Title 54 — State Government

A district or municipal court of this state may order an offender charged with a violation of section 39-08-01 or equivalent ordinance, domestic violence, abuse or neglect of a child, or other offense in which alcohol or controlled substances are involved to participate in the tw…

Repealed by S.L. 2025, ch. 549, § 2.

1. The attorney general shall establish a human trafficking commission, comprised of designees from state, local, and tribal agencies which have contact with victims or perpetrators, nongovernmental organizations that represent or work with victims, and other organizations and in…

1. To the extent the annual cap under this section has not been met, an individual who is employed as a full-time law enforcement officer in this state, who has a minimum of two years of employment, and who is licensed under chapter 12-63, is entitled to a waiver of twenty-five p…

The internet crimes investigation fund is a special fund established in the state treasury. The fund consists of all fees imposed pursuant to section 29-26-22.4, which are appropriated to the attorney general on a continuing basis for information technology hardware, software lic…

Repealed by S.L. 1973, ch. 110, § 13. 54-14-01.1. Office of the budget to assume functions of auditing board - Substitution of phrases - Legislative statement. Repealed by S.L. 1997, ch. 445, § 4.

Repealed by S.L. 1973, ch. 110, § 13.

Repealed by S.L. 1979, ch. 541, § 2.

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…

Repealed by S.L. 1995, ch. 329, § 14.

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…

Repealed by S.L. 1991, ch. 582, § 1.

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…

Repealed by S.L. 1965, ch. 304, § 9.

Repealed by S.L. 1975, ch. 106, § 673. 54-14-07. Office of the budget to set policy - Standard vouchers - Disapproval of claims. In order to ensure that sufficient information is provided to verify claims and determine the exact purpose of expenditures, the office of the budget s…

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 proceedings of the emergency commission are not valid unless entered in the commission's minutes. 54-16-03. Unlawful to expend more than appropriated - Deficit void - Submission of petition to emergency commission. 1. A state officer may not expend, or agree or contract to ex…

Repealed by S.L. 2021, ch. 400, § 2. 54-16-04. May order transfer of moneys between funds - Line item transfers - Budget section approval. The emergency commission, upon the advice of the office of management and budget and approval by the budget section of the legislative manage…

Any state officer who violates section 54-16-03 is guilty of a class B misdemeanor. 54-16-06. Report to emergency commission and legislative audit and fiscal review committee by board or officer when expenditure authorized. Repealed by S.L. 1977, ch. 483, § 2.

Repealed by S.L. 1975, ch. 106, § 673.

Repealed by S.L. 2025, ch. 486, § 8. 54-16-09. Transfer of spending authority from state contingencies appropriation - Budget section approval. 1. The emergency commission, upon the advice and counsel of the office of management and budget and approval by the budget section of th…

Repealed by S.L. 2003, ch. 670, § 10.

Repealed by S.L. 2003, ch. 670, § 10. 54-16-11.1. Emergency commission may increase revenues and appropriation authority for intergovernmental service fund agencies. Repealed by S.L. 2025, ch. 486, § 8.

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 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. 54-17-0…

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…

Repealed by S.L. 2021, ch. 42, § 29.

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. 54-17-08. Commission to make rules for its procedure - General powers of commission. The industrial commission shall m…

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…

Repealed by S.L. 1987, ch. 630, § 1.

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…

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…

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 …