Title 54, State Government

The office of the budget, in the course of the preaudit of claims against the state, or in otherwise carrying out its duties, shall note irregularities in the fiscal practices of the state and its departments, agencies, and institutions and areas where more uniform and improved f…

No bill, claim, account, or demand against the state may be audited, allowed, or paid until a full itemized statement in writing has been filed with the office of the budget, unless such bill, claim, account, or demand is: 1. For a salary fixed by law; 2. Against a state-owned ut…

The office of the budget is authorized to issue regulations governing methods whereby the regular payrolls for each department, agency, or institution of this state may be prepared and certified by the agency concerned without individually executed or signed certificates of claim…

1. For the purposes of this section, "severance pay" means compensation received, upon termination of employment, for reasons primarily beyond the control of the state employee or officer. Severance pay does not include payments made to a terminated employee or officer for accrue…

In order to ensure that sufficient information is provided to verify claims and determine the exact purpose of expenditures, the office of the budget shall set policies which it deems necessary for an adequate accounting and shall direct the preparation of standard forms or vouch…

All departments, agencies, boards, commissions, and institutions in state government shall compute and withhold from state employees' monetary compensation only those amounts required by law to be withheld and only those other items approved by the office of the budget. However, …

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Emergency" means either a calamity or an unforeseen happening subsequent to the time the appropriation was made and which was clearly not within the contemplation of the legislative assembly and the governor. 2. …

The emergency commission consists of the governor, the majority leaders of the senate and house of representatives of the legislative assembly, the secretary of state, and the chairmen of the senate and house of representatives appropriations committees. If the chairman of an app…

The proceedings of the emergency commission are not valid unless entered in the commission's minutes.

1. A state officer may not expend, or agree or contract to expend, any amount in excess of the sum appropriated for that expenditure, and may not expend an amount appropriated for any specific purpose or fund or for any other purpose without prior approval in the form of a transf…

The emergency commission, upon the advice of the office of management and budget and approval by the budget section of the legislative management, may order money or spending authority transferred from one fund or line item to another fund or line item belonging to or appropriate…

1. The emergency commission, upon the advice and counsel of the office of management and budget and approval by the budget section of the legislative management, may authorize a state officer to accept any special funds or federal funds not appropriated by the legislative assembl…

On the advice of the office of management and budget and upon the recommendation of the emergency commission, the budget section of the legislative management may authorize a state officer to employ full-time equivalent positions in addition to those authorized by the legislative…

Any state officer who violates section 54-16-03 is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.

1. The emergency commission, upon the advice and counsel of the office of management and budget and approval by the budget section of the legislative management, may order a transfer of general fund, special funds, or federal funds appropriation authority from the state contingen…

The emergency commission may approve the acquisition of property near one of the state institutions of higher education, and if requested and found necessary may make funds available from the state contingencies appropriation to the board of higher education for the purpose of ac…

Any board, agency, commission, or officer of the state, subject to the approval of the emergency commission and the budget section of the legislative management, may borrow moneys from the Bank of North Dakota for the purpose of responding to a disaster within the state as declar…

The commission created to conduct and manage, on behalf of the state of North Dakota, certain utilities, industries, enterprises, including housing finance programs, and business projects established by law must be known as the industrial commission of North Dakota, but may be de…

The industrial commission of North Dakota shall consist of the governor, the attorney general, and the agriculture commissioner. The governor and one member constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The meetings of the commission must be held at such times and places a…

The governor is the chairman of the industrial commission, and its attorney is the attorney general. The commission shall appoint an executive director and may employ other subordinate officers, employees, and agents, on such terms as the commission determines proper. The commiss…

The industrial commission shall adopt and procure an official seal and may authenticate therewith its documentary acts.

All orders, rules, regulations, bylaws, and written contracts, adopted or authorized by the industrial commission, before becoming effective, must be approved by a majority of the commission.

The industrial commission shall submit a biennial report to the governor and the secretary of state in accordance with section 54-06-04. The report must contain a meaningful financial statement of each utility, industry, enterprise, and business project under its control.

