N.D. Cent. Code § 15-62.1-07 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-62.1 / Section 15-62.1-07
15-62.1-07. Fees for insurance and other reasonable costs
Status: in_force

15-62.1-07. Fees for insurance and other reasonable costs

The agency may charge reasonable fees for guarantee and insurance to students obtaining

or who have obtained loans under this chapter. The agency may charge up to eighteen percent

of accumulated principal and interest if the loans are in default under section 15-62.1-06. The

fees collected under this section must be available to defray costs of administering the

guarantee loan program. Fees in excess of the amount required to pay the cost of administering

the program must be deposited in the reserve fund. The authority of the agency to charge

reasonable fees under this section applies to all borrowers and cosigners for loans obtained

under this chapter whenever the underlying note was executed and subject to the note providing

for payments of fees and collections costs.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-02-05.2 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-02 / Section 15-02-05.2
15-02-05.2. Administrator of abandoned property - Employment
Status: in_force

15-02-05.2. Administrator of abandoned property - Employment

The commissioner of university and school lands shall act as or employ an administrator of

abandoned property and shall employ other personnel as necessary for the proper

administration of chapter 47-30.2 and shall set their salaries, within limits of legislative

appropriations. All public officers shall assist the administrator in carrying out the administration

of chapter 47-30.2.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-39.2-01.1 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-39.2 / Section 15-39.2-01.1
15-39.2-01.1. Retired teachers - Minimum benefits
Status: in_force

15-39.2-01.1. Retired teachers - Minimum benefits

Any teacher who was sixty-five years of age at retirement and who is eligible to receive or

who is receiving benefits under former chapter 15-39 may receive benefits which are not less

than:

1. Six dollars per month per year of teaching to twenty-five years.

2. Seven dollars and fifty cents per month per year of teaching over twenty-five years.

Teachers, superintendents, assistant superintendents, principals, assistant principals,

special teachers, supervisors of instruction and other supervisors, presidents, deans, school

librarians, and registrars employed by any state institution under the supervision and control of

the state board of higher education and any person employed in teaching as lay faculty in a

nonpublic school are not eligible for the minimum benefits provided by this section. As used in

this section, the term "lay faculty" means any person who teaches elementary or high school

students in a nonpublic school, and is neither a member of an ecclesiastical order or religious

house, nor an ordained member of the clergy.

A teacher who retired at any time prior to sixty-five years of age is entitled to benefits not

less than the minimum benefits established by this section reduced to the actuarial equivalent of

the benefit credits earned to the date of early retirement.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-52-01 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-52 / Section 15-52-01
15-52-01. School of medicine and health sciences
Status: in_force

15-52-01. School of medicine and health sciences

The primary purpose of the university of North Dakota school of medicine and health

sciences is to educate physicians and other health professionals for subsequent service in

North Dakota and to enhance the quality of life of its people. Other purposes include the

discovery of knowledge that benefits the people of this state and enhances the quality of their

lives.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-01-03 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-01 / Section 15-01-03
15-01-03. Meetings of board - Quorum
Status: in_force

15-01-03. Meetings of board - Quorum

The board shall meet on the last Thursday of each month. If it appears a quorum will not be

present for any meeting of the board, the meeting may be rescheduled by the commissioner

upon reasonable notice to all members. Special meetings of the board may be held at any time

at the written call of the chairman, the commissioner, or any two members of the board. Three

members of the board constitute a quorum.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-10-05 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-10 / Section 15-10-05
15-10-05. Appointments to fill vacancies when legislative assembly not in session
Status: repealed

15-10-05. Appointments to fill vacancies when legislative assembly not in session

Repealed by S.L. 1999, ch. 154, § 2.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-39.1-32 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-39.1 / Section 15-39.1-32
15-39.1-32. Correction of errors - Lump sum payment
Status: in_force

15-39.1-32. Correction of errors - Lump sum payment

If any change or error in the records of the fund or any participating employer or any error in

calculation results in any person receiving less from the fund than that person would have been

entitled to receive had the records been correct, the board shall correct the error and adjust the

payment in such a manner that the benefit to which the person was correctly entitled is paid. In

addition, the board shall remit payment to the person in a lump sum to compensate that person

for the difference between what was paid and what should have been paid. No interest may be

assessed against the fund for providing payment for the correction of any loss of benefits.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-62.1-02 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-62.1 / Section 15-62.1-02
15-62.1-02. Powers and duties of the agency
Status: in_force

15-62.1-02. Powers and duties of the agency

The agency has the following powers and duties under this chapter:

1. To guarantee all loans that satisfy the requirements set forth in title IV, part B, of the

Higher Education Act of 1965 [20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.; Pub. L. 89-329; 79 Stat. 1236;

Pub. L. 99-498; 100 Stat. 1353; Pub. L. 105-244; 112 Stat. 1581], as amended through

December 31, 1998, upon terms, conditions, and application procedures

commensurate with the federal Higher Education Act of 1965 [20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.;

Pub. L. 89-329; 79 Stat. 1236; Pub. L. 99-498; 100 Stat. 1353; Pub. L. 105-244;

112 Stat. 1581], as amended through December 31, 1998, if federal coinsurance of

student loans guaranteed by the agency is available. If at any time the agency

determines that student loans made under the terms and conditions of federal

coinsurance programs are no longer adequately serving the needs of North Dakota

students attending postsecondary institutions, or if federal coinsurance is no longer

available, the agency shall notify the industrial commission or its designee. Upon

approval of the industrial commission or its designee, the agency shall guarantee

student loans without federal coinsurance pursuant to rules made by the agency

relating to terms for applicant eligibility in accordance with the provisions of this

chapter. Students whose loans are guaranteed by the agency must be students who

have been accepted for enrollment in postsecondary training or are attending eligible

postsecondary institutions located within or outside this state, and whose loans are for

the purpose of assisting them in meeting their expenses of postsecondary education.

Students who are accepted for enrollment or are attending eligible proprietary or

postsecondary institutions of higher education are eligible to have loans guaranteed by

the agency. The agency shall, by rule, establish minimum qualifications for a person to

be deemed a part-time student for purposes of this chapter.

2. To take, hold, expend, and administer, on behalf of the state from any source any real

property, personal property and moneys, or any interest therein, and the income

therefrom, either absolutely or in trust, for any purpose of the guarantee loan program;

provided, that no guarantee obligation of the agency may be a general obligation of

the state of North Dakota, nor may be payable out of any moneys except those made

available to the agency under this chapter. Nothing in this chapter may be construed to

authorize the agency to borrow funds for any use relating to the administration of the

state guarantee loan programs.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-39.1-25 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-39.1 / Section 15-39.1-25
15-39.1-25. Certain rights and obligations fixed
Status: in_force

15-39.1-25. Certain rights and obligations fixed

Except as otherwise provided in chapter 15-39.2, the laws pertaining to the teachers' fund

for retirement, as contained in chapter 15-39.1, apply to teachers, superintendents, assistant

superintendents, principals, assistant principals, special teachers, supervisors of instruction and

other supervisors, presidents, deans, school librarians, and registrars employed by any state

institution under the supervision and control of the state board of higher education and the

commissioner of higher education, only in the form and substance as chapter 15-39 existed as

of July 1, 1967, and all such persons have only such rights, benefits, and privileges as provided

in chapter 15-39 as it existed on July 1, 1967. Such persons are responsible or liable for only

those costs or assessments provided for in chapter 15-39 as such laws and chapter existed on

July 1, 1967. The state board of higher education or any institution under the supervision or

control of the state board of higher education is not liable for any costs, assessments, or

payments under the provisions of chapter 15-39 in excess of that provided or required under the

provisions of chapter 15-39 as such laws and chapter existed on July 1, 1967. It is hereby

declared to be the intent of the legislative assembly to freeze the rights, benefits, privileges,

assessments, payments, and obligations of the persons, offices, and institutions specified in this

section to those rights, benefits, privileges, assessments, payments, and obligations as they

existed under the provisions of chapter 15-39 as such laws and chapter existed in form and

substance as of July 1, 1967, and that all legislative enactments subsequent to such date do not

affect or apply to those persons, offices, and institutions specified in this section or their rights,

benefits, privileges, assessments, payments, and obligations as fixed by this section.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-06-16 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-06 / Section 15-06-16
15-06-16. Recording of corrected map when tract divided into parcels or lots
Status: repealed

15-06-16. Recording of corrected map when tract divided into parcels or lots

Repealed by S.L. 1947, ch. 160, § 12.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-20.4-13 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-20.4 / Section 15-20.4-13
15-20.4-13. Jurisdiction of courts - Service of process
Status: in_force

15-20.4-13. Jurisdiction of courts - Service of process

Any postsecondary career school not exempt from this chapter, which has a place of

business in this state, and which instructs or educates, or offers to instruct or educate, enrolls or

offers to enroll, or contracts or offers to contract, to provide instructional or educational services

in this state, whether such instruction or services are provided in person or by correspondence,

to a resident of this state, or which offers to award or awards any educational credentials to a

resident of this state, submits such school, and if a natural person, the person's personal

representative, to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state, concerning any claim for relief

arising therefrom, and for the purpose of enforcement of this chapter by injunction pursuant to

section 15-20.4-14. Service of process upon any such school subject to the jurisdiction of the

courts of this state may be made by personally serving the summons upon the defendant within

or outside this state, in the manner prescribed by the North Dakota Rules of Civil Procedure,

with the same force and effect as if the summons had been personally served within this state.

Nothing contained in this section limits or affects the right to serve any process as prescribed by

the North Dakota Rules of Civil Procedure.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-11-05 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-11 / Section 15-11-05
15-11-05. Courses of instruction
Status: repealed

15-11-05. Courses of instruction

Repealed by S.L. 1999, ch. 157, § 4.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-10-44.3 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-10 / Section 15-10-44.3
15-10-44.3. Internal auditor and compliance officer working papers
Status: in_force

15-10-44.3. Internal auditor and compliance officer working papers

1. For purposes of this section:

a. "Compliance officer" means the compliance officer of the North Dakota university

system.

b. "Higher education internal auditor" means an internal auditor of the North Dakota

university system and the institutions under the control of the state board of

higher education.

2. Working papers of a higher education internal auditor or compliance officer are not

public records and are exempt from section 44-04-18. Working papers include records

kept by a higher education internal auditor or compliance officer of the procedures

applied, the tests performed, the information obtained, draft audit and compliance

reports, and the pertinent conclusions reached in the engagement.

3. At the discretion of a higher education internal auditor or compliance officer, working

papers may be made available for inspection. A draft audit or compliance report

released to the governing body or management of the audited entity is confidential

until the final report is issued or work ceases on the engagement. The issued audit or

compliance report is public information. The working papers of an issued audit or

compliance report are public except for any information designated as confidential or

exempt from disclosure by state or federal law. At the discretion of a higher education

internal auditor or compliance officer, all or a portion of the working papers of an

issued audit or compliance report may be declared confidential. The declaration of

confidentiality must state the reason for the confidentiality and the date, as reasonably

may be determined at the time, when the working papers will be made public.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-08-18.6 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-08 / Section 15-08-18.6
15-08-18.6. Exception
Status: in_force

15-08-18.6. Exception

The provisions of sections 15-08-18.1 and 15-08-18.3 shall not apply if the real property

involved is purchased at a public sale.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-04-03 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-04 / Section 15-04-03
15-04-03. Rent for cultivated lands
Status: repealed

15-04-03. Rent for cultivated lands

Repealed by S.L. 1995, ch. 162, § 8.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-08.1-05 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-08.1 / Section 15-08.1-05
15-08.1-05. Existing contracts and encumbrances recognized
Status: in_force

15-08.1-05. Existing contracts and encumbrances recognized

The transfers made by this chapter are subject to all existing contracts, rights, easements,

and encumbrances made or sanctioned by the Bank of North Dakota or the board of university

and school lands.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-07-04 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-07 / Section 15-07-04
15-07-04. Sale requirements
Status: in_force

15-07-04. Sale requirements

Any land sold under the provisions of this chapter must be by public auction or sealed bids,

except purchases under the provisions of section 15-07-10.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-10-28.2 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-10 / Section 15-10-28.2
15-10-28.2. Regional veterinary medical education program - Authority to enter agreements - Limitations
Status: in_force

15-10-28.2. Regional veterinary medical education program - Authority to enter

agreements - Limitations.

1. The state board of higher education may enter into agreements with the university of

Nebraska board of regents and with the appropriate governing boards or institutions of

higher education in other states to provide a program of regional veterinary medical

education and services.

