Title 54 — State Government

1. The legislative assembly declares that the federal laws known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148] and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 [Pub. L. 111-152] likely are not authorized by the United States Constitution and may …

1. The legislative management may review any executive order issued by the president of the United States which has not been affirmed by a vote of the Congress of the United States and signed into law as prescribed by the Constitution of the United States and recommend to the att…

1. If a convention of the states is called pursuant to article V of the United States Constitution, the legislative assembly or an official designated by the legislative assembly shall certify each delegate and alternate delegate from this state to the convention and provide a wr…

Expired under S.L. 2017, ch. 364, § 3. 54-03-35. Legacy fund - Cost-benefit analysis - Legacy and budget stabilization fund advisory board - State retirement and investment office - Legislative management procedures. 1. The legacy and budget stabilization fund advisory board shal…

In this chapter, unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires: 1. "Appointed or appointive state officers and members of appointive state boards, bureaus, and commissions, and deputies, assistants, secretaries, clerks, and employees" includes all persons whose office o…

Repealed by S.L. 1993, ch. 506, § 1.

Except as otherwise provided by law, all officers, departments, boards, commissions, and state institutions that make and transmit reports annually or biennially to the governor and the secretary of state shall submit their reports to the governor and the secretary of state not l…

1. The following executive and administrative officers and departments shall submit to the governor and the secretary of state reports covering their operations for the two preceding fiscal years, except as otherwise provided by law, not later than the first day of December each …

Any state agency may cooperate with any other state agency to jointly publish and distribute information and may arrange to have the joint publication or distribution, or both, coordinated by a private entity. Any state agency may provide information it has collected or developed…

Unless otherwise provided by law, the office of management and budget shall prepare warrants for the salaries of state officers and employees not less frequently than monthly as the same become due.

All salaries of elective and appointive state officers shall be full compensation for all official services. All fees, which are not otherwise by the laws of this state directed to be deposited in a special fund or disbursed for a special purpose, received or charged by any elect…

Every state officer or deputy state officer required by the Constitution of North Dakota, or by any provision of the laws of this state, to pay into the state treasury all fees and profits arising from such office, shall keep a record of all such fees or profits in a book kept fo…

All departments, institutions, or agencies of the state may maintain, subject to approval of the state auditor and the state treasurer, in the Bank of North Dakota, or, if the state entity is located outside Bismarck, in another state or federally chartered financial institution,…

1. State officials, whether elective or appointive, and their deputies, assistants, and clerks, or other state employees, entitled by law to be reimbursed for mileage or travel expense, must be allowed and paid for mileage and travel expense. a. For each mile [1.61 kilometers] ac…

Repealed by S.L. 1993, ch. 508, § 1.

Repealed by S.L. 1999, ch. 113, § 24.

No state official may publish willfully any false statement in regard to any state department, institution, or industry which tends to deceive the public and create a distrust of any state official or employee in charge of such department, institution, or industry, or which tends…

Repealed by omission from this code.

1. a. Annual leave and sick leave must be provided for all individuals in the permanent employment of this state who are not employed under a written contract of hire setting forth the terms and conditions of their employment, within the limitations, terms, and provisions of this…

Repealed by S.L. 2021, ch. 394, § 3.

Repealed by S.L. 2021, ch. 394, § 3. 54-06-14.3. Disaster services, emergency medical services, and firefighter volunteers - Leave. 1. Upon issuance of an order or proclamation declaring a state of disaster or emergency pursuant to chapter 37-17.1, or a declaration of at least a …

The executive officer in charge of a state agency may grant a leave of absence, not to exceed twenty workdays, to an employee for the purpose of donating an organ or bone marrow. Notwithstanding the limitations for the donation and use of donated leave under section 54-06-14.7, a…

Repealed by S.L. 2003, ch. 388, § 5.