The industrial commission shall operate, manage, control, and govern all utilities, industries, enterprises, and business projects established, owned, undertaken, administered, or operated by the state of North Dakota, except those carried on in penal, charitable, or educational …

The industrial commission shall appoint a six-member advisory board consisting of representatives of lenders, the residential real estate industry, the mobile home and manufactured housing industry, and homeowners and buyers, and in consultation with such board may adopt rules an…

The industrial commission may establish a program or programs to provide housing for persons of low or moderate income, through the acquisition of residential real property and related personal property or interests therein through purchase, lease, gift, grant, bequest, or otherw…

Any pledge made by the industrial commission acting in its capacity as the state housing finance agency is valid and binding from the time the pledge is made. The money and property pledged and received by the industrial commission acting in its capacity as the state housing fina…

The executive director of the housing finance agency may require an applicant for employment to submit to a criminal history record check under section 12-60-24.

As used in sections 54-17-07.1 through 54-17-07.7 and section 54-17-07.10: 1. "Lenders" means any bank or trust company chartered by the state of North Dakota or any national banking association located in North Dakota, state or federal savings and loan association located in Nor…

Acting in its capacity as a state housing finance agency, the industrial commission is authorized to establish the following housing finance programs: 1. Home mortgage finance program. A program or programs to provide financing or refinancing of loans made by lenders, including s…

In order to fund its housing finance programs, the industrial commission is authorized to issue and refund revenue bonds or evidences of debt and indebtedness of the state. The principal of and interest on such bonds are payable only from revenues generated under the applicable h…

Acting in its capacity as a state housing finance agency, the industrial commission may contract for, accept, and administer any grant, contribution, or loan of funds, property, or other aid in any form from the federal government or from any other source, and may do all things n…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the industrial commission is authorized to require, as a condition of the origination of loans and mortgage loans made pursuant to any of its housing finance programs or purchase of loans and mortgage loans to be purchased by it, prepay…

The following records of the housing finance agency are confidential and are not public records: 1. Personal or financial information of a participant in any of the housing finance agency's programs, obtained directly or indirectly, except for routine credit inquiries or as requi…

In the absence of any provision regulating the execution and acknowledgment of conveyances, transfers, assignments, releases, satisfactions, or other instruments affecting liens on, title to, or interest in real estate, the executive director or other staff as designated by the e…

The industrial commission shall make rules and regulations for its own procedure. It may do any and all things necessary or expedient in conducting the business of the industries, utilities, enterprises, and business projects under its control.

The industrial commission shall: 1. Determine the location of all utilities, industries, enterprises, and business projects established, owned, undertaken, administered, or operated by the state. 2. Make rules, regulations, orders, and bylaws for the management and operation, and…

In the management, operation, and control of all utilities, industries, enterprises, and business projects established, owned, undertaken, administered, or operated by the state, and to accomplish the purposes of this chapter, the industrial commission shall: 1. Acquire by purcha…

The industrial commission shall appoint a manager and all necessary subordinate officers and employees of and for each utility, industry, enterprise, and business project established, owned, undertaken, administered, or operated by the state. It may constitute such manager its ge…

Subject to the control and regulation of the industrial commission, the manager of any utility, industry, enterprise, or business project established, owned, undertaken, administered, or operated by the state shall appoint and employ such deputies, assistants, and other subordina…

The total compensation of the appointees and employees of each utility, industry, enterprise, or business project established, owned, undertaken, administered, or operated by the state, together with other expenditures for the operation and maintenance thereof, must remain within…

The industrial commission may remove and discharge any and all persons appointed in the exercise of the powers granted by this chapter, whether by the commission or by any manager of any utility, industry, enterprise, or business project of the state. Any such removal may be made…

The industrial commission shall fix the buying prices of things bought, and the selling prices of things sold, incidental to any utility, industry, enterprise, or business project of the state, and shall fix the rates and charges for any and all services rendered thereby. In fixi…

The industrial commission shall conduct investigations of all matters directly or indirectly connected with, or bearing upon the success of, any of the utilities, industries, enterprises, and business projects under its management, and of all matters which directly or indirectly …

In an investigation made by the industrial commission under the provisions of this chapter, the claim that any testimony or evidence sought to be elicited or produced on the examination may tend to incriminate the person giving or producing it, or may expose the person to public …

The industrial commission shall cause the testimony taken at an investigation held under the provisions of this chapter to be transcribed and filed in the office of the commission, at the seat of government, within ten days after it is taken, or as soon thereafter as practicable.…