2014 North Dakota Century Code Title 54 State Government Chapter 54-21 State Offices, Capitol, and Capitol Grounds
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CHAPTER 54-21
STATE OFFICES, CAPITOL, AND CAPITOL GROUNDS
54-21-01. Definition of board.
Repealed by S.L. 1969, ch. 440, § 13.
54-21-02. Board of administration - Members - Appointment - Term of office Removal.
Repealed by S.L. 1969, ch. 440, § 13.
54-21-03. Appointive members of board to give all their time to duties of office - Oath
- Bond.
Repealed by S.L. 1969, ch. 440, § 13.
54-21-04. Salary, mileage, and travel expense of members of the board of
administration.
Repealed by S.L. 1969, ch. 440, § 13.
54-21-05. Chairman of the board of administration - When elected - Quorum - Offices.
Repealed by S.L. 1969, ch. 440, § 13.
54-21-06. Director of institutions - Appointment - Term - Additional employees Compensation - Removal - Expenses.
Repealed by S.L. 1991, ch. 592, § 47.
54-21-06.1. Director of institutions to be substituted for board, members of board, and
secretary of board.
Repealed by S.L. 1991, ch. 592, § 47.
54-21-07. Bonds required of director and his employees who have control of money.
Repealed by S.L. 1991, ch. 595, § 3.
54-21-08. Official seal.
Repealed by S.L. 1969, ch. 440, § 13.
54-21-09. Report of director to governor and office of management and budget.
Repealed by S.L. 1991, ch. 592, § 47.
54-21-10. Daily record.
Repealed by S.L. 1991, ch. 592, § 47.
54-21-11. Governor may require additional report.
Repealed by S.L. 1991, ch. 592, § 47.
54-21-12. Suggestions for legislation included in report.
Repealed by S.L. 1991, ch. 592, § 47.
54-21-13. Child welfare - Mentally deficient persons - Powers and duties of director.
Repealed by S.L. 1989, ch. 156, § 54.
54-21-14. Executive officer for child welfare - Authority to employ.
Repealed by S.L. 1961, ch. 337, § 1.
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54-21-15. Regulations by board of administration for private institutions receiving
state appropriations.
Repealed by S.L. 1959, ch. 372, § 117.
54-21-16. Financial report to board of administration of private institutions receiving
state appropriations.
Repealed by S.L. 1959, ch. 372, § 117.
54-21-17. Construction superintendent - Appointment - Duties.
Repealed by S.L. 1983, ch. 511, § 8.
54-21-17.1. Superintendent to secure interior of capitol building - Issuance and return
of keys.
The superintendent of the highway patrol shall see to the security of the state capitol
building, and shall have control over the issuance and return of keys allowing entry to the
building proper, or any door located therein. Keys to doors in the legislative wing must be issued
and controlled by the legislative council when so requested by the highway patrol. The highway
patrol shall determine the manner in which keys are to be issued and returned, including the
procedure for receiving and recording the payment of fees in lieu of return of keys provided in
section 54-06-15.
54-21-18. Custody of office building - Considered part of capitol building - Director
has control of public property - Rules - Penalty.
The director of the office of management and budget shall control, manage, and maintain
the state office building. The building must be considered a part of the state capitol building
within the meaning of statutes relating to the custody, maintenance, and control of the state
capitol building and grounds, and within the meaning of statutes requiring state departments or
agencies to maintain their offices in the state capitol building.
Except as otherwise provided by law, the director of the office of management and budget
has charge and control of the executive mansion, the capitol, and the park and public grounds
connected therewith. Except as provided by sections 39-10-48, 39-10-50, 44-08-18, and
54-21-17.1, the director may adopt rules to promote the health, safety, and general welfare, to
prohibit disturbances and disorderly assemblies, to keep the peace, and to regulate nuisances
on the capitol grounds and in any of the buildings located on the capitol grounds. The rules may
include regulation of public assemblies and accessibility to the buildings and grounds,
obstructions, fees, insurance, forms, indemnification by users, and waiver of insurance and
indemnity requirements by the director. A person who violates a rule adopted by the director
under this section is guilty of an infraction.
54-21-19. Director to furnish supplies and maintain capitol, state offices, and
executive mansion - Authority to charge for services.
The director of the office of management and budget shall provide all necessary fuel,
electricity, insurance, janitorial, and other services necessary to maintain the state offices on the
capitol grounds as well as all necessary furniture, fuel, electricity, express, freight, drayage, and
all other necessary supplies for the executive mansion and the capitol grounds and shall make
all necessary repairs. The purchases must be in accordance with chapter 54-44.4. The director
shall charge an amount equal to the fair value of the office space and other services rendered to
all departments that receive and expend moneys from other than the general fund, except that
for good cause the amounts charged may be waived by the director for a one-year period of
time with the waiver subject to further annual renewals after proper application has been filed
with the director.
