North Dakota Code 54-06-04 – Form and number of reports to be submitted
1. The following executive and administrative officers and departments shall submit to the governor and the secretary of state reports covering their operations for the two preceding fiscal years, except as otherwise provided by law, not later than the first day of December each year after the regular session of the legislative assembly:
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 54-06-04
- following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute means the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- year: means twelve consecutive months. See North Dakota Code 1-01-33
a. Secretary of state. b. State auditor.
c. Insurance commissioner. d. Attorney general.
e. Agriculture commissioner.
f. Superintendent of public instruction. g. State tax commissioner.
h. Public service commission.
i. Department of corrections and rehabilitation. j. Department of transportation.
k. Department of health and human services. l. Office of management and budget.
m. State treasurer.
n. Labor commissioner.
o. Department of financial institutions. p. Game and fish department.
q. Industrial commission.
r. Job service North Dakota.
s. Board of university and school lands. t. Department of environmental quality.
2. A committee composed of the director of the state historical society, the state librarian, and the secretary of state, or other persons designated to represent them, shall meet at the call of the secretary of state to set the requirements for form, style, materials, and content of biennial reports.
3. This section does not prohibit the executive and administrative officers and departments enumerated in subsection 1 from receiving additional copies of their reports as may be available and printed.
4. All officers, departments, boards, commissions, and state institutions that submit reports covering their operations for the two preceding fiscal years to the governor and the secretary of state shall submit copies of their reports in the form and style, using the materials, and having the content prescribed under subsection 2 on or before the first day of December in each year after the regular session of the legislative assembly. If submitted, one copy of each report must be also distributed to the following agencies:
a. Legislative council.
b. Office of management and budget. c. State law library.
d. The libraries of each state institution of higher education. e. State archivist for official and public use.
5. All executive and administrative officers and departments that submit reports under this section shall bear the costs of the preparation and any printing of the reports.
6. All reports required under this section to be submitted to the secretary of state must be subsequently transmitted by the secretary of state to the state archivist for official and public use following their receipt and review by the secretary of state.
7. In lieu of printed biennial reports, an agency identified in subsection 1, may post the materials and contents determined under subsection 2 on the agency website not later than the date specified under subsection 1 and retain the materials on its website until the subsequent biennial report is posted to the agency website or biennial reports are printed and delivered under this section. An agency that elects to post the biennial report information on the agency’s website shall transmit in electronic form the contents to the state archivist in the manner and format determined by the director of the state historical society.