Title 54, State Government

1. If a majority of the qualified electors of the county and a majority of the qualified electors of at least one city in the county voting on the question approves the charter, it is ratified and becomes the organic law of the area on the first day of January or July next follow…

1. A county-city home rule charter may be amended or repealed by a proposal submitted by the governing body of the unified county-city government or by a petition filed with the governing body signed by ten percent or more of the total number of qualified electors within the juri…

The elections provided for in this chapter are subject to the laws applicable to other elections. All qualified electors of any affected county and city are eligible to vote at the election. The charter commission, for proposals to adopt a home rule charter, or the governing body…

The adoption of any charter or amendment does not destroy any property, action, right of action, claim, or demand of any nature vested in the county-city. All rights of action, claims, or demands are preserved to the county-city, and to any persons asserting any claims against th…

On the first day of January following repeal of a county-city home rule charter any affected county and city reverts to the form of government in place immediately preceding adoption of the home rule charter. If positions to which officials were elected under the home rule charte…

The purpose of this chapter is to provide procedures for political subdivisions by mutual agreement to transfer the administrative, legal, and financial responsibility for any powers or functions to the county, as authorized by section 10 of article VII of the Constitution of Nor…

As used in this chapter: 1. "County" means the county in which a political subdivision is located. 2. "Political subdivision" means a city, township, city park district, school district, or other unit of local government or special district or authority in this state.

A political subdivision may enter into an agreement for the transfer of the legal, administrative, and financial responsibilities for carrying out a power or function of the political subdivision as required or permitted by law or home rule charter. The agreement must include: 1.…

An agreement may be amended by further agreement of the parties in the same manner as the original agreement was made. An agreement may be terminated as provided in the agreement or, if no provision is made for the termination, by joint action of all parties, or by an individual …

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 …

The head of each budget unit, not later than July fifteenth of each year next preceding the session of the legislative assembly, shall submit to the office of the budget, estimates of financial requirements of the person's budget unit for the next two fiscal years, on the forms a…

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…

Except as otherwise provided by law, the office of management and budget, thirty days after the close of each biennial period, shall cancel all unexpended appropriations or balances of appropriations after the expiration of the biennial period during which they became available u…

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…

1. The budget section of the legislative management may object to any allotment made under section 54-44.1-12, any expenditure of a budget unit, or any failure to make an allotment or expenditure if the budget section determines that the allotment or expenditure or the failure to…

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…

If as a result of any action taken pursuant to article III of the Constitution of North Dakota the moneys available in the state general fund or in any special fund in the state treasury are or will be reduced or eliminated, the director of the budget shall reduce the moneys avai…

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…

The office of the budget shall complete a cost-benefit analysis for each new building construction project included in budget requests submitted by state agencies, departments, and institutions. The analysis must review options for co-locating with other state agencies, departmen…

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…

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 …

It is the policy of this state to establish equitable, nondiscriminatory compensation relationships among all positions and classes within the state's classification plan.

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 …

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…

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…

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.

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 …

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…

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…

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…

The division shall serve as the secretariat to the board.

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…

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…

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…

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…