of transportation may require volunteers and final applicants for employment to submit to a statewide and nationwide criminal history record check. The nationwide criminal history record check must be conducted in the manner provided by section 12-6…