With the approval of the office of management and budget, any department, agency, or institution of the state currently leasing or renting office equipment under an agreement that is convertible to a rental-purchase or similar agreement, upon certification to the office of manage…

A state agency, department, or institution, except the institutions under the control and management of the board of higher education, may not obtain or use a postage meter unless authorized to do so by the director of the office of management and budget. Each state agency, depar…

The official personnel file on each employee is the file maintained under the supervision of the agency head or the agency head's designated representative. 1. No documents that address an employee's character or performance may be placed in the file unless the employee has had t…

The agency designated by the governor to administer the victims' assistance grants under the federal Victims of Crime Act of 1984 [42 U.S.C. 10601 et seq.] shall administer a crime victims' account in the state treasury. The moneys in the account must be distributed through grant…

A state agency or institution may provide for child care services to the children of employees, students, or clients of the agency or institution in accordance with this section. Child care services may be provided by the institution only after the head of the agency or instituti…

Expired under S.L. 2019, ch. 40, § 31.

Expired under S.L. 2001, ch. 474, § 2.

Repealed by S.L. 2021, ch. 15, § 39.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an appointed or elected state official or a state employee may use a state telephone to receive or place a local call for essential personal purposes to the extent that use does not interfere with the functions of the official's or empl…

Upon issuance of an order or proclamation declaring a state of disaster or emergency pursuant to chapter 37-17.1, a search emergency by the air force rescue coordination center or by the department of emergency services, or a declaration of at least a level II disaster by the Ame…

State agencies may provide monetary performance bonuses to their employees under this section. 1. State agencies may pay bonuses under this section if: a. The agency has had a written employee performance evaluation policy in place for more than one year before paying the bonus; …

Each state agency, department, or institution may establish rules or policies for employee recognition and service award programs. Executive branch agencies having employees in classified service are subject to rules adopted by North Dakota human resource management services and …

Each state agency, department, or institution may establish rules or policies to provide employer-paid costs of training or educational courses, including tuition and fees, within budgetary constraints. Executive branch agencies having employees in classified service are subject …

An expenditure made pursuant to a rule or policy adopted pursuant to sections 54-06-32 through 54-06-34 is not a criminal offense.

Honor guard leave is an approved absence from work, with pay, of up to twenty-four working hours per calendar year for an employee to participate in an honor guard for a funeral service of a veteran. A governmental entity may grant a request for honor guard leave even if the abse…

Each state agency, department, and institution shall adopt and enforce a policy on employee harassment, including sexual harassment. The policy must clearly define harassment and specify the responsibilities of the employee, supervisor, and the agency, department, or institution.…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the governor or an executive branch officer or employee may not alter the language of the pledge of allegiance. The voluntary pledge is "I pledge allegiance to the flag, of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it …

1. Proxy votes made on behalf of state funds or the funds of political subdivisions which receive investment management services from the state must be made in accordance with the requirements provided in section 21-10-08.1. 2. A state entity may not adopt a practice of following…

1. As used in this section "boycott Israel" means engaging in refusals to deal, terminating business activities, or other similar commercial actions intended to limit commercial relations with persons doing business in Israel or in Israeli-controlled territories when the actions …

In addition to the powers and duties prescribed by the constitution, the governor: 1. Shall supervise the official conduct of all executive and ministerial officers. 2. Shall see that all offices are filled, and the duties thereof performed, or in default thereof, shall apply suc…

In emergencies in support of national defense, the governor may cooperate with any officer or agency of the United States in the transportation of persons or property and the conservation and utilization of vital transportation equipment, materials, and supplies, and when request…

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.…

The governor shall cause each bill passed by the legislative assembly and not vetoed by the governor to be filed with the secretary of state within five legislative days after the bill has been delivered to the governor. If the legislative assembly is not in session, the governor…

The governor shall accept delivery of bills passed by the legislative assembly and presented to the governor during regular business hours. The governor may coordinate with the presiding officer of the senate or the presiding officer of the house of representatives with respect t…

The governor shall cause to be kept the following records: 1. An account of all of the governor's official expenses and disbursements, including the incidental expenses of the governor's department, and of all rewards offered by the governor for the apprehension of criminals and …

Every provision of the laws of this state in relation to the powers and duties of the governor, and in relation to the acts and duties to be performed by others toward the governor, extends to the person performing for the time being the duties of governor.

The annual salary of the governor is one hundred sixty-three thousand one hundred seven dollars through June 30, 2026, and one hundred sixty-eight thousand dollars thereafter.