Title 54, State Government

The Bank of North Dakota or the board of university and school lands, as agent of the state treasurer as trustee for the state of North Dakota, shall manage all lands acquired in the name of the state treasurer as trustee for the state of North Dakota under this chapter and, with…

The Bank of North Dakota, instead of foreclosing, may take a conveyance from the owner to the state treasurer as trustee for the state of North Dakota in payment of the mortgage covering the land conveyed.

Notwithstanding any restrictions contained in any other law, the state and all public officers, boards, and agencies, and political subdivisions and agencies thereof, all national banking associations, state banks, trust companies, savings banks and institutions, savings and loan…

All bonds and certificates of indebtedness issued under this chapter are exempt from state, county, and municipal taxes of all kinds.

The industrial commission, in July of each year, shall prepare a statement showing the condition of the real estate bond sinking fund and the real estate bond interest payment fund. Such statement must be approved by the state treasurer and must be presented to the state board of…

If there are not sufficient funds in the real estate bond sinking fund to meet the payment of principal and interest due on real estate series bonds on any principal or interest payment date, the state treasurer may borrow sufficient funds by the issuance of certificates of indeb…

The powers herein granted may be exercised repeatedly and the duties following thereon likewise shall be performed from time to time, as the occasion may arise under this chapter, but at no time may the amount of bonds issued and outstanding pursuant to this chapter exceed the am…

The real estate bond funds on deposit with the state treasurer must be maintained in the sums needed to pay outstanding valid enforceable real estate series bonds of the state of North Dakota and lawful interest thereon. All money in said funds not needed for such bonds and inter…

During the intervals between remittances to the state treasurer for the state general fund, funds available therefor may be invested as other moneys of the Bank of North Dakota are invested. The president of the Bank of North Dakota shall collect upon and enforce to the fullest e…

Following each calendar quarter for which the president of the Bank of North Dakota receives funds of said trust over and above costs and expenses of the Bank of North Dakota incident thereto and exceeding a proper portion of the regular Bank appropriation and a reasonable reserv…

The purpose of sections 54-34-11 through 54-34-15 is to improve the dissemination of information regarding informal investment opportunities to potential investors and entrepreneurs, and thereby stimulate the growth of small businesses in the state.

The department of commerce division of economic development and finance may establish, from funds appropriated to or otherwise available to the department of commerce, the venture capital network as a clearinghouse for information on informal risk capital investment opportunities…

The venture capital network may: 1. Solicit, compile, profile, and maintain current information describing opportunities for risk capital investment in new or emerging business ventures. 2. Identify active informal investors and profile their distinguishing investment objectives.…

1. The venture capital network may not serve any fiduciary, advisory, or evaluative function in making referrals. 2. The remedies and causes of action provided under the securities laws of the United States and this state apply to any conduct or activity of the venture capital ne…

The department of commerce division of economic development and finance may endeavor to locate a private sector sponsor or group of sponsors to assume administration of the venture capital network.

1. The North Dakota legislative management consists of the majority and minority leaders of the house and of the senate, the speaker of the house, and six senators and six representatives chosen biennially before the close of each regular legislative session. 2. In the house of r…

In addition to the other applicable provisions of this chapter, the legislative management has the following powers and duties: 1. To study, consider, accumulate, compile, and assemble information on any subject upon which the legislative assembly may legislate, and upon such sub…

For the purposes of studying and reviewing the financial transactions of this state; to assure the collection and expenditure of its revenues and moneys in compliance with law and legislative intent and sound financial practices; and to provide the legislative assembly with forma…

Each biennium, the legislative audit and fiscal review committee, in consultation with the state auditor, shall review updates to government auditing standards and develop guidelines for the contents of state agency audit reports. The legislative audit and fiscal review committee…

1. The legislative management shall create a legislative task force on government efficiency. 2. Each member of the task force shall serve two-year terms. The membership of the task force consists of: a. The director of the office of management and budget; b. The chief operating …

The legislative audit and fiscal review committee shall study and review audit reports as selected by the committee from those submitted by the state auditor, confer with the auditor and deputy auditors in regard to such reports, and when necessary, confer with representatives of…

The legislative management, during each biennium, shall appoint an employee benefits programs committee in the same manner as the legislative management appoints other interim committees. The legislative management shall appoint seven members of the house of representatives and s…