2. Any agreements entered pursuant to subsection 1 may provide for the following:

a. Service by the university of Nebraska as the degree-granting institution.

b. Assumption by the university of Nebraska of final responsibility for the overall

governance and administration of the educational aspects of the program.

c. Cooperation by the North Dakota state university of agriculture and applied

science in providing input in the establishment of policies relating to curriculum,

academic standards, student admissions, and other matters.

3. Within the limits of legislative appropriations, any agreements entered pursuant to

subsection 1 may provide for the payment by the state board of higher education of

North Dakota's share of the cost of facility construction in Nebraska based upon the

proportion of North Dakota students in the program, provided any such payment is

based upon a per student annual facilities use charge.

4. Within the limits of legislative appropriations, any agreements entered pursuant to

subsection 1 may provide for the payment by the state board of higher education of

North Dakota's share of the operating costs during the planning, startup, and full

operational phases, based upon the proportion of North Dakota students in the

program.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-39.1-29 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-39.1 / Section 15-39.1-29
15-39.1-29. Fraud against fund - Penalty
Status: in_force

15-39.1-29. Fraud against fund - Penalty

Any person who knowingly makes a false statement, or falsifies or permits to be falsified

any record or records of this retirement fund in any attempt to defraud such fund as a result of

such act, is guilty of theft, and is punishable therefor under the laws of the state of North

Dakota. Should any change or error in records result in any person receiving from the fund more

or less than that person would have been entitled to receive had the records been correct, then,

on the discovery of any such error, the board shall correct such error, and, as far as practicable,

shall adjust the payments in such a manner that the actuarial equivalent of the benefit to which

such person was correctly entitled is paid.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-54.1-04 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-54.1 / Section 15-54.1-04
15-54.1-04. Tier III capital building funds - Matching requirements
Status: in_force

15-54.1-04. Tier III capital building funds - Matching requirements

The state board of higher education may allocate tier III capital building fund moneys to an

institution only after the institution, excluding the university of North Dakota and North Dakota

state university, provides one dollar of matching funds from operations or other sources for each

one dollar from the university system capital building fund for the project. The state board of

higher education may allocate tier III capital building fund moneys to the university of North

Dakota and North Dakota state university only after the institution provides two dollars of

matching funds from operations or other sources for each one dollar from the university system

capital building fund for the project. An institution may not use tier I extraordinary repairs

funding, tier II capital building fund moneys, or state funding appropriated for a specific capital

project as matching funds under this section.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-55-05 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-55 / Section 15-55-05
15-55-05. Deposit and use of proceeds of bonds - Authorizing issuing of warrants - Contracts
Status: in_force

15-55-05. Deposit and use of proceeds of bonds - Authorizing issuing of warrants -

Contracts.

The proceeds from the sale of the bonds herein authorized must be deposited to the credit

of the board and kept in a separate fund in the state treasury, in the Bank of North Dakota or in

a bank which is a duly designated depository for state funds and is a member of the federal

deposit insurance corporation. Provided, that when such funds are deposited in a bank other

than the Bank of North Dakota or a bank which is not a duly designated depository for state

funds, such bank must be required to pledge, as security for such deposit, securities in an

amount equal to the sum by which such deposit exceeds the amount of federal deposit

insurance corporation insurance. Securities which are eligible for such pledge are notes or

bonds issued by the United States government, its agencies or instrumentalities, all bonds and

notes guaranteed by the United States government, federal land bank bonds, or bonds issued

by any state of the United States. In lieu of the deposit of such securities, a surety bond may be

accepted from the bank designated as a depository in a sum equal to the amount of funds such

bank may receive in excess of the amount guaranteed by the federal deposit insurance

corporation. Such proceeds must be used solely for the purpose for which the bonds are

authorized except that the board may invest such funds in direct obligations of, or obligations

the principal of and interest on which are guaranteed by, the United States of America, or

obligations of the state of North Dakota or of any municipality as defined in section 21-03-01

prior to or during building or other campus improvement construction except to the extent such

investment is prohibited or restricted by any covenant made with or for the benefit of

bondholders. The board is authorized to make all contracts and to cause the execution of all

instruments which in its discretion may be deemed necessary or advisable to provide for the

construction, furnishing, and equipment of the building or other campus improvement or for the

sale of the bonds or for interim financing deemed necessary or advisable pending the sale of

the bonds and pledging the proceeds of the bonds.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-20.1-03.1 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-20.1 / Section 15-20.1-03.1
15-20.1-03.1. Postsecondary career and technical education reciprocity with Minnesota
Status: in_force

15-20.1-03.1. Postsecondary career and technical education reciprocity with

Minnesota.

The state board may enter into agreements with the Minnesota higher education

coordinating board or with the governing board of any public postsecondary career and

technical institute in that state to enable, on a reciprocal basis, any resident of North Dakota to

attend an approved career and technical education program in Minnesota and to permit any

resident of Minnesota to attend an approved career and technical education program in North

Dakota without being required to pay nonresident tuition fees. For the purposes of this section,

"approved career and technical education program" means any postsecondary career and

technical program offered by a Minnesota area career and technical institute or a

district-operated junior college in North Dakota. Any agreement made pursuant to this section

may provide for the transfer of funds between the states and any payment to Minnesota by

North Dakota must be within the limitations of the payment due North Dakota from Minnesota

under the authority contained in chapter 15-10.1. Any payment to North Dakota by Minnesota

must be deposited in the state's general fund.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-11-14 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-11 / Section 15-11-14
15-11-14. Biennial report by state board of higher education on surveys
Status: repealed

15-11-14. Biennial report by state board of higher education on surveys

Repealed by S.L. 1989, ch. 646, § 12.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-18.2-01 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-18.2 / Section 15-18.2-01
15-18.2-01. Credit-hours - Determination
Status: in_force

15-18.2-01. Credit-hours - Determination

1. For each institution under its control, the state board of higher education shall

determine the number of credit-hours completed by students during the two-year

period ending June thirtieth of each odd-numbered year.

2. For purposes of this section, a completed credit-hour is one for which a student met all

institutional requirements and obtained a passing grade.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-02-05 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-02 / Section 15-02-05
15-02-05. Powers and duties in general
Status: in_force

15-02-05. Powers and duties in general

The commissioner, under such directions as may be given by the board of university and

school lands, shall:

1. Have general charge and supervision of all lands described in section 15-01-02.

2. Act as general agent of the board in the performance of its duties.

3. Have the custody of all maps, books, and papers relating to any of the lands

mentioned in this title.

4. Procure the books, maps, and plats required to keep a complete record of all such

lands, and keep true records of all the sales, leases, permits, patents, deeds, and

other conveyances of lands under the commissioner's supervision made by the state

showing the amount of money paid, the date of sale and of payment, the description of

lands sold or leased, the number of acres [hectares] thereof, the name of the

purchaser, and the designation of the fund to be credited therewith.

5. Direct all appraisements, sales, and leases, and execute all contracts of sale, leases,

permits, and other evidences of disposal of lands, subject to approval by the board.

6. Certify the book and page number of all contracts, leases, or permits recorded by the

commissioner.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-06-04 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-06 / Section 15-06-04
15-06-04. Certification and verification of appraisal - Penalty for false statement
Status: repealed

15-06-04. Certification and verification of appraisal - Penalty for false statement

Repealed by S.L. 1947, ch. 160, § 12.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-11-28 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-11 / Section 15-11-28
15-11-28. Hockey admission receipts may be pledged for purchase of artificial ice equipment
Status: repealed

15-11-28. Hockey admission receipts may be pledged for purchase of artificial ice

equipment.

Repealed by S.L. 2001, ch. 162, § 7.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-01-04 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-01 / Section 15-01-04
15-01-04. Record of meeting
Status: in_force

15-01-04. Record of meeting

The secretary of the board shall enter in a suitable book kept for that purpose a full and

correct record of all the proceedings of the board at each session thereof. The record, when

approved by the board, must be signed by the chairman or presiding officer of the meeting and

by the secretary.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-10-57 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-10 / Section 15-10-57
15-10-57. Unified workforce, vocational, and technical education program system
Status: in_force

15-10-57. Unified workforce, vocational, and technical education program system

The state board of higher education shall establish and maintain a unified system to offer

workforce training, vocational education, and technical education programs at institutions under

its control. The board shall periodically review programs offered by institutions under its control

and revise program offerings based on the workforce needs of the state identified by the

workforce development council. The board shall develop administrative arrangements that make

possible the efficient use of facilities and staff. The board shall limit administrative costs by

eliminating duplicative administrative positions.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-71-04 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-71 / Section 15-71-04
15-71-04. Funding
Status: in_force

15-71-04. Funding

The biomass energy center or centers shall seek funding to continue perennial biomass

production research and education.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-62.4-05 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-62.4 / Section 15-62.4-05
15-62.4-05. Student financial assistance program - Gifts and grants - Acceptance
Status: in_force

15-62.4-05. Student financial assistance program - Gifts and grants - Acceptance

The state board of higher education may receive, administer, and expend moneys from

public and private sources for the purposes of this chapter.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-10.6-02 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-10.6 / Section 15-10.6-02
15-10.6-02. Designation of athletic teams
Status: in_force

15-10.6-02. Designation of athletic teams

1. An intercollegiate or intramural athletic team or sport sponsored by an institution must

be expressly designated as one of the following based on the sex of the intended

participants:

a. "Males", "men", or "boys";

b. "Females", "women", or "girls"; or

c. "Coed" or "mixed".

2. An athletic team or sport designated for "females", "women", or "girls" may not be

open to students of the male sex.

3. This section may not be construed to restrict the eligibility of a student to participate in

interscholastic or intramural athletic teams or sports designated as "males", "men", or

"boys" or designated as "coed" or "mixed".
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-19-03 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-19 / Section 15-19-03
15-19-03. Duties of superintendents of schools - Authorization of enrollments
Status: repealed

15-19-03. Duties of superintendents of schools - Authorization of enrollments

Repealed by S.L. 2019, ch. 141, § 8.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-17-05 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-17 / Section 15-17-05
15-17-05. State board of higher education may lease or purchase dormitory - State to incur no liability
Status: in_force

15-17-05. State board of higher education may lease or purchase dormitory - State to

incur no liability.

The state board of higher education has the power, and the state shall incur no liability

whatever by reason of the exercise of the authority granted to the board of higher education by

this chapter:

1. To take all necessary and proper action and proceedings to carry out the terms and

provisions of this chapter and to do and perform all of the acts and duties imposed

upon said board.

2. To lease from an institutional holding association, its successors or assigns, the site,

dormitory, and equipment, or any of them, for a term of not to exceed fifty years, to be

used and operated by the board solely for educational purposes in connection with

one of the educational institutions enumerated in this chapter. Such lease must

provide for the payment to such association, its successors or assigns, of a net cash

annual rental of not more than fifteen percent of the cost of the site, dormitory, and

equipment, but at least equal to an amount sufficient to pay the interest on the bonded

indebtedness of the association and to retire its serial bonds as they mature. The

annual rental shall be payable solely and exclusively out of the income derived from

the operation of the dormitory.

3. To purchase from an institutional holding association, its successors or assigns, the

site, dormitory, and equipment, or any of them, at a price not to exceed the cost of the

same, to be used and operated by said board solely for educational purposes in

connection with one of the educational institutions enumerated in this chapter. Such

purchase price shall be payable for not more than fifty years, in annual installments of

not more than fifteen percent of the purchase price, at a rate of interest of not more

than five percent per annum, payable semiannually, and shall be payable solely and

exclusively out of the income derived from the operation of such dormitory.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-12-01 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-12 / Section 15-12-01
15-12-01. Location and name
Status: in_force

15-12-01. Location and name

The North Dakota state university of agriculture and applied science must be located in the

city of Fargo in the county of Cass. Wherever the term agricultural college appears in this code,

it means the North Dakota state university of agriculture and applied science.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-52-31 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-52 / Section 15-52-31
15-52-31. Admission of students - Qualifications
Status: in_force

15-52-31. Admission of students - Qualifications

The faculty of the school of medicine and health sciences at the university of North Dakota

may, with the advice of the school of medicine and health sciences advisory council and with the

approval of the state board of higher education and in accordance with applicable accreditation

requirements as specified by the liaison committee on medical education, adopt such rules and

regulations governing the education and residency qualifications of applicants for admission to

the school of medicine and health sciences as it deems necessary and proper to carry out its

purpose as provided in section 15-52-01.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-55-02.1 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-55 / Section 15-55-02.1
15-55-02.1. Refunding bonds
Status: in_force

15-55-02.1. Refunding bonds

Bonds may be refunded, but no bonds may be refunded under this chapter unless the

bonds either mature or are callable for prior redemption under their terms within thirty years

from the date of issuance of the refunding bonds, or unless the holder or holders of the bonds

voluntarily surrender them for exchange or payment. Outstanding bonds of more than one issue

or series and bonds for refunding and other bonds to construct, furnish, or equip any building or

addition or other campus improvement for which bonds are authorized may be combined into

one issue or series and may provide for and restrict the combination of future series with the

issue. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the bonds must have such details and must

be authorized and issued in the manner provided in this chapter. Refunding bonds so issued

may carry forward for the payment of the refunding bonds such security and sources of payment

as were pledged to the payment of the bonds refunded, and a combined issue of refunding and

other bonds may combine such security and sources of payment with a pledge of the revenues

of buildings or other campus improvements acquired in whole or in part from the proceeds of the

issue, including the security and sources of payment of any future series of refunding bonds or

revenues of any building or other campus improvement acquired from the proceeds of a future

series if and to the extent that provision is made for combination of future series with the issue.

