Title 54 — State Government
128 chapters · 1,241 sections in this title.
N.D.C.C. § 54-59-03 Chief information officer of the state
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The governor shall appoint the chief information officer of the state. The governor shall appoint the chief information officer on the basis of education, experience, and other qualifications in information technology and administration. The position of chief information officer …
N.D.C.C. § 54-59-04 Duties of chief information officer
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The chief information officer shall: 1. Administer the department. 2. Employ any personnel determined to be necessary to carry out the responsibilities of the department and duties as prescribed by law. 3. Fix the salaries of all employees within the department, within the limits…
N.D.C.C. § 54-59-05 Powers and duties of department
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The department: 1. Shall provide, supervise, and regulate information technology of all executive branch state entities, excluding the institutions under the control of the state board of higher education. 2. Shall provide network services in a way that ensures the network requir…
N.D.C.C. § 54-59-06 Business plan
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The department shall develop and maintain a business plan. The business plan must: 1. Define the department's overall organization, mission, and delivery of services. 2. Define the department's short-term and long-term goals and objectives based on customer needs. 3. Outline the …
N.D.C.C. § 54-59-07 State information technology advisory committee
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Repealed by S.L. 2023, ch. 481, § 4.
N.D.C.C. § 54-59-08 Required use of wide area network services
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Each state agency and institution that desires access to wide area network services and each county, city, and school district that desires access to wide area network services to transmit voice, data, or video outside that county, city, or school district shall obtain those serv…
N.D.C.C. § 54-59-09 Information technology standards
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Based on information from state agencies and institutions, the department and the office of management and budget shall develop statewide information technology policies, standards, and guidelines. The policies, standards, and guidelines must recognize the uniqueness of certain a…
N.D.C.C. § 54-59-10 Information technology coordinators
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Each agency or institution shall appoint an information technology coordinator. The coordinator shall maintain liaison with the department and assist the department in areas related to making the most economical use of information technology.
N.D.C.C. § 54-59-11 Information technology plans
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Each executive branch state agency or institution, excluding the institutions under the control of the board of higher education, unless the chief information officer grants an exemption, shall participate in the information technology planning process based on guidelines develop…
N.D.C.C. § 54-59-11.1 Information technology project planning
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Each executive branch state agency, excluding entities under the control of the state board of higher education, considering the development of an information technology project with an estimated cost of one hundred thousand dollars or more shall involve the information technolog…
N.D.C.C. § 54-59-12 Coordination of activities - Reports
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The department shall cooperate with each state entity providing access to any computer database or electronically filed or stored information under subsection 4 of section 44-04-18 to assist in providing economical, efficient, and compatible access. The chief information officer …
N.D.C.C. § 54-59-13 Compliance reviews
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Repealed by S.L. 2003, ch. 665, § 21.
N.D.C.C. § 54-59-14 Information technology operating fund - Continuing appropriation - Report
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1. The department shall establish a state information technology operating fund in the state treasury to be used for procuring and maintaining information technology and network services and for providing information technology and network services to state entities and network s…
N.D.C.C. § 54-59-15 Acceptance of funds
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The department may accept federal or other funds, which must be deposited in the information technology operating fund or other funds specified by the office of management and budget and which may be spent subject to legislative appropriation. The department may apply for any pub…
N.D.C.C. § 54-59-16 Confidentiality
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The department may receive from various agencies and various agencies may provide to the department any information from the agencies necessary to effect the purposes of this chapter without regard to the confidential nature of the information. Each agency shall notify the depart…
N.D.C.C. § 54-59-17 Educational technology council - Meetings - Compensation
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Repealed by S.L. 2019, ch. 144, § 4.
N.D.C.C. § 54-59-18 North Dakota educational technology council - Powers and duties
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Repealed by S.L. 2019, ch. 144, § 4.