1. During each interim, the employee benefits programs committee shall consider and report on the legislative proposals over which the committee takes jurisdiction and which fiscally impact the retirement programs of state employees or employees of any political subdivision, and …

The legislative management, during each biennium, shall appoint an administrative rules committee in the same manner as the legislative management appoints other interim committees. The legislative management shall designate the chairman of the committee. The committee shall oper…

The administrative rules committee shall review administrative rules adopted under chapter 28-32. The committee shall consider oral and written comments received concerning administrative rules. The committee shall study and review administrative rules and related statutes to det…

1. The legislative management, during each biennium, shall appoint a water topics overview committee in the same manner as the legislative management appoints other interim committees. The committee must meet quarterly during the interim and is responsible for legislative overvie…

The legislative management, during each biennium, shall appoint an ethics committee to consider or prepare a legislative code of ethics. The committee must include members of the majority and minority parties of each house. The committee may recommend legislation relating to legi…

1. To provide for flexibility in the management of state funds between regular sessions of the legislative assembly and to minimize the need for and the expense of a special session, the legislative management, during each biennium, shall appoint a budget section. 2. The membersh…

Each department, board, commission, agency, officer, or employee in the state government shall furnish such information and render such assistance to the legislative council and to the legislative management as the legislative council or the legislative management or its committe…

The legislative management or committee appointed by it, may sit at such time and place as it may deem advisable, but the legislative management shall meet at least once in each year and shall meet at any time upon the call of the chairman or a call signed by seven members of the…

The governor may send messages to such meetings of the legislative management as the governor determines advisable.

1. The legislative management chairman must be the majority leader of one house of the legislative assembly, or the majority leader's designee, and the vice chairman must be the majority leader of the opposite house of the legislative assembly, or the majority leader's designee. …

The legislative management shall keep minutes of its meetings and a record of all its transactions and shall at the beginning of each biennial legislative session, and may at any other time, make a report of its activities and recommendations to the members of the legislative ass…

The legislative management may require that any recommendation for legislation, which is to be presented by any department, board, commission, agency, officer, official, or employee of the state desiring the consideration of the legislative management, be presented to it at least…

The recommendations of the legislative management must be completed and made public prior to any session of the legislative assembly at which such recommendations are to be submitted; and a copy of the recommendations must be distributed to each member-elect of the legislative as…

1. The members of the legislative management and the members of any committee of the legislative management are entitled to be compensated for the time spent in attendance at sessions of the legislative management and of its committees at the rate of two hundred nineteen dollars …

The legislative council, on behalf of the legislative assembly, may make all necessary arrangements before each legislative session for the procurement of necessary supplies, equipment, services other than the employment of legislative employees, building space, or any other prep…

The legislative management shall appoint a legislative budget analyst and auditor. A person is not eligible for the appointment unless the person holds a baccalaureate degree from a recognized institution of higher learning, is a certified public accountant, or has had five years…

The salaries, travel, and other expenses of the legislative budget analyst and auditor and other personnel within the legislative budget analyst and auditor's office must be submitted, approved, and paid in the same manner as other employees of the legislative council.

The legislative budget analyst and auditor shall attend all budget hearings carried on by the executive budget officer and shall have access to all budget material submitted to, and all studies carried on by, the executive budget officer. The legislative budget analyst and audito…

1. The legislative council shall provide information technology research and staff services to the legislative branch. The services must be provided in accordance with the existing statutory authority of the legislative council and within the framework of its other staff services…

The legislative management, during each biennium, shall appoint an information technology committee in the same manner as the legislative management appoints other interim committees. The legislative management shall appoint six members of the house of representatives and five me…

The information technology committee has continuing existence and may meet and conduct its business during the legislative session and in the interim between sessions. The committee shall: 1. Meet at least once each calendar quarter. 2. Receive a report from the chief information…

The information technology committee may review any information technology project or information technology plan. If the committee determines that the project or plan is at risk of failing to achieve its intended results, the committee may recommend to the office of management a…

The information technology committee may request the state auditor to conduct an information technology compliance review. The review may consist of an audit of an agency's information technology management, information technology planning, compliance with information technology …

The legislative management may issue a call for the legislative assembly to convene after it has adjourned under subsection 2 of section 54-03-02. The length of a legislative session called under this section may not exceed the number of natural days available under the constitut…