Title 54, State Government

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…

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 …

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 …

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…

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…

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 …

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.

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 …

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

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…

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.…

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.

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

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 …

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.

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…

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…

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…

It is state policy to provide comprehensive purchasing services based upon sound procurement practices and principles wherein, through full competition with fair and equal opportunity to all qualified persons to sell to the state, each state agency and institution shall obtain it…

The office of management and budget shall develop guidelines for a person interested in conducting business with the state. The guidelines must address communications between interested persons and purchasing agencies before, during, and after the procurement process. Procurement…

1. The office of management and budget shall purchase or lease or otherwise arrange for the procurement, for all state agencies and institutions in the executive branch of state government, all materials, furniture, fixtures, printing, insurance, services, and other commodities. …

All services purchased by the office of management and budget or by an agency or institution in the executive branch of state government must comply with the standards and guidelines for procurement of services established by the office of management and budget.

The director of the office of management and budget shall report to the budget section in December of even-numbered years on specified commodities and services exempted by written directive of the director from the procurement requirements of chapter 54-44.4.

The office of management and budget, in consultation with the office of the attorney general, shall adopt rules related to circumstances under which it is determined to be in the best interest of the state to authorize state officials and employees to make personal purchases from…

The director of the office of management and budget or the director's designee may delegate to state agencies and institutions the authority to make purchases of items not otherwise exempted by law. Any delegation of purchasing authority must be in writing and must specify what m…

The office of management and budget shall adopt, in accordance with the procedures provided by chapter 28-32, rules necessary to administer this chapter. The written directives issued by the director exercising authority provided in sections 54-44.4-02 and 54-44.4-03 need not be …

1. Except as otherwise provided in sections 12-48-03.1 and 44-08-01, chapter 25-16.2, and this chapter, purchasing contracts must be awarded through a competitive bidding process to the lowest responsible bidder considering conformity with specifications and terms of delivery, un…

In the event that two or more bids or proposals contain identical pricing or receive identical evaluation scores, preference must be given to a resident North Dakota bidder, seller, vendor, offeror, or contractor as defined in section 44-08-02.

1. For purposes of this chapter, specification means a description of all required physical, design, performance, functional, and other characteristics of a commodity or service the purchaser requires and, consequently, what a bidder must offer. The office of management and budge…

1. The office of management and budget, the institutions of higher education, and any other state agency or institution that has authority to purchase products are encouraged to purchase environmentally preferable products. a. When practicable, specifications for purchasing newsp…

When practicable, the office of management and budget, and any state agency or institution that has authority to purchase paper and paper products, should specify at least twenty-five percent recycled material.

1. The office of management and budget shall establish and maintain a bidders list of persons that desire to be informed of government procurement opportunities. The office of management and budget or the purchasing agency shall notify those on the list when issuing invitation fo…

A person that has a registration requirement with the secretary of state must be registered before the contract execution and the registration must remain active for the duration of the contract period.

1. A contract for commodities or services may be entered by competitive sealed proposals when a determination is made that the use of competitive sealed bidding is either not practicable or not advantageous to the state. The request for proposal must state the relative importance…

1. A procurement not exceeding the amount established by written directive of the director of the office of management and budget or by the state board of higher education under subsection 5 of section 15-10-17 may be made in accordance with small purchase procedures. 2. A small …

1. An interested party may protest the award of a contract, the notice of intent to award a contract, or a solicitation for commodities or services by the office of management and budget or purchasing agency under this chapter. The protest must be submitted in writing or electron…

1. The office of management and budget shall purchase commodities or services as requested by agencies and institutions of higher education and the legislative and judicial branches of state government. 2. The office of management and budget and the agencies and institutions of h…

The purchasing agency and the vendor may negotiate payment terms for all commodities and services procured. If a date for payment is not specified by the contract, payment must be made pursuant to section 13-01.1-01.

1. The office of management and budget, in coordination with the state board of higher education and the information technology department, shall develop guidelines for establishing multiple award vendor pool contracts, including cooperative purchasing contracts under section 54-…

1. The office of management and budget shall establish and maintain a procurement information website on the internet. This procurement information website must provide current information regarding North Dakota government procurement opportunities in order to inform potential ve…

1. As used in this section: a. "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 acti…

In this chapter, unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires: 1. "Community action agency" means a not-for-profit corporation that has authority under its charter and bylaws to receive funds to administer community action programs and which was officially designated a…

The division of community services is established in the department to provide technical assistance to local governments, state agencies, and the executive branch in the area of community and rural planning and development, policy research and development, and grant program imple…

The director shall direct and supervise, with the approval of the commissioner, all the administrative and technical activities of the division.

The division of community services shall: 1. Provide relevant information on pertinent topics and issues which relate to public policy development, interpretation, modification, and implementation. 2. Develop state energy conservation policy and manage federal energy conservation…

There is hereby appropriated as a standing and continuing appropriation to the department for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter, including the administration of such provisions, all moneys returned as repayments of federal or other funds granted under the…