N.D.C.C. § 54-59-19 Information technology department annual report
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The department shall prepare and present an annual report to the information technology committee. The report must contain: 1. A list of all projects for which financing agreements have been executed. 2. A comparison of the department's rates charged for services compared to rate…
N.D.C.C. § 54-59-20 Security background information
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The chief information officer may require as a condition of employment or as a condition of contracting with the department that individuals, including any individuals employed by the contractor or a subcontractor to perform work under the contract, who have unescorted physical a…
N.D.C.C. § 54-59-22.1 Required use of centralized desktop support services
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1. The following state agencies shall obtain centralized desktop support services from the information technology department: a. Office of administrative hearings. b. Office of the governor. c. Commission on legal counsel for indigents. d. Public employees retirement system. e. N…
N.D.C.C. § 54-59-23 Information technology projects - Reports
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1. An executive, legislative, or judicial branch agency, except for institutions under the control of the state board of higher education, shall report to the department before September first of each even-numbered year regarding the plan for and status of any information technol…
N.D.C.C. § 54-59-24 Borrowing authority - E-rate funding - Emergency commission approval
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Notwithstanding the limitations provided in section 54-59-05 and upon the approval of the emergency commission, the department may borrow from the Bank of North Dakota an amount necessary to pay telecommunications costs for connecting approved schools and libraries in the event e…
N.D.C.C. § 54-59-25 Health information technology advisory committee - Duties
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Repealed by S.L. 2025, ch. 479, § 39.
N.D.C.C. § 54-59-26 Health information technology office - Duties - Loan and grant programs
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1. The health information technology office is created in the department. 2. The health information technology office director shall: a. Apply for federal funds that may be available to assist the state and health care providers in implementing and improving health information te…
N.D.C.C. § 54-59-29 Health information exchange - Confidential and exempt records
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Information submitted to, stored in, or transmitted by the health information exchange under this chapter and any such data or record in the possession of the health information technology office is an exempt record under chapter 44-04 unless the information is confidential under…
N.D.C.C. § 54-59-30 Immunity for reliance on data from the health information exchange
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A health care provider that relies in good faith upon any information provided through the health information exchange in the treatment of a patient is immune from criminal or civil liability arising from any damages caused by that good-faith reliance. The immunity granted under …
N.D.C.C. § 54-59-31 Certified electronic health records systems
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1. An executive branch state agency, an institution of higher education, and any health care provider or other person participating in the health information exchange may use only an electronic health record system for use in the exchange which is certified under rules adopted by…
N.D.C.C. § 54-59-32 Major information technology projects - Oversight
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1. An executive branch state agency, excluding institutions under the control of the state board of higher education, proposing to conduct a major information technology project, the department, and the office of management and budget, in consultation with the attorney general, s…
N.D.C.C. § 54-59-33 Statewide longitudinal data system committee - Membership
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Repealed by S.L. 2025, ch. 479, § 39. 54-59-34. Statewide longitudinal data system - Information technology department - Duties. 1. The department shall manage a statewide longitudinal data system among education, workforce, and training entities that: a. Provides for the dissemi…
N.D.C.C. § 54-59-35 Statewide longitudinal data system committee - Powers
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Repealed by S.L. 2025, ch. 479, § 39.