The word "building" as used in this section means all the buildings or other campus

improvements the revenues of which are pledged. Any bonds issued for refunding purposes

may be delivered in exchange for the outstanding bonds authorized to be refunded, sold at

either public or private sale, or sold in part and exchanged in part. There is no interest rate

ceiling on those issues issued solely for refunding purposes. The sale price may exceed the

principal amount of refunding bonds and the excess may be used to provide for payment of

redemption premiums of the bonds to be refunded and to provide for expenses of the issuance

and sale of the bonds and the retirement of the outstanding bonds. All other proceeds of the

sale must be, to the extent needed, immediately applied to the retirement of the bonds to be

refunded, or the proceeds or investments thereof must be placed in escrow to be held and

applied to the payment of the bonds to be refunded, or in the case of crossover refunding, must

be invested in securities irrevocably appropriated to the payment of principal and interest on the

refunding bonds until the date the proceeds are applied to the payment or redemption of the

bonds to be refunded.

The proceeds may, in the discretion or pursuant to covenant of the board, be invested in

obligations of the United States of America, or in obligations fully guaranteed by the United

States of America, but the obligations so purchased must have such maturities and bear such

rates of interest payable at such times as will assure the existence of money sufficient to pay

the bonds to be refunded when due or when redeemed pursuant to call for redemption, together

with any interest and redemption premiums. The proceeds or obligations so purchased must be

deposited in trust with the trustee for the refunded bonds, or with the banking corporation,

association, or limited liability company which is the paying agent for the refunded bonds, or

with the state treasurer, to be held, liquidated, and the proceeds of such liquidation paid out for

the payment of the bonds to be refunded and interest and redemption premiums thereon as the

refunded bonds become due or subject to redemption under call for redemption previously

made, or upon earlier voluntary surrender thereof with the consent of the board. The

determination of the board in issuing refunding bonds that the issuance and sale of refunding

bonds is necessary for the best interests of the institution and that the limitations herein

imposed upon the issuance of refunding bonds have been met is conclusive in the absence of

fraud or arbitrary and gross abuse of discretion.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-10-17 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-10 / Section 15-10-17
15-10-17. Specific powers and duties of the state board of higher education
Status: in_force

15-10-17. Specific powers and duties of the state board of higher education

The state board of higher education has all the powers and shall perform all the duties

necessary to the control and management of the institutions described in this chapter. The state

board of higher education shall establish a policy ensuring transparent communication between

members of the board on all topics relating to the specific powers and duties under section 6 of

article VIII of the Constitution of North Dakota and this section. Each member must have equal

access to all current and historic information relating to the specific powers and duties under

section 6 of article VIII of the Constitution of North Dakota and this section. In addition to the

powers and duties specified in section 6 of article VIII of the Constitution of North Dakota, the

board may:

1. a. Subject to section 15-10-13.4, appoint and remove the president or other faculty

head, and the professors, instructors, teachers, officers, and other employees of

the several institutions under the board's control, fix the salaries for those

positions within the limits of legislative appropriations; and fix the terms of office

and prescribe the duties of the positions.

b. Appoint and remove the commissioner of higher education, fix the

commissioner's salary within the limits of legislative appropriations, and prescribe

the commissioner's duties.

c. Appoint and remove all university system office personnel, fix their salaries within

the limits of legislative appropriations, fix their terms of office, and prescribe their

duties.

d. The board may hold an executive session to consider the appointment or removal

of the commissioner of higher education, or a president or other faculty head,

professor, instructor, teacher, officer, or other employee of an institution under the

board's control unless the individual involved requests the meeting be open to

other individuals or the public.

2. Authorize the employment of law enforcement officers having jurisdiction on property

owned or leased by the state board of higher education to enforce laws and

regulations at its institutions, or as otherwise provided in this subsection.

a. A law enforcement officer employed by North Dakota state university has

jurisdiction on all property owned or leased by the state board of higher education

and property on and within the boundaries of the intersection of nineteenth

avenue north and Dakota drive south to eighth avenue north, eighth avenue north

east to tenth street north, tenth street north north to nineteenth avenue north,

nineteenth avenue north west to Dakota drive.

b. A law enforcement officer employed by the university of North Dakota has

jurisdiction on all property owned or leased by the state board of higher education

and property on and within the boundaries of the intersection of demers avenue

and north fifty-fifth street, north fifty-fifth street north to university avenue,

university avenue east to north forty-second street, north forty-second street north

to gateway drive, gateway drive east to north columbia road, north columbia road

south to tenth avenue north, tenth avenue north east to north twenty-fifth street,

north twenty-fifth street south to sixth avenue north, sixth avenue north east to

north twentieth street, north twentieth street south to fifth avenue north, fifth

avenue north west to north twenty-third street, north twenty-third street south to

university avenue, university avenue east to north twenty-first street, north

twenty-first street south to dyke avenue, dyke avenue east to north washington

street, north washington street south to demers avenue, and demers avenue

west to north fifty-fifth street. Jurisdiction under this subdivision includes Grand

Forks international airport.

c. A law enforcement officer employed by the North Dakota state college of science

has jurisdiction on all property owned or leased by the state board of higher

education and property on and within the boundaries of the intersection of

seventh avenue north and eleventh street north, eleventh street north to sixteenth

avenue north, sixteenth avenue north west to fourth street north, and fourth street

north south to seventh avenue north.

d. A law enforcement officer employed by Bismarck state college has jurisdiction on

all property owned or leased by the state board of higher education and property

on and within the boundaries of the area delineated by the intersections of

schafer street and canary avenue, canary avenue and edwards avenue, edwards

avenue and schafer street, edwards avenue and ward road, ward road and

college drive, and college drive and schafer street.

e. A law enforcement officer employed by an institution under the control of the state

board of higher education who is in "fresh pursuit" may continue beyond the

jurisdictional boundaries of each institution to make an arrest, in compliance with

a warrant or without a warrant under the conditions of section 29-06-15, if

obtaining the aid of peace officers having jurisdiction beyond that limit would

cause a delay permitting escape. As used in this subdivision, "fresh pursuit" has

the same meaning as in section 29-06-07.

f. The state board of higher education may enter a joint powers agreement with a

political subdivision to enable law enforcement from the political subdivision and

law enforcement from the institution to provide secondary response to each other

outside the jurisdictional boundaries provided in this subsection.

g. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or joint powers agreement, any

misdemeanor or felony violation of law occurring in or on property owned or

leased by the state board of higher education or within the extraterritorial

jurisdiction must be filed in district court unless the primary law enforcement

officer involved is not employed by the state board of higher education. An

infraction or noncriminal offense occurring in or on property owned or leased by

the state board of higher education or within the extraterritorial jurisdiction may be

filed in municipal court.

3. Set tuition and fees.

4. a. Establish a retirement program as an alternative to chapter 15-39.1 for university

system employees subject to the following guidelines:

(1) Benefits under the program must be provided through annuity contracts

purchased by the board but which become the property of the participants;

(2) The cost of the annuity contracts must be defrayed by contributions made

pursuant to rules of the state board of higher education;

(3) Eligible employees appointed before July 1, 1973, shall participate in the

alternate retirement program only by their individual election. When the

electing eligible employee is a member of the teachers' fund for retirement,

the employee's assessments and employer's contributions together with

interest credited at the current rate for one-year certificates then being paid

by the Bank of North Dakota must be transferred to the employee's account

in the alternate program. The election must be made before July 1, 1980,

and shall relinquish all rights the eligible employee or the employee's

beneficiary may have to benefits provided in chapters 15-39 and 15-39.2;

and

(4) Employees of the university system who are members of the public

employees retirement system under chapter 54-52 or 54-52.6 and who

become entitled to participate in the alternate retirement program are

entitled to a special annuity purchase in the alternate retirement program in

accordance with this subdivision. An eligible employee who consents to

have that employee's contribution included is entitled to have that

employee's contribution and employer's contribution, with interest, in the

public employees retirement system fund, used by the retirement board of

the public employees retirement system to purchase for that employee an

annuity in the alternate retirement program in lieu of any other rights under

the public employees retirement fund. However, before the employer's

contribution may be used for an annuity purchase, the employee's combined

years of service with the public employees retirement system and the

alternate retirement program must equal or exceed the years of service

necessary to be eligible for retirement benefits under the public employees

retirement system. An employee who transferred from the public employees

retirement system before March 30, 1987, and who received a refund of that

employee's contribution is entitled to have the employer's contribution, with

interest, used to purchase an annuity even if that employee did not

purchase an annuity in the alternate employee program with the employee's

contribution. If an employee makes the election allowed under this

subdivision, that employee relinquishes all rights the employee or any of the

employee's beneficiaries may have had to benefits provided under chapters

54-52 and 54-52.6.

b. Provide for the administration of the alternate retirement program and establish

rules for the program consistent with this subsection. This subsection does not

derogate any existing retirement programs approved by the board.

5. Determine policy for purchasing by the university system in coordination with the office

of management and budget as provided by law.

6. Establish by rule an early retirement program for faculty and officers of the board as

defined by the board. The limitations on severance pay pursuant to section 54-14-04.3

and on requiring the employee to pay contributions to continue on the state uniform

group insurance program upon retirement or upon termination of employment pursuant

to section 54-52.1-03 do not apply to the early retirement program.

7. Adopt rules to protect the confidentiality of student records, medical records, and,

consistent with section 44-04-18.4, trade secret, proprietary, commercial, and financial

information.

8. Authorize and encourage university system entities to enter into partnerships, limited

liability companies, joint ventures, or other contractual arrangements with private

business and industry for the purpose of business or industrial development or

fostering basic and applied research or technology transfer.

9. Adopt rules promoting research, encouraging development of intellectual property and

other inventions and discoveries by university system employees, and protecting and

marketing the inventions and discoveries. The rules must govern ownership or transfer

of ownership rights and distribution of income that may be derived from an invention or

discovery resulting from research or employment in the university system. The rules

may provide for transfer of ownership rights or distribution of income to a private,

nonprofit entity created for the support of the university system or one of its

institutions.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-12.1-16 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-12.1 / Section 15-12.1-16
15-12.1-16. State board of agricultural research and education - Chairman - Meetings
Status: in_force

15-12.1-16. State board of agricultural research and education - Chairman - Meetings

The state board of agricultural research and education shall elect one of its members

annually to serve as chairman. The board shall meet at the times and locations designated by

the chairman in consultation with the vice president of agricultural affairs at North Dakota state

university.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-10-18.3 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-10 / Section 15-10-18.3
15-10-18.3. Free tuition in North Dakota institutions of higher education
Status: in_force

15-10-18.3. Free tuition in North Dakota institutions of higher education

A dependent, as defined in section 15-10-18.2, upon being duly accepted for enrollment into

an undergraduate degree or certificate program of a North Dakota state institution of higher

education, must be allowed to obtain a bachelor's degree or certificate of completion, for so long

as the dependent is eligible, free of any tuition and fee charges if tuition and fee charges do not

include costs for aviation flight charges or expenses. Once an individual qualifies as a

dependent under section 15-10-18.2 and this section, the dependent may not be disqualified

from the benefits of this section:

1. Due to the return of the prisoner of war;

2. Due to the return of the individual missing in action; or

3. Because the veteran through whom the benefit was obtained had a one hundred

percent service-connected disability at the time of death.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-05-05 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-05 / Section 15-05-05
15-05-05. Board to make rules and regulations governing coal leasing
Status: in_force

15-05-05. Board to make rules and regulations governing coal leasing

The board of university and school lands may make such rules and regulations consistent

with the provisions of this code as it deems necessary to determine the amount of rent due

under any coal lease, to fix the manner and time of payment thereof, and to regulate the leasing

of coal lands.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-02-08 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-02 / Section 15-02-08
15-02-08. Commissioner to keep record of permanent funds - Biennial report
Status: in_force

15-02-08. Commissioner to keep record of permanent funds - Biennial report

The commissioner shall keep a record in suitable books showing a detailed quarterly

statement of the condition of all of the permanent funds under the control of the board of

university and school lands, the amount of each fund, how invested, when due, interest paid,

and all acts connected with the management of such funds. All records and record books are

open at all times for inspection by the public. The commissioner may submit a biennial report to

the governor and the secretary of state in accordance with section 54-06-04. If submitted, the

report must show all investments of the several funds, the work done during the preceding fiscal

biennium, the number of acres of land sold or leased by the department, the amount received

therefor, the amount of proceeds received to the credit of the several funds, the expense of

administration of the department, and all other matters relating to the commissioner's office as

are necessary to disclose fully the operation of the department.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-18.1-04 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-18.1 / Section 15-18.1-04
15-18.1-04. Board powers and duties
Status: in_force

15-18.1-04. Board powers and duties

The board shall:

1. Establish and require compliance with minimum standards and criteria for

postsecondary educational institutions under this chapter. The standards and criteria

must include quality of education, ethical and business practices, health and safety

and fiscal responsibility, which applicants for authorization to operate shall meet:

a. Before such authorization may be issued; and

b. To continue such authorization in effect.