54-21-20. Director authorized to acquire property for capitol park.
Repealed by S.L. 1991, ch. 592, § 47.
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54-21-21. School for the deaf land sale.
Omitted.
54-21-22. Disposition of executive mansion.
Omitted.
54-21-23. Executive mansion - Construction - Equipment - Appropriation.
Omitted.
54-21-24. Additional office space may be obtained outside state capitol.
If office space in the state capitol becomes insufficient to accommodate the various state
departments, agencies, and boards, the director of the office of management and budget upon
request of the department, agency, or board shall negotiate for, contract for, and obtain
additional office space outside the state capitol in the city of Bismarck or in the Bismarck area
as is necessary in order to provide accommodations for all state departments, agencies, and
boards. When office space is obtained in this manner, the department, agency, or board that
occupies the office space is deemed to be located at the state capitol for purposes of statutes
that require that a department, agency, or board must be maintained at the state capitol, and the
director shall charge an amount equal to the fair value of the office space and other services
rendered to all departments that receive and expend moneys from other than the general fund,
except that for good cause the amounts charged may be waived by the director for a one-year
period of time with the waiver being subject to further annual renewals after proper application
has been filed with the director. The department, agency, or board for which the office space is
sought must approve the office space before the director may finalize a contract or lease for the
office space.
54-21-24.1. Lease of additional space by state agencies, departments, offices,
officers, boards, and institutions.
A lease or rental agreement or renewal of the lease or rental agreement for the lease or
rental of buildings or portions of buildings for use by state agencies, departments, offices,
officers, boards, and institutions, other than institutions under the board of higher education, the
adjutant general and department of transportation office and storage space for field engineering
and maintenance crews, unless approved may be entered by the director of the office of
management and budget subject to a determination of the legal sufficiency of the lease or rental
agreement. To ensure economy, efficiency, and cooperation between the state and its political
subdivisions, and to limit the number of locations of state offices for the convenience of
individuals traveling to the offices, the director shall promulgate rules governing the lease or
rental of additional buildings or portions of the buildings by state agencies, departments, offices,
officers, boards, and institutions other than those under the board of higher education, the
adjutant general, and department of transportation office and storage space for field engineering
and maintenance crews. The department, agency, or board for which the office space is sought
must approve the office space before the director may finalize a contract or lease for the office
space.
54-21-25. Authority to contract with other governmental agencies for prisoners and
juvenile delinquents.
Repealed by S.L. 1991, ch. 595, § 3.
54-21-26. Director may lease land to others.
Repealed by S.L. 1991, ch. 595, § 3.
54-21-26.1. Director may sell penitentiary lands.
Repealed by S.L. 1991, ch. 595, § 3.
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54-21-27. Removal or sale of unsafe public building - Procedure.
The superintendent of the institution, the warden of the institution, the commanding general
of the national guard, or the head of an agency, department, bureau, board, or commission, as
the case may be, having the responsibility of supervising and maintaining a public building
belonging to the state of North Dakota, may sell or remove such building whenever it is found to
be obsolete, a fire hazard, in unsafe condition so as to constitute a hazard to life or limb, and is
of no future use to the state where it is located, by obtaining the written approval of the state
director of the office of management and budget if under the director's supervision or the head
of the department having supervision and the state fire marshal.
Economics shall dictate whether or not the sale or removal shall be by advertising for public
bids and awarding same to the lowest responsible bidder. If the building is to be destroyed,
every effort must be made to salvage and store any material which will be beneficial to the state
or which will have a salable value.
54-21-28. Space utilization studies - Office space allocation.
The director of the office of management and budget shall:
1. Conduct a periodic comprehensive space utilization study of all executive branch staff
located within the facilities on the capitol grounds.
2. Develop a space allocation and design policy which will consider space equalization
and maximize the effective use of public facilities in a cost-effective manner.
3. Allocate and assign office space, based upon space utilization studies and the
established policies, guidelines, standards, and procedures, to all executive branch
staff housed and working in facilities on the capitol grounds.
4. Include in developing standards and criteria to be used in making space allocations,
considerations regarding equipment; work stations; private offices; conference rooms;
reception areas; vaults; necessary arrangements of dividers, doors, and walls to
increase adequate air circulation; telephones; lighting; and heating in the utilization of
available space.
5. Be consulted, and the director's approval obtained, before any change is made within
any assigned and allocated space, and before any structural alteration is made.
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