N.D.C.C. § 54-59-36 Statewide longitudinal data system - Report to legislative management
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During each interim the department shall provide a report regarding the statewide longitudinal data system to one or more committees designated by the legislative management and shall provide recommendations for further development, cost proposals, proposals for legislation, and …
N.D.C.C. § 54-59-37 Statewide longitudinal data system - Continuing appropriation
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The department may solicit and receive gifts, grants, and donations from public and private sources. Any moneys received in accordance with this section are appropriated on a continuing basis for the support of the statewide longitudinal data system. 54-59-38. Statewide longitudi…
N.D.C.C. § 54-59-39 State agencies - Mandatory provision of information - Confidentiality
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1. The information technology department may request from any state agency: a. All information required by 20 U.S.C. 9871(e)(2)(D); b. Any other educational information required for a longitudinal data system to comply with state or federal law; and c. Unemployment insurance wage…
N.D.C.C. § 54-60-01 Definitions
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In this chapter, unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires: 1. "Cabinet" means the North Dakota commerce cabinet. 2. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of commerce. 3. "Department" means the department of commerce. 4. "Foundation" means the North Dakota economic …
N.D.C.C. § 54-60-02 Department of commerce - Divisions
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The North Dakota department of commerce is created. 1. The department must consist of: a. A division of community services; b. A division of economic development and finance; c. A division of tourism; d. A division of workforce development; and e. Any division or office the commi…
N.D.C.C. § 54-60-03 Commissioner of commerce - Duties
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With the advice and counsel of the North Dakota development foundation, the governor shall appoint a commissioner to supervise, control, and administer the department. The commissioner serves at the pleasure of the governor and receives a salary set by the governor within the lim…
N.D.C.C. § 54-60-05 Compensation and reimbursement of foundation members
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The foundation may establish the level of compensation to which a foundation member is entitled. A foundation member is entitled to reimbursement for mileage and expenses as provided for state officers.
N.D.C.C. § 54-60-06 Commerce cabinet
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The North Dakota commerce cabinet is created. The cabinet is composed of the directors of each of the department divisions and of the executive heads, or other authorized representatives, of the state board for career and technical education, the state board of higher education, …
N.D.C.C. § 54-60-08 Workforce safety and insurance commerce data
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Repealed by S.L. 2005, ch. 606, § 3.
N.D.C.C. § 54-60-09 Division of workforce development - Duties - Report
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The division of workforce development shall: 1. Actively monitor local, regional, and national private and public workforce development initiatives. 2. Develop and implement the state's talent strategy. 3. Develop and continually refine the state workforce mission, vision, and st…
N.D.C.C. § 54-60-11 Target industries - Report to legislative council
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Repealed by S.L. 2009, ch. 480, § 16.
N.D.C.C. § 54-60-12 North Dakota image information program
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The commissioner shall implement a program for use by state agencies to assist state agencies and state agencies' employees to present to the public a positive image of the state. The commissioner may expand the program to include use of the program by the private sector.
N.D.C.C. § 54-60-13 Business hotline
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The commissioner shall create and implement a business hotline program. The program must provide for a telephone number through which the department shall provide, during regular business hours, in-state and out-of-state callers with information regarding how to do business in th…
N.D.C.C. § 54-60-14 North Dakota American Indian business development office
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Repealed by S.L. 2015, ch. 5, § 4.
N.D.C.C. § 54-60-15 North Dakota women's business development office
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A North Dakota women's business development office is established within the department to develop and administer the North Dakota women's business program, to establish and fund the women's business leadership council, certify women-owned businesses for federal or state contract…
N.D.C.C. § 54-60-16 International business and trade office - Advisory board
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Repealed by S.L. 2021, ch. 46, § 13. 54-60-17. Division of workforce development - Internships, apprenticeships, and work experience opportunities. The division of workforce development shall administer a program to increase use of internships, apprenticeships, and work experienc…
N.D.C.C. § 54-60-17.1 Internship fund - Continuing appropriation
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The internship fund is a special fund in the state treasury. All funds in the internship fund are appropriated to the department of commerce on a continuing basis for the purpose of implementing and administering section 54-60-17. Interest earned by the fund must be credited to t…
N.D.C.C. § 54-60-18 Division of workforce development - Career specialist
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The division of workforce development, in consultation with the department of career and technical education, job service North Dakota, and the superintendent of public instruction, shall develop and implement a program to assist public schools in promoting North Dakota career op…
N.D.C.C. § 54-60-21 Workforce enhancement council
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The workforce enhancement council consists of the private sector members of the workforce development council, the director of the department of career and technical education, and the director of the division of workforce development, who shall serve as chairman.
N.D.C.C. § 54-60-22 Workforce enhancement council - Grants
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The workforce enhancement council shall recommend to the commissioner the approval of grants to training providers, businesses, and institutions of higher education assigned primary responsibility for workforce training in this state to be used to create or enhance training progr…