2. Prescribe forms and conditions for, receive, investigate as it may deem necessary, and

act upon applications for authorization to operate postsecondary educational

institutions.

3. Maintain a list of postsecondary educational institutions authorized to operate in this

state.

4. Consider entering interstate reciprocity agreements with similar agencies in other

states.

5. Receive and maintain a permanent file, copies of academic records specified by the

board in the event any postsecondary educational institution required to have an

authorization to operate under this chapter proposes to discontinue its operation.

6. Adopt policies for the conduct of its work and the implementation of this chapter.

7. Adopt policies to investigate on its own initiative or in response to any complaint

lodged with it, any person subject to, or reasonably believed by the board to be subject

to, the jurisdiction of this chapter. The board may, after hearing, revoke or suspend

authorizations to operate.

8. Require fees or bonds from postsecondary educational institutions in such sums and

under such conditions as it may establish.

9. Apply fees received under this chapter to implement and manage its duties under this

chapter.

10. Take any action necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-08-19.1 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-08 / Section 15-08-19.1
15-08-19.1. Organized event
Status: in_force

15-08-19.1. Organized event

1. Upon written request, the commissioner of university and school lands may allow by

written agreement or permit, an organized event involving public access or activity on

trust lands if the event:

a. Is an appropriate use of trust lands;

b. Does not damage trust lands;

c. Does not have a negative impact on the value or financial return of the trust lands

in violation of the board of university and school lands' fiduciary duty to the

applicable trusts as determined by the commissioner;

d. Protects the state from liability and other claims for damage; and

e. Has been approved in writing by the commissioner after consultation with the

lessee if the lands are leased.

2. The commissioner may refuse to issue or renew a permit if the permit applicant has

repeatedly violated the provisions of this chapter or rules or orders of the

commissioner.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-06-25 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-06 / Section 15-06-25
15-06-25. Notice of sale - Contents - Publication
Status: in_force

15-06-25. Notice of sale - Contents - Publication

The board of university and school lands shall cause a notice of sale of such tract to be

published once each week for a period of three weeks prior to the day of sale in the official

county newspaper where said land is situated and in such other newspapers as the board

deems appropriate. Such notice must describe the land to be sold, and must state the amount

bid therefor, and the terms and conditions of sale.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-70-05 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-70 / Section 15-70-05
15-70-05. Reporting by recipient institutions - Failure to report
Status: in_force

15-70-05. Reporting by recipient institutions - Failure to report

Each institution receiving a grant under this chapter shall submit to the legislative council a

report detailing the expenditures of the grant funds received by the institution under this chapter,

a copy of the institution's latest audit report, and documentation of the enrollment status of each

student on whose account financial assistance under this chapter is sought. Any institution that

fails to meet the requirements of this section is ineligible to receive future grants under this

chapter until the institution submits the required information.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-39.1-21 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-39.1 / Section 15-39.1-21
15-39.1-21. Effect on existing obligations
Status: in_force

15-39.1-21. Effect on existing obligations

Nothing herein contained may be construed to affect existing retirement benefits and all

obligations of the teachers' insurance and retirement fund existing on July 1, 1971, must be

assumed and paid from the teachers' fund for retirement. Amounts which persons retired on

July 1, 1971, are receiving must be frozen as of that date and may not be deemed increased by

this chapter.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-06-22 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-06 / Section 15-06-22
15-06-22. Offer to purchase original grant land - Appraisal - Continuing appropriation
Status: in_force

15-06-22. Offer to purchase original grant land - Appraisal - Continuing appropriation

When an offer to purchase any particular tract of original grant land has been made to the

board of university and school lands, the commissioner shall request the county board of

appraisers to appraise such tract. Upon receipt of such request by the county auditor, the

auditor shall immediately notify the members of the county board of appraisers, who shall, within

ten days, proceed to view and appraise such tract. There is appropriated annually the amounts

necessary to pay all expenses under this section. Each payment must be made from the trust

fund for which the land is held.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-20.4-03 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-20.4 / Section 15-20.4-03
15-20.4-03. Board powers and duties
Status: in_force

15-20.4-03. Board powers and duties

The board has, in addition to the powers and duties now vested in it by law, the following

powers and duties to:

1. Establish and require compliance with minimum standards and criteria for

postsecondary career schools under this chapter. The standards and criteria must

include quality of education, ethical and business practices, health and safety and

fiscal responsibility, which applicants for authorization to operate shall meet:

a. Before such authorization may be issued; and

b. To continue such authorization in effect.

The criteria and standards developed will effectuate the purposes of this chapter, but

will not unreasonably hinder legitimate educational innovation.

2. Prescribe forms and conditions for, receive, investigate as it may deem necessary, and

act upon applications for authorization to operate postsecondary career schools.

3. Maintain a list of postsecondary career schools authorized to operate in this state

under the provisions of this chapter. The list must be available for the information of

the public.

4. Negotiate and enter into interstate reciprocity agreements with similar agencies in

other states, if in the judgment of the board such agreements are or will be helpful in

effectuating the purposes of this chapter; provided, however, that nothing contained in

any such reciprocity agreement may be construed as limiting the board's powers,

duties, and responsibilities with respect to independently investigating or acting upon

any application for authorization to operate, or any application for renewal of such

authorization to operate, a postsecondary career school, or with respect to the

enforcement of any provision of this chapter, or any of the rules or regulations

promulgated hereunder.

5. Receive and cause to be maintained as a permanent file, copies of academic records

specified by the board in the event any postsecondary career school required to have

an authorization to operate under this chapter proposes to discontinue its operation.

6. Promulgate such rules, regulations, and procedures necessary or appropriate for the

conduct of its work and the implementation of this chapter, and to hold such hearings

as it may deem advisable in accordance with chapter 28-32 or as required by law in

developing such rules, regulations, and procedures, or in aid of any investigation or

inquiry.

7. Investigate as it may deem necessary, on its own initiative or in response to any

complaint lodged with it, any person, group, or entity subject to, or reasonably believed

by the board to be subject to, the jurisdiction of this chapter; and in connection

therewith to subpoena any persons, books, records, or documents pertaining to such

investigation. The board may require answers in writing under oath to questions

propounded by the board and may administer an oath or affirmation to any person in

connection with any investigation. The board may, after hearing, revoke or suspend

authorizations to operate. Subpoenas issued by the board are enforceable by any

district court.

8. Require fees and bonds from postsecondary career schools in such sums and under

such conditions as it may establish; provided, that fees established may not exceed

the reasonable cost of the service being provided.

9. Exercise other powers and duties implied but not enumerated in this section but in

conformity with the provisions of this chapter which, in the judgment of the board, are

necessary in order to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-12.1-11 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-12.1 / Section 15-12.1-11
15-12.1-11. Hettinger research extension center
Status: in_force

15-12.1-11. Hettinger research extension center

The Hettinger research extension center must be located in or near Hettinger in Adams

County. The center shall develop the best available technology in breeding, feeding,

management, and disease control pertinent to the production of sheep in the state. The center

shall conduct research designed to increase productivity of all agricultural products of the soil

while maintaining or improving the soil resource base in southwestern North Dakota by:

1. The identification of adapted crop species and superior crop cultivars;

2. Propagation and distribution of selected seed stocks; and

3. Development of profitable cropping systems that achieve the necessary balance

between profitability and conservation of all natural resources.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-10-02 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-10 / Section 15-10-02
15-10-02. Membership of state board of higher education - Advisers
Status: in_force

15-10-02. Membership of state board of higher education - Advisers

1. The state board of higher education consists of eight members, all of whom must be

appointed by the governor in accordance with section 6 of article VIII of the

Constitution of North Dakota.

2. The council of college faculties shall annually appoint one individual to serve as an

adviser to the state board. The adviser may attend and participate in all meetings of

the state board but may not vote.

3. The staff senate annually shall appoint one individual to serve as an adviser to the

state board. The adviser may attend and participate in all meetings of the state board

but may not vote.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-05-07 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-05 / Section 15-05-07
15-05-07. State geologist to determine lands on which coal exists
Status: in_force

15-05-07. State geologist to determine lands on which coal exists

The board of university and school lands may request that the state geologist determine the

quantity and description of all lands under its control on which coal exists.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-10-17.4 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-10 / Section 15-10-17.4
15-10-17.4. Contract - Preparation and provision of meals - Policy
Status: in_force

15-10-17.4. Contract - Preparation and provision of meals - Policy

1. An institution under the control of the state board of higher education may enter a

contract to prepare and provide meals, snacks, or other food services for persons or

programs not affiliated with the institution and may provide catering services for an

event if the event is organized predominantly for persons affiliated with the institution,

the event is held predominantly for persons enrolled in the institution, or the event is

held under the auspices of the institution, provided the institution first establishes a

policy regarding such services and specifically addresses issues related to competition

with private sector entities.

2. The limitations provided under subsection 1 do not apply to an institution under the

control of the state board of higher education if no private sector entity located in the

same city as the institution is capable and willing to meet the facility or personnel

requirements necessary to:

a. Prepare and provide the meals, snacks, or other food services for a specific

event; or

b. Provide the catering services for a specific event.

3. An institution under the control of the state board of higher education may not

advertise to the general public its willingness to provide the services permitted under

this section.

4. Nothing in this section may be construed to limit the activities of a private sector entity

that provides meals, snacks, or other food services to an institution of higher education

under the provisions of a contract.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-02-09 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-02 / Section 15-02-09
15-02-09. Commissioner to have seal - Seal as evidence
Status: in_force

15-02-09. Commissioner to have seal - Seal as evidence

The commissioner shall have an official seal. Such seal affixed to any contract of purchase,

a receipt, or any other instrument issued and duly countersigned by the commissioner is prima

facie evidence of the due execution of such contract or other instrument.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-55-14 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-55 / Section 15-55-14
15-55-14. Rental income from unencumbered revenue-producing buildings or other campus improvements may be applied to bond retirement
Status: in_force

15-55-14. Rental income from unencumbered revenue-producing buildings or other

campus improvements may be applied to bond retirement.

The state board of higher education, when issuing bonds under the provisions of this

chapter and the powers herein granted, has additional powers as follows:

1. When the state board of higher education has issued bonds as provided in this chapter

for the purpose of securing funds for all or part of the cost of construction, equipment,

and furnishing of any new revenue-producing building or other campus improvement

for any of the state-supported institutions of higher learning of the state of North

Dakota, or for the purpose of refunding any such bonds, said board is hereby

authorized to cover, from time to time, into the interest and principal payment fund for

bonds issued, or into a fund for operation and maintenance of the building or other

campus improvement so financed or into a fund for repair or replacement of the

building or other campus improvement, its equipment and furnishings, the rental or

income from revenue-producing buildings or other campus improvements which are

not encumbered or impressed with any lien and which are located upon the campuses

of such institutions.

2. In case of destruction of such revenue-producing buildings or campus improvements

by fire, tornado, cyclone, or other cause, the proceeds from insurance on such

revenue-producing buildings or campus improvements shall be covered into the bond

payment fund for the payment of bonds issued under this chapter unless such

insurance may be and is used for the repair or replacement of the building or campus

improvement, its equipment and furnishings.

3. The rental income from said revenue-producing buildings or other revenue-producing

campus improvements, and the proceeds of insurance thereon may be irrepealably

pledged to the payment of the principal and interest of the bonds issued as in this

chapter provided, or to the expenses of operation and maintenance or repair or

replacement of the building or campus improvement, its equipment and furnishings.

