North Dakota Code 54-14-03.1 – Reports to legislative management budget section
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 fiscal procedures are desirable, and it shall further note expenditures and governmental activities that it may believe to be contrary to law or to the intent of the legislative assembly. “Irregularities” as used in this section includes the use of state funds to provide bonuses, cash incentive awards, and temporary salary adjustments for state employees. The office of the budget shall submit a detailed written report accompanied by adequate documentation to the budget section of the legislative management, or any division of the budget section designated for that purpose, setting out the irregularity, expenditure, or activity. The report must be presented at the next scheduled meeting of the budget section following the discovery of the irregularity, expenditure, or activity.
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 54-14-03.1
- Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
- 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
- written: include "typewriting" and "typewritten" and "printing" and "printed" except in the case of signatures and when the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See North Dakota Code 1-01-37