4. The bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter may not be an indebtedness or

obligation of the state of North Dakota or of any of the state institutions nor of any

board, bureau, or officer of the state of North Dakota, but such bonds must be payable

solely out of income and revenue as provided in this chapter.

The rental income from the revenue-producing buildings or other revenue-producing campus

improvements, as defined herein, of any educational institutions of higher learning of the state

shall be covered only into a fund for a revenue-producing building or other revenue-producing

campus improvement for such educational institution and not to any other institution.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-11-30 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-11 / Section 15-11-30
15-11-30. Sale of university land to fraternal societies
Status: in_force

15-11-30. Sale of university land to fraternal societies

The state board of higher education is hereby authorized to plat and replat, and after such

platting, to sell and convey tracts of land lying within the east thirty-one acres [12.55 hectares] of

the north half of the southwest quarter of section five in township one hundred fifty-one north,

range fifty west of the fifth meridian, in Grand Forks County, North Dakota, of such size as may

in the judgment of said board be for the best interests of the university, at such prices as may be

determined by said board to be adequate and proper in the light of the cost thereof and of the

improvements provided, to fraternities, sororities, and institutional dormitory corporations for use

solely and only as sites for fraternity houses, sorority houses, dormitories, and like buildings, for

the housing of students and faculty of the university of North Dakota.

All such deeds of conveyance must contain a provision for the reversion of the title thereto

to the state of North Dakota should said premises ever be used for purposes other than those

above provided.

Conveyances of said property must be executed in the name of the state of North Dakota

by the governor and attested by the secretary of state, under the great seal of the state of North

Dakota, upon resolution duly adopted by the state board of higher education and filed with the

secretary of state.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-52-27 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-52 / Section 15-52-27
15-52-27. Purposes of loan fund
Status: in_force

15-52-27. Purposes of loan fund

The purposes of section 15-52-10 and sections 15-52-15 through 15-52-28 are hereby

declared to be to develop and maintain the school of medicine and health sciences by making it

possible for all qualified students attending such school to complete their education in medicine

or in the case of dental students who are residents of the state of North Dakota to complete their

education in dentistry.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-72-04 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-72 / Section 15-72-04
15-72-04. Trust management
Status: in_force

15-72-04. Trust management

The board of university and school lands must be reimbursed from trust proceeds for all

reasonable costs and expenses incurred in the management of trust assets and the investment

of trust proceeds. Reimbursements to the board must be deposited in the trust fund account

from which the expenses were incurred. The net income derived from the assets held in trust

must be used for trust purposes. Any assets placed in the trust may be sold, leased, invested,

managed, or otherwise disposed of by the board to fulfill the reclamation activities and

obligations related to the performance bond. If any of the trust assets include real property, net

income from the trust assets must be used in part to pay to the county where the real property is

located the same amount that would have been assessed against the real property for real

property taxes if the real property was privately owned. The board may maintain separate

accounts in the trust if necessary. The board shall manage all assets in the trust in the same

manner that the board manages the board's other trust assets or as otherwise may be required

to satisfy the purposes of this chapter.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-10-16 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-10 / Section 15-10-16
15-10-16. Control of funds and appropriations of educational institutions
Status: in_force

15-10-16. Control of funds and appropriations of educational institutions

The state board of higher education has the control of the expenditure of the funds

belonging and allocated to the institutions under its control and also of those appropriated by the

legislative assembly for such institutions, but funds appropriated by the legislative assembly and

specifically designated for any one or more of such institutions may not be used for any other

institution.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-20.4-17 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-20.4 / Section 15-20.4-17
15-20.4-17. Consumer protection - False academic degrees
Status: repealed

15-20.4-17. Consumer protection - False academic degrees

Repealed by S.L. 2013, ch. 137, § 14.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-08-18.5 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-08 / Section 15-08-18.5
15-08-18.5. Payment of tax before conveyance
Status: repealed

15-08-18.5. Payment of tax before conveyance

Repealed by omission from this code.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-19-01.1 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-19 / Section 15-19-01.1
15-19-01.1. Distance education courses - Course lists to school districts - Notification
Status: in_force

15-19-01.1. Distance education courses - Course lists to school districts -

Notification.

The center for distance education shall provide by December thirty-first of each year, a

complete list of courses offered by the center to all school districts. Each school district shall

notify its students and their parents or guardians of the complete list of courses offered and the

school district's policies for course selection and related fees.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-12.1-10 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-12.1 / Section 15-12.1-10
15-12.1-10. Carrington research extension center
Status: in_force

15-12.1-10. Carrington research extension center

The Carrington research extension center must be located in or near Carrington in Foster

County. The center shall conduct research designed to:

1. Determine the potential of irrigated agriculture in the region proposed for irrigation

development in the state which must be related to both crop and livestock production;

and

2. Increase productivity of all agricultural products of the soil while maintaining or

improving the soil resource base in the agricultural region of east central North Dakota

by:

a. The identification of adapted crop species and superior crop cultivars;

b. Propagation and distribution of selected seed stocks; and

c. Development of profitable cropping and integrated crop and livestock systems

that achieve the necessary balance between profitability and conservation of all

natural resources.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-08-08 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-08 / Section 15-08-08
15-08-08. Assignee or successor in interest of purchaser - Rights and liabilities - Judicial sale - Subrogation
Status: in_force

15-08-08. Assignee or successor in interest of purchaser - Rights and liabilities -

Judicial sale - Subrogation.

An assignee of a bona fide purchaser of any of the lands mentioned in this title is subject to

and governed by the provisions of this chapter applicable to the purchaser of whom the person

is an assignee, and has the same rights in all respects as an original purchaser of the same

class of lands. When the interest of a purchaser of any such lands is levied upon or attached in

an action brought to recover a debt due from the purchaser, and when such interest is sold

under execution and a certificate of sale is issued by the sheriff, the holder of the sheriff's

certificate, after the expiration of one year from the date of sale, may obtain and present to the

commissioner of university and school lands a certificate of the sheriff of the county in which the

land is situated, setting forth:

1. That the sale has been made;

2. The name and address of the purchaser at the sale;

3. That one year has elapsed since the sale;

4. That no redemption has been made by or on behalf of the original purchaser of the

land, or the purchaser's assignees or successors in interest; and

5. That no claim of homestead exemption has been made as to the land by any person.

After the filing of such certificate in the office of the commissioner of university and school lands,

the person who bought the interest of the purchaser of the land at such judicial sale is

subrogated to the contract of the original purchaser and to all rights of the purchaser in and to

the land. The person so subrogated may carry out and perform the contract of purchase with the

state in all particulars and on full performance thereof the person shall receive a conveyance of

the land from the state.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-10-42 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-10 / Section 15-10-42
15-10-42. Faculty - English pronunciation - Policy - Report
Status: in_force

15-10-42. Faculty - English pronunciation - Policy - Report

The state board of higher education shall create a policy for all institutions under its control,

relating to the assessment of faculty and teaching assistant communication skills, including the

ability to speak English clearly and with good pronunciation, the notification to students of

opportunities to file complaints, the process for responding to student complaints, and the

resolution of reported communication problems.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-02-04 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-02 / Section 15-02-04
15-02-04. Deputy commissioner - Appointment - Oath
Status: in_force

15-02-04. Deputy commissioner - Appointment - Oath

The commissioner, with the consent of the board, may appoint a deputy. Before entering

upon any duties, the deputy shall take and subscribe the oath of office required by law for civil

officers.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-52-15 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-52 / Section 15-52-15
15-52-15. Duties related to loan fund
Status: in_force

15-52-15. Duties related to loan fund

The university shall receive and pass upon, and allow or disallow, all applications for loans

submitted by qualified applicants who desire to complete an education in medicine or dentistry

for the purpose of entering medical or dental practice.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-17-06 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-17 / Section 15-17-06
15-17-06. Property of and evidence of indebtedness issued by institutional holding association exempt from taxation
Status: in_force

15-17-06. Property of and evidence of indebtedness issued by institutional holding

association exempt from taxation.

Any site, dormitory, equipment, or appurtenances acquired, purchased, erected, installed,

owned, operated, or maintained by an institutional holding association, its successors or

assigns, as provided in this chapter, and all bonds or other evidences of indebtedness issued

lawfully by such association, are exempt from taxation.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-12-25 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-12 / Section 15-12-25
15-12-25. Grants and contributions - Continuing appropriation
Status: in_force

15-12-25. Grants and contributions - Continuing appropriation

The economic feasibility institute may contract for, accept, and receive grants, gifts, and

contributions of money, property, services, or other things of value from individuals, the federal

government, limited liability companies, private and public corporations, political subdivisions of

the state, and other sources. All revenue received from gifts, grants, and contributions is hereby

appropriated for use by the economic feasibility institute in carrying out the provisions of

sections 15-12-22 through 15-12-26.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-07-06 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-07 / Section 15-07-06
15-07-06. Public sale of nongrant lands - Terms and conditions of sale - Contract
Status: repealed

15-07-06. Public sale of nongrant lands - Terms and conditions of sale - Contract

Repealed by S.L. 1987, ch. 193, § 5.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-03-05.1 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-03 / Section 15-03-05.1
15-03-05.1. Calculation of fund income - Coal development trust fund
Status: repealed

15-03-05.1. Calculation of fund income - Coal development trust fund

Repealed by S.L. 2017, ch. 403, § 2.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-20.1-06 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-20.1 / Section 15-20.1-06
15-20.1-06. Reimbursement of schools teaching subjects in career and technical education
Status: in_force

15-20.1-06. Reimbursement of schools teaching subjects in career and technical

education.

The state board may reimburse approved public or private institutions or agencies, or

political subdivisions of this state or of another state, giving instruction in career and technical

education from funds allocated for that purpose. The state board may prorate the sums

available if funds are insufficient to reimburse at the rate established by the state board.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-55-17 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-55 / Section 15-55-17
15-55-17. Bond issues - Amounts and purposes (1959)
Status: in_force

15-55-17. Bond issues - Amounts and purposes (1959)

Omitted.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-08-21 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-08 / Section 15-08-21
15-08-21. Willful trespass - Penalty
Status: repealed

15-08-21. Willful trespass - Penalty

Repealed by S.L. 1975, ch. 106, § 673.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-08-06 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-08 / Section 15-08-06
15-08-06. Void sales - Surrender of contract - Refunding of money
Status: in_force

15-08-06. Void sales - Surrender of contract - Refunding of money

Any sale made by mistake, or not in accordance with law, or obtained by fraud is void, and

the purchase agreement or contract of purchase issued thereon is of no effect. In such case, the

holder of the purchase agreement or contract shall be required to surrender it to the board of

university and school lands, and the board, except in case of fraud on the part of the purchaser,

shall cause the money to be refunded to the holder of the void purchase agreement or contract.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-10-40 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-10 / Section 15-10-40
15-10-40. Long-term lease and leaseback transaction revenue
Status: in_force

15-10-40. Long-term lease and leaseback transaction revenue

The board shall use revenue earned from long-term lease and leaseback transactions

under chapter 54-01 for the repair and upkeep of campus buildings commonly referred to as

deferred maintenance projects.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-11-39 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-11 / Section 15-11-39
15-11-39. Nursing education consortium - Continuing appropriation
Status: in_force

15-11-39. Nursing education consortium - Continuing appropriation

1. The university of North Dakota college of nursing shall establish and administer a

nursing education consortium for the purpose of addressing common concerns in

nursing education which produce obstacles in meeting the state's current and future

nursing needs, with a focus on the specific needs of rural communities.

2. The consortium membership must include representation of the university of North

Dakota college of nursing, the university of North Dakota center for rural health, and

the board of nursing. In addition, each nursing program in this state which is approved

by the board of nursing and each nursing program with approval pending which is

located in this state must be invited to have representation in the consortium. The

consortium members may invite interested persons to join the consortium membership

or to participate in consortium activities. Interested persons may include the North

Dakota nurses association nursing practice council leadership team; North Dakota

hospital association; workforce partners, including job service North Dakota, the

department of commerce division of workforce development, rural leadership of North

Dakota, and the North Dakota workforce development council; employer partners; and

other interested public and private parties. The consortium members shall select the

chairman.

3. The consortium shall advise university of North Dakota officials regarding strategies to

address common concerns in nursing education which produce obstacles in meeting

the state's current and future nursing needs, specific needs of rural communities, and

development of a strategic plan for the ongoing activities of the simulation laboratory

initiative, including goals and benchmarks for the implementation of the simulation

laboratory initiative.

4. The consortium may contract with a third party in conducting the duties of the

consortium and may seek, receive, and accept from any source aid or contributions of

money, property, labor, or other things of value to be held, used, and applied to carry

out the purposes of the consortium. Any money received by the consortium as gifts,

grants, or donations is appropriated as a continuing appropriation for the purpose of

funding the simulation laboratory program and the activities of the consortium.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-39.2-06 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-39.2 / Section 15-39.2-06
15-39.2-06. College teachers - Election - Contribution to fund
Status: in_force

15-39.2-06. College teachers - Election - Contribution to fund

In lieu of the election provided for by section 15-39.2-01, a college teacher may elect prior

to July 1, 1980, notwithstanding the provisions of section 15-39.1-25, to receive benefits in

accordance with chapter 15-39.1 and section 15-39.2-08. A teacher who elects to receive such

benefits shall pay into the teachers' fund for retirement, in the manner provided for by section

15-39.2-07, the difference between the amount actually paid to the fund by the teacher during

the period from July 1, 1969, to such time as the teacher exercises the election authorized by

this section, and the amount which would have been required had the teacher's assessment

rate remained the same as that of a public schoolteacher during that period. The amount must

be determined by the board of trustees of the teachers' fund for retirement.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-39.1-10.10 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-39.1 / Section 15-39.1-10.10
15-39.1-10.10. Postretirement adjustment
Status: in_force

15-39.1-10.10. Postretirement adjustment

An individual who on June 30, 1999, is receiving monthly benefits from the fund on an

account paid under this chapter or under former chapter 15-39 is entitled to receive a monthly

increase equal to an amount determined by taking two dollars per month multiplied by the

member's number of years of service credit plus one dollar per month multiplied by the number

of years since the member's retirement.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-07-18 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-07 / Section 15-07-18
15-07-18. Contract of sale on amortized payment plan
Status: repealed

15-07-18. Contract of sale on amortized payment plan

Repealed by S.L. 1987, ch. 193, § 5.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-04-09 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-04 / Section 15-04-09
15-04-09. Notice of leasing - Publication - Posting
Status: in_force

15-04-09. Notice of leasing - Publication - Posting

Each year at such time as in its judgment is for the best interests of the state, the board of

university and school lands shall advertise and offer for lease the lands to be leased. All lands to

be leased or offered for lease within the respective counties must be advertised for lease by the

board by publication once each week for a period of three weeks prior to the day of leasing in

the official county newspaper where said land is situated and in such other newspapers as the

board deems appropriate. If, in the opinion of the board, the land that will be leased in any

county will not be sufficient to warrant the expense of advertisement in a newspaper by

description of each tract or parcel, the notice may be given by general advertisement.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-11-13 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-11 / Section 15-11-13
15-11-13. Specimens collected - Exhibited - Exchanged
Status: repealed

15-11-13. Specimens collected - Exhibited - Exchanged

Repealed by S.L. 1989, ch. 646, § 12.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-10-66 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-10 / Section 15-10-66
15-10-66. State commissioner of higher education - Board member information access - Report to the legislative management
Status: in_force

15-10-66. State commissioner of higher education - Board member information

access - Report to the legislative management.

The state commissioner of higher education shall provide a report to the legislative

management on state board of higher education policies regarding communications between

board members and board member access to current and historic board information.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-55-13 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-55 / Section 15-55-13
15-55-13. Additional revenue-producing buildings authorized
Status: in_force

15-55-13. Additional revenue-producing buildings authorized

Omitted.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-62.4-03 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-62.4 / Section 15-62.4-03
15-62.4-03. Student financial assistance program - Grants
Status: in_force

15-62.4-03. Student financial assistance program - Grants

1. The state board of higher education shall provide to each eligible student a financial

assistance grant in an amount not exceeding:

a. One thousand three hundred seventy-five dollars per semester; or

b. Nine hundred seventeen dollars per quarter.

2. a. A student is not entitled to receive grants under this chapter for more than the

equivalent of:

(1) Eight semesters of full-time enrollment; or

(2) Twelve quarters of full-time enrollment.

b. Notwithstanding subdivision a, a student is not entitled to receive a grant under

this chapter after the student obtains a baccalaureate degree.

3. The board shall forward grants payable under this chapter directly to the institution in

which the student is enrolled.

4. The board may not issue a grant under this chapter which is in excess of the total cost

of attendance, as determined by the institution of higher education, when considering

all financial aid sources.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-18.2-02 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-18.2 / Section 15-18.2-02
15-18.2-02. Weighted credit-hours - Determination - Instructional program classification factors - Submission to legislative management
Status: in_force

15-18.2-02. Weighted credit-hours - Determination - Instructional program

classification factors - Submission to legislative management.

1. In order to determine the weighted credit-hours for each institution under its control,

the state board of higher education shall multiply each of an institution's completed

credit-hours, as determined under section 15-18.2-01, by an instructional program

classification factor, as set forth in this section.

a. The factors for credits completed in agriculture are:

(1) 1.9 for lower division credits;

(2) 3.8 for upper division credits;

(3) 5.7 for professional level credits; and

(4) 7.6 for graduate level credits.

b. The factors for credits completed in architecture are:

(1) 1.8 for lower division credits;

(2) 3.6 for upper division credits;

(3) 5.4 for professional level credits; and

(4) 7.2 for graduate level credits.

c. The factors for credits completed in transportation are:

(1) 1.9 for lower division credits;

(2) 3.8 for upper division credits;

(3) 5.7 for professional level credits; and

(4) 7.6 for graduate level credits.

d. The factors for credits completed in the biological and physical sciences are:

(1) 1.9 for lower division credits;

(2) 3.8 for upper division credits;

(3) 5.7 for professional level credits; and

(4) 7.6 for graduate level credits.

e. The factors for credits completed in business are:

(1) 1.9 for lower division credits;

(2) 3.8 for upper division credits;

(3) 5.7 for professional level credits; and

(4) 7.6 for graduate level credits.

f. The factors for credits completed in education are:

(1) 1.9 for lower division credits;

(2) 3.8 for upper division credits;

(3) 5.7 for professional level credits; and

(4) 7.6 for graduate level credits.

g. The factors for credits completed in engineering are:

(1) 2.5 for lower division credits;

(2) 5.0 for upper division credits;

(3) 7.5 for professional level credits; and

(4) 10.0 for graduate level credits.

h. The factors for credits completed in the health sciences are:

(1) 3.0 for lower division credits;

(2) 6.0 for upper division credits;

(3) 14.0 for professional level credits;

(4) 12.0 for graduate level credits; and

(5) 34.5 for medical school credits.

i. The factors for credits completed in legal studies are:

(1) 3.5 for lower division credits;

(2) 7.0 for upper division credits;

(3) 14.0 for professional level credits; and

(4) 14.0 for graduate level credits.

j. The factors for credits completed in the core disciplines are:

(1) 1.0 for lower division credits;

(2) 2.0 for upper division credits;

(3) 3.0 for professional level credits; and

(4) 4.0 for graduate level credits.

k. The factor for credits completed in career and technical education is 5.0.

l. The factor for completed basic skills credits is 2.3.

2. a. The state board of higher education shall ensure that all delineations in this

section reflect the requirements of a nationally recognized and standardized

instructional program classification system.

b. Before adopting any changes to the delineations implemented in accordance with

this section, the state board of higher education shall present the proposed

changes to and receive the approval of the legislative management.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-06-40 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-06 / Section 15-06-40
15-06-40. Application of income
Status: in_force

15-06-40. Application of income

The state forester shall apply the income so derived first to the payment of the cost of all

care and development of such land, and, second, the net annual income must be paid to the

board of university and school lands for the credit of the permanent school funds, the same to

be properly apportioned among the several funds therein.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-68-02 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-68 / Section 15-68-02
15-68-02. Powers and duties of board
Status: in_force

15-68-02. Powers and duties of board

The board of university and school lands may accept and administer any gift, grant,

bequest, or devise of land or money, on behalf of the state, for the purposes of the Indian

cultural education trust. The board may refuse to accept any gift, grant, devise, or bequest that

is upon terms or circumstances unacceptable to the board. The board shall manage all land and

money in the trust in the same manner that it manages its other trust land and money except as

is otherwise provided in this chapter, in the donor agreement, or as may otherwise be required

to satisfy the purposes of this chapter.

The board, in its sole discretion, may divest any land or money acquired under this chapter.

The donor agreement which placed the land and money into the trust must provide to whom the

land is to be conveyed and money disbursed in the event the board decides to divest the land or

money.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-11-04 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-11 / Section 15-11-04
15-11-04. Objects and departments of the university
Status: repealed

15-11-04. Objects and departments of the university

Repealed by S.L. 1991, ch. 162, § 1.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-52-20 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-52 / Section 15-52-20
15-52-20. Loan conditions
Status: in_force

15-52-20. Loan conditions

A loan granted by the university under section 15-52-10 and sections 15-52-15 through

15-52-28 must be upon the condition that the full amount of the loan must be repaid in cash with

interest not to exceed six percent annually from the date of each payment pursuant to a loan

agreement. The school of medicine and health sciences advisory council may annually establish

an interest rate at a level lower than six percent. The repayment must be in yearly installments

on a schedule set by the university with the first installment becoming due and payable one year

from the date on which the applicant begins practice, but may not exceed six years from the

date of graduation or one year from the date of graduation from a dental school if a dental

student.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-08-22 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-08 / Section 15-08-22
15-08-22. Seizure and sale of articles severed from land after trespass
Status: in_force

15-08-22. Seizure and sale of articles severed from land after trespass

In addition to the penalties provided in this chapter for trespass upon lands, the

commissioner of university and school lands may seize and take, or cause to be seized and

taken, without legal process, any timber, grass, wood, or other property unlawfully severed from

the lands, whether the same has been removed from the lands or not. The commissioner may

dispose of the property seized either at public or private sale, in the manner most conducive to

the interests of the state. After deducting the reasonable and necessary expenses of the seizure

and sale, all moneys remaining must be made a part of the interest and income fund of the

institution for the support of which the land was granted.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-62.5-03 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-62.5 / Section 15-62.5-03
15-62.5-03. Scholars program - Ranking and selection of recipients
Status: in_force

15-62.5-03. Scholars program - Ranking and selection of recipients

1. The state board of higher education shall rank scholars program applicants by their

ACT composite scores or equivalent scores on a nationally recognized standardized

test approved by the state board of higher education.

2. If two or more applicants have the same scores as determined in subsection 1, they

must be ranked by the numeric sum of their scale scores on the ACT or equivalent

scores. If a nationally recognized standardized test approved by the state board of

higher education does not calculate scale scores, the equivalent will be zero.

3. If two or more applicants have the same scores as determined in subsections 1 and 2,

they must be ranked by the numeric sum of their English and mathematics scores. If a

nationally recognized standardized test approved by the state board of higher

education does not calculate equivalent English and mathematics scores, the

equivalent will be zero.

4. The state board of higher education may establish additional criteria to rank applicants

who have the same scores as determined in subsections 1 through 3.

5. Scholarships must be offered to applicants in descending order according to this

ranking until available funds have been expended or until the pool of applicants has

been exhausted.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-04-19 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-04 / Section 15-04-19
15-04-19. Lessee not to break or plow uncultivated land - Penalty
Status: in_force

15-04-19. Lessee not to break or plow uncultivated land - Penalty

No lessee of land leased under the provisions of this chapter, or the lessee's heirs or

assigns, may break, plow, or cultivate any unbroken land on any tract leased, nor cause nor

permit it to be done by any other person. Any person who violates the provisions of this section

forfeits that person's lease and all rights and interests thereunder and is liable to the state for

damages sustained by the state, and is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-62.1-13 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-62.1 / Section 15-62.1-13
15-62.1-13. State scholarship revolving fund - Student loan collections - Uncollectible loans
Status: in_force

15-62.1-13. State scholarship revolving fund - Student loan collections - Uncollectible

loans.

The funds in the state scholarship revolving fund, along with the available interest on such

moneys and subsequent payments of interest and principal received from students, must be

transferred by the Bank of North Dakota to a special fund in the Bank to serve as a reserve fund

for a state guarantee loan program. The Bank shall continue to collect all outstanding loans and

provide such other services as may be necessary to collect such loans and may cease

collection efforts on loans determined uncollectible by action of the industrial commission.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-39.1-33 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-39.1 / Section 15-39.1-33
15-39.1-33. Employer service purchases
Status: in_force

15-39.1-33. Employer service purchases

A participating employer may purchase additional service credit on behalf of a member

under the following conditions:

1. The member may not be given the option to choose between an employer service

purchase and an equivalent amount paid in cash.

2. The member must meet one of the following conditions at the time the purchase is

made:

a. The tier one member's age plus service credit must be equal to or greater than

seventy-seven;

b. The tier one member's age must be at least fifty-five and the member must have

at least three years of service credit;

c. The tier two member's age plus service credit must be equal to or greater than

eighty-two; or

d. The tier two member's age must be at least fifty-five and the member must have

at least five years of service credit.

3. The board must determine the purchase price on an actuarially equivalent basis.

4. The purchase must be completed before the member's retirement.

5. The employer may purchase a maximum of three years of service credit on behalf of

the member.

6. The employer must pay the purchase price for the service credit purchased under this

section in a lump sum.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-18.2-06.1 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-18.2 / Section 15-18.2-06.1
15-18.2-06.1. Base funding - Minimum amount payable
Status: in_force

15-18.2-06.1. Base funding - Minimum amount payable

Notwithstanding any calculations required by this chapter, during each biennium an

institution may not receive less than ninety-six percent of the state aid to which the institution

was entitled under this chapter during the previous biennium.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-62.1-12 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-62.1 / Section 15-62.1-12
15-62.1-12. Assistance to other state agencies - Reports to the board
Status: repealed

15-62.1-12. Assistance to other state agencies - Reports to the board

Repealed by S.L. 1979, ch. 267, § 6.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-08-27 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-08 / Section 15-08-27
15-08-27. Reservations and exceptions on the sale of land
Status: in_force

15-08-27. Reservations and exceptions on the sale of land

In all sales of nongrant land under control of the board of university and school lands, the

same reservations and exceptions to the state of North Dakota must be made as in the sales of

grant land. Any such sale which does not contain such reservations and exceptions must be

construed as if such reservations and exceptions were contained therein.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-06-13 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-06 / Section 15-06-13
15-06-13. Execution of contract with purchaser - Notice - Failure to execute
Status: repealed

15-06-13. Execution of contract with purchaser - Notice - Failure to execute

Repealed by S.L. 1947, ch. 160, § 12.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-04-06 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-04 / Section 15-04-06
15-04-06. Board of appraisers to appraise land in county - Return of appraisement
Status: in_force

15-04-06. Board of appraisers to appraise land in county - Return of appraisement

The board of county appraisers shall appraise such lands of this state in its county as the

board of university and school lands may direct. On or before the first day of July of the year in

which the appraisals are made, the board of appraisers shall make a return of all such

appraisals in the form prescribed and on the blanks furnished by the board of university and

school lands.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-18.1-05 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-18.1 / Section 15-18.1-05
15-18.1-05. Minimum standards to operate with a physical presence in North Dakota
Status: in_force

15-18.1-05. Minimum standards to operate with a physical presence in North Dakota

All postsecondary educational institutions with a physical presence in the state must be

accredited, have a federal financial responsibility composite score greater than one and

one-half, and provide students with institutional public disclosures as defined by the board. The

board additionally may require further evidence and make further investigation as in its

judgment may be necessary. Upon accreditation an institution may become eligible for state

authorization to operate. An institution shall give written notification to the board within thirty

days of any change to the institution's accreditation status, change of ownership, or change in

federal financial responsibility composite score.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-18.1-12 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-18.1 / Section 15-18.1-12
15-18.1-12. Enforcement - Injunction
Status: in_force

15-18.1-12. Enforcement - Injunction

1. The attorney general of this state, or the state's attorney of any county in which a

postsecondary educational institution is found, at the request of the board or on the

attorney general's own motion, may bring any appropriate action or proceeding,

including injunctive proceedings or criminal proceedings, in any court of competent

jurisdiction for the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter.

2. Whenever it appears to the board that a person is about to, or has been violating any

of the provisions of this chapter or any policies or orders of the board, the board may,

on its own motion or on the written complaint of any individual, file a petition for

injunction in the name of the board in any court in this state against a person, for the

purpose of enjoining such violation or for an order directing compliance with this

chapter, and any policies or orders issued by the board. It is not necessary that the

board allege or prove that it has no adequate remedy at law. The right of injunction

provided in this section is in addition to any other legal remedy which the board has,

and is in addition to any right of criminal prosecution provided by law; provided,

however, the board may not obtain a temporary restraining order without notice to the

person affected.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-04-04 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-04 / Section 15-04-04
15-04-04. Failure to summer-fallow cultivated lands cause for cancellation of lease
Status: repealed

15-04-04. Failure to summer-fallow cultivated lands cause for cancellation of lease

Repealed by S.L. 2019, ch. 134, § 1.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-20.4-11 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-20.4 / Section 15-20.4-11
15-20.4-11. Violations - Civil penalty
Status: in_force

15-20.4-11. Violations - Civil penalty

Any person, group, or entity, or any owner, officer, or employee thereof, who violates the

provisions of section 15-20.4-05, or who fails or refuses to deposit with the board the records

required by the board under this chapter, is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed one hundred

dollars for each violation. Each day's failure to comply with the provisions of said sections is a

separate violation. Such fine may be imposed by the board in an administrative proceeding or

by any court of competent jurisdiction.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-07-02 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-07 / Section 15-07-02
15-07-02. Rules and regulations for sale of nongrant lands - Powers of board
Status: in_force

15-07-02. Rules and regulations for sale of nongrant lands - Powers of board

The board of university and school lands may make such rules and regulations not in

conflict with the provisions of this title as it deems necessary as to the manner, place, and time

of payment of principal and interest, the conduct of the business of selling and disposing of

lands other than original grant lands, and the terms and conditions of those sales. The board

may sell nongrant lands on amortized payment contracts, and renegotiate the terms of those

contracts, so long as the purchaser, at the time renegotiation is requested, has paid at least

thirty percent of the purchase price and the resulting contract is consistent with this chapter and

with the board's fiduciary responsibilities.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-20.1-12 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-20.1 / Section 15-20.1-12
15-20.1-12. Director of vocational rehabilitation division
Status: repealed

15-20.1-12. Director of vocational rehabilitation division

Repealed by S.L. 1973, ch. 383, § 17.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-12-24 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-12 / Section 15-12-24
15-12-24. Powers and duties of the institute
Status: in_force

15-12-24. Powers and duties of the institute

The institute shall render services and exercise powers consistent with its purpose which

include, but are not limited to:

1. Providing prefeasibility analyses and reports, including:

a. Initial consultations;

b. The establishment of levels of funding participation, the level of analysis, and the

duration of services to be provided under sections 15-12-22 through 15-12-26;

and

c. Information dissemination activities.

2. Conducting short-turnaround economic feasibility studies and business and market

plan analyses.

3. Conducting complete feasibility studies directed at analyzing the technical and

economic feasibility of approved projects.

4. Developing and maintaining databases and making projections to aid state and local

planning and policy development.

5. Evaluating alternatives for providing and financing public services, including

community leadership training.

6. Collaborating for expertise and analysis with other components of North Dakota state

university of agriculture and applied science, other universities and colleges, and other

public entities and the private sector. The institute may not duplicate services or

capabilities available through or provided by other public entities.

7. Contracting for professional and other services necessary to carry out the purpose of

sections 15-12-22 through 15-12-26.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-06-03 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-06 / Section 15-06-03
15-06-03. Appraisement of lands by county board of appraisers - Regulations governing
Status: repealed

15-06-03. Appraisement of lands by county board of appraisers - Regulations

governing.

Repealed by S.L. 1947, ch. 160, § 12.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-10-53 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-10 / Section 15-10-53
15-10-53. Definition
Status: in_force

15-10-53. Definition

For purposes of sections 15-10-48 through 15-10-52, projects dedicated to the

advancement of enhanced academics include investments in research, scholarships,

technology, endowed chairs, and investments in educational infrastructure, but exclude

scholarships intended solely for the benefit of athletics, campus facility repair projects, and new

capital construction projects.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-12-22 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-12 / Section 15-12-22
15-12-22. Economic feasibility institute - Establishment - Director
Status: in_force

15-12-22. Economic feasibility institute - Establishment - Director

There is established an economic feasibility institute to be administered in conjunction with

North Dakota state university of agriculture and applied science. The university shall appoint a

director of the economic feasibility institute.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-70-04 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-70 / Section 15-70-04
15-70-04. Submission of grant application - Distribution of grants
Status: in_force

15-70-04. Submission of grant application - Distribution of grants

1. In order to qualify for a grant under this chapter, a tribally controlled community college

shall submit an application at the time and in the manner required by the state board of

higher education. The application must:

a. Include the name and address of each student who qualifies for financial

assistance under this chapter; and

b. Document the enrollment status of each student who qualifies for financial

assistance under this chapter.

2. If an application is approved, the state board of higher education shall distribute to the

tribally controlled community college, during each year of the biennium, an amount

equivalent to the most recent per student payment provided in accordance with the

Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities Assistance Act of 1978 [25 U.S.C. 20] for

each nonbeneficiary student who is a resident of the state. If the amount appropriated

is insufficient to meet the requirements of this section, the board shall prorate the

amount to be distributed. The board may distribute no more than one-half of the

biennial legislative appropriation provided for grants under this section during the first

year of the biennium.

3. If after meeting the requirements of this section any amount remains available for

distribution at the conclusion of each year of the biennium, the state board of higher

education shall provide prorated distribution based on criteria set forth in this section.

4. At the time and in the manner determined by the state board of higher education, each

tribally controlled community college receiving assistance under this section shall file a

report indicating:

a. The graduation rate of nonbeneficiary students; and

b. The ratio between the amount of funding received by the tribally controlled

community college under this section and the college's annual budget.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-39.2-05 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-39.2 / Section 15-39.2-05
15-39.2-05. Benefits payable - Calculation
Status: in_force

15-39.2-05. Benefits payable - Calculation

A retired teacher who makes the election authorized under section 15-39.2-01 shall receive

from the teachers' fund for retirement a benefit amount equal to the difference between the

benefit payable under the single life annuity option to which that teacher would otherwise be

entitled under the teachers' fund for retirement and an income offset. The income offset is equal

to the single life annuity income, as of the first day of the month coinciding with or next following

a teacher's retirement date under the teachers' fund for retirement based on accumulations

attributed to employee and employer contributions under the TIAA-CREF retirement plan

adopted by the state board of higher education for North Dakota institutions of higher education

and assuming that all such contributions were paid to TIAA.

A retired teacher who made the election authorized under section 15-39.2-01 prior to May 1,

1979, shall have a TIAA-CREF income offset which will be fixed at the value of the May 1, 1979,

TIAA-CREF income offset as calculated in accordance with this section prior to its being

amended.

No payment may be made from the teachers' fund for retirement to a retired teacher

affected by this section unless the board of trustees of the teachers' fund for retirement, or its

agent, has received notice of the amount of the teacher's income offset from TIAA-CREF.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-10-37 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-10 / Section 15-10-37
15-10-37. Technology occupations student loan program
Status: repealed

15-10-37. Technology occupations student loan program

Repealed by S.L. 2019, ch. 3, § 20.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-11-06 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-11 / Section 15-11-06
15-11-06. Scandinavian language to be taught
Status: repealed

15-11-06. Scandinavian language to be taught

Repealed by S.L. 1991, ch. 162, § 1.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-70-01 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-70 / Section 15-70-01
15-70-01. Definitions
Status: in_force

15-70-01. Definitions

As used in this chapter:

1. "Full time" means that a student is enrolled for at least twenty-four semester hours

during an academic year.

2. "Nonbeneficiary student" means a resident of North Dakota who is enrolled in a tribally

controlled community college but is not an enrolled member of a federally recognized

Indian tribe nor a biological child of a living or deceased member of an Indian tribe.

3. "Tribally controlled community college" means an institution of higher education in this

state which is formally controlled or has been formally sanctioned or chartered by the

governing body of an Indian tribe, or any combination of federally recognized Indian

tribes.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-10-09 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-10 / Section 15-10-09
15-10-09. President and secretary of board - Appointment - Term
Status: in_force

15-10-09. President and secretary of board - Appointment - Term

The state board of higher education shall elect one of its members annually to serve as

president of the board for a term of one year. It shall elect a competent person as secretary, who

shall hold office at the will of the board and shall reside, during the secretary's term of office, in

the city of Bismarck.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-10-14 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-10 / Section 15-10-14
15-10-14. Accounts and records of institutions - Examination and audit
Status: repealed

15-10-14. Accounts and records of institutions - Examination and audit

Repealed by S.L. 2001, ch. 162, § 7.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-12.1-13 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-12.1 / Section 15-12.1-13
15-12.1-13. Agronomy seed farm - Investment of reserve income fund
Status: in_force

15-12.1-13. Agronomy seed farm - Investment of reserve income fund

At the direction of the center director of the agronomy seed farm with the approval of the

station director, the state treasurer shall provide for the investment of available moneys in the

agronomy seed farm reserve income fund. The state treasurer shall credit the investment

income to the agronomy seed farm reserve income fund. The moneys in the fund may be spent

only within the limits of legislative appropriation.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-03-17 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-03 / Section 15-03-17
15-03-17. Redemption of bonds by political subdivisions
Status: in_force

15-03-17. Redemption of bonds by political subdivisions

The board of university and school lands shall allow any county, city, park district, township,

or school district to redeem, at any time after two years from the date of issue, at par with

accrued interest, any bonds issued by it which the state has purchased and holds as an

investment of any of the permanent school funds of the state.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-10-52 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-10 / Section 15-10-52
15-10-52. Grant review committee - Compensation
Status: in_force

15-10-52. Grant review committee - Compensation

Each member of the grant review committee is entitled to receive compensation in the

amount of one hundred thirty-five dollars per day plus reimbursement for expenses as provided

by law for state officers if the member is attending meetings or performing duties directed by the

committee. The compensation provided for in this section may not be paid to any member of the

committee who receives a salary or other compensation as an employee or official of this state if

the individual is serving on the committee by virtue of the individual's state office or state

employment.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-39.1-12 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-39.1 / Section 15-39.1-12
15-39.1-12. Early reduced retirement benefits
Status: in_force

15-39.1-12. Early reduced retirement benefits

A member who has acquired a vested right to a retirement annuity as set forth in section

15-39.1-11 and who has attained age fifty-five may retire prior to the normal retirement age as

set forth in section 15-39.1-10 but the benefits to which the member is then entitled must be

reduced according to the following schedule:

1. All tier one grandfathered member benefits must be reduced by six percent per annum

from the earlier of:

a. Age sixty-five; or

b. The age at which the sum of the member's current years of service credit and

years of age equals eighty-five.

2. All tier one nongrandfathered member and tier two member benefits must be reduced

by eight percent per annum from the earlier of:

a. Age sixty-five; or

b. The later of:

(1) Age sixty; or

(2) The age at which the sum of the member's current years of service credit

and years of age equals ninety.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-55-06 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-55 / Section 15-55-06
15-55-06. Designations of agent and depositories - Disposition and use of revenues - Funds created
Status: in_force

15-55-06. Designations of agent and depositories - Disposition and use of revenues -

Funds created.

All income and revenues derived from the operation of any building or other campus

improvement financed or the revenues of which are pledged in the manner provided in this

chapter must be collected by such officer or agent of the institution where the building or other

campus improvement is located as the state board of higher education from time to time may

designate and must be accounted for by such officer or agent, deposited, and remitted as in this

section provided. The said board, in its resolution authorizing the bonds or in the trust

agreement or agreements executed and delivered by the board, shall provide for the disposition

of and accounting for all such revenues by such officer or agent, including the designation of a

depository or depositories, the payment of expenses of operation and maintenance, the

remittance of revenues to the paying agent designated in the bonds for payment of principal of

and interest on the bonds when due, and the investment and disposition of revenues not

immediately required for payment of expenses, principal, and interest. The board may designate

as a depository for such revenues and funds either the state treasury or the Bank of North

Dakota or the trustee under the trust agreement for the bondholders or a bank which is a duly

designated depository for state funds or as provided in section 15-55-05. The said board may, in

its resolution authorizing the bonds or in the trust agreement or agreements executed and

delivered by the board, provide for an expense fund to be retained by the collecting officer for

the purpose of paying and may direct the collecting officer to pay the accrued or anticipated

expenses of operation and maintenance of the building or campus improvement, and if the

board so directs or if such expense fund is so provided, the collecting officer may pay such

expenses as so directed by the board or from said fund. The funds required to be remitted to the

state treasurer, if any, and any funds derived from revenues pledged to the bondholders must

be held by the collecting officer or in the depository for such funds designated by the board in a

special fund or funds, to be applied solely to the payment of the principal and interest on said

bonds, and the establishment of a reserve for future payments until all of said bonds and

interest thereon have been fully paid; provided, that to the extent not prohibited or restricted by

any covenant made with or for the benefit of the bondholders, the board may invest any such

funds in direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and interest on which are guaranteed

by, the United States of America, or obligations of the state of North Dakota or of any

municipality as defined in section 21-03-01 and may devote revenues not currently required for

payment of principal and interest, for the creation or maintenance of a debt service reserve, or

for expenses of operation and maintenance to such purposes as the board from time to time

may designate, including replacing the furnishings and equipment of such building or buildings

or campus improvements and improving said building or buildings or campus improvements.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-20.4-09 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-20.4 / Section 15-20.4-09
15-20.4-09. Remedy of defrauded student - Treble damages
Status: in_force

15-20.4-09. Remedy of defrauded student - Treble damages

Any person defrauded by any advertisement or circular issued by a postsecondary career

school, or by any person who sells textbooks to the school or to the pupils thereof, may recover

from such school or person three times the amount paid.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-52-18 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-52 / Section 15-52-18
15-52-18. Amount of loans
Status: in_force

15-52-18. Amount of loans

Loans may be granted to qualified applicants by the university in amounts not in excess of

ten thousand dollars each year.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-20.1-01 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-20.1 / Section 15-20.1-01
15-20.1-01. Definitions
Status: in_force

15-20.1-01. Definitions

In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. "Career and technical education" includes vocational education.

2. "Department" means the department of career and technical education, which consists

of the director and other persons appointed or designated by the state board or the

director to carry out the duties of the state board.

3. "Director" means the director of career and technical education.

4. "Regulations" means regulations made by the director with the approval of the state

board.

5. "State board" means the state board for career and technical education.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-06-37 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-06 / Section 15-06-37
15-06-37. Conveyance
Status: repealed

15-06-37. Conveyance

Repealed by S.L. 1987, ch. 193, § 5.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-11-11.1 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-11 / Section 15-11-11.1
15-11-11.1. Authority of the state geologist - Acquisition of geophysical data - Confidentiality
Status: repealed

15-11-11.1. Authority of the state geologist - Acquisition of geophysical data -

Confidentiality.

Repealed by S.L. 1989, ch. 646, § 12.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-10-73 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-10 / Section 15-10-73
15-10-73. Campus policies and procedures
Status: in_force

15-10-73. Campus policies and procedures

The president of an institution under the control of the state board of higher education may

adopt policies, procedures, and directives for the institution, with input but no authoritative

control from faculty and others through shared governance. The commissioner of higher

education and the state board of higher education may overturn or amend the president's

policies, procedures, and directives.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-08-03 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-08 / Section 15-08-03
15-08-03. Compensation of board of appraisers
Status: in_force

15-08-03. Compensation of board of appraisers

For performing any duties as members of the county board of appraisers, the county auditor

and county superintendent of schools shall receive only their necessary traveling expenses, and

the chairman of the board of county commissioners shall receive the same mileage and per

diem as when serving on the board of county commissioners.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-39.1-26 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-39.1 / Section 15-39.1-26
15-39.1-26. Investment of moneys in fund - Interest and earnings attributable to fund
Status: in_force

15-39.1-26. Investment of moneys in fund - Interest and earnings attributable to fund

Investment of the fund is under the supervision of the state investment board in accordance

with chapter 21-10. The moneys must be placed for investment only with a firm or firms whose

endeavor is money management, and only after a trust agreement or contract has been

executed. Investment costs may be paid directly from the fund, and are hereby appropriated for

that purpose, in accordance with section 21-10-06.2. All interest and earnings on funds

administered by the board must be credited to the fund.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-06-38 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-06 / Section 15-06-38
15-06-38. Forest management authorized - Discontinuance
Status: in_force

15-06-38. Forest management authorized - Discontinuance

The board of university and school lands may, in its discretion, designate any original grant

lands more readily suitable for forestry than for agricultural purposes and suitable for forest

management, and may direct the state forester to assume full control over the same and to

apply accepted good forestry practices in the care, reforestation, fire control, and management

thereof. The board may, at the end of any five-year period of such control discontinue such

control and assume sole control of any lands so placed in the control of the state forester,

provided that the return of such control to the board of university and school lands does not

interrupt a program of forest management already in progress for which additional time is

needed.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-05-08 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-05 / Section 15-05-08
15-05-08. Penalty for mining and prospecting in violation of requirements governing
Status: in_force

15-05-08. Penalty for mining and prospecting in violation of requirements governing

Any person who mines, removes, or causes to be mined or removed, from any lands

subject to the control of the board of university and school lands, any coal, lignite, uranium, oil

and gas, or potash, unless mined or removed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, or any

person who prospects or explores for coal, lignite, uranium, oil and gas, or potash without

permission from the board of university and school lands, is guilty of theft as defined in chapter
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-04-21 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-04 / Section 15-04-21
15-04-21. Recovery of possession - Actions
Status: in_force

15-04-21. Recovery of possession - Actions

When any person holds or continues in possession of any of the land mentioned in this

chapter, contrary to the conditions or covenants of any lease or written agreement, the person is

liable in an action for the recovery of possession of the lands, and damages for detention of the

same.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-10-17.5 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-10 / Section 15-10-17.5
15-10-17.5. Quorums of state board of higher education committees
Status: in_force

15-10-17.5. Quorums of state board of higher education committees

1. The state board of higher education may create committees comprised of voting

members of the board. The scope of authority for a committee created under this

section must be defined in a policy adopted by the board, and the committee's actions

may not exceed that scope.

2. If a committee comprised of voting members of the board constitutes a quorum of the

board, a properly noticed meeting of the committee does not constitute a meeting of

the board. Actions of the committee do not constitute actions of the board.

3. If a committee comprised of voting members of the board constitutes, in whole or in

part, a quorum of another committee of the board, a properly noticed meeting of one

committee's meeting does not constitute a meeting of the other committee, unless the

meeting of the other committee also is properly noticed. Actions taken at the meeting

are limited to the scope of authority of the committee for which the meeting was

noticed properly.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-52-11 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-52 / Section 15-52-11
15-52-11. Term of loan board
Status: repealed

15-52-11. Term of loan board

Repealed by S.L. 1971, ch. 194, § 15.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-04-18 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-04 / Section 15-04-18
15-04-18. Destruction of timber by lessee prohibited - Exception - Penalty
Status: repealed

15-04-18. Destruction of timber by lessee prohibited - Exception - Penalty

Repealed by S.L. 2023, ch. 149, § 5.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-20.1-03 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-20.1 / Section 15-20.1-03
15-20.1-03. Powers and duties of state board relating to career and technical education
Status: in_force

15-20.1-03. Powers and duties of state board relating to career and technical

education.

The state board shall have all authority necessary to cooperate with the United States

department of education or other department or agency of the United States of America in the

administration of acts of Congress relating to career and technical education, including the

following powers and duties:

1. To administer any legislation enacted by the legislative assembly of this state pursuant

to or in conformity with acts of Congress relating to career and technical education.

2. To administer the funds provided by the federal government and by this state for the

promotion of career and technical education and to contract with:

a. Any public or private institution or agency, board of trustees of any agricultural

and training school, or school district of this state; or

b. Any public or private institution or agency, or political subdivision, of another

state.

3. To formulate plans for the promotion of career and technical education in such

subjects as are an essential and integral part of the public school system of education

in this state.

4. To provide for the preparation of teachers.

5. To fix the compensation of such officers and assistants as may be necessary to

administer the federal acts and the provisions of this chapter relating to career and

technical education and to pay the same and other necessary expenses of

administration from any funds appropriated for such purpose.

6. To make studies and investigations relating to career and technical education.

7. To promote and aid in the establishment of schools, departments, or classes, and to

cooperate with local communities in the maintenance of career and technical

education schools, departments, or classes.

8. To prescribe the qualifications and provide for the certification of teachers, directors,

and supervisors.

9. To cooperate with governing bodies of school districts and with organizations and

communities in the maintenance of classes for the preparation of teachers, directors,

and supervisors of career and technical education, to maintain classes for such

purposes under its own direction and control, and to establish and control, by general

regulations, the qualifications to be possessed by persons engaged in the training of

career and technical education teachers.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-10-35 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-10 / Section 15-10-35
15-10-35. Investment of endowment funds by the institutions under the control of the board of higher education
Status: repealed

15-10-35. Investment of endowment funds by the institutions under the control of the

board of higher education.

Repealed by S.L. 1975, ch. 182, § 10.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-18-08 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-18 / Section 15-18-08
15-18-08. Standards for state aid - Review of budgets - Audit of expenditures
Status: repealed

15-18-08. Standards for state aid - Review of budgets - Audit of expenditures

Repealed by S.L. 1983, ch. 192, § 15.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-52-12 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-52 / Section 15-52-12
15-52-12. Loan board - Officers, meetings, quorum
Status: repealed

15-52-12. Loan board - Officers, meetings, quorum

Repealed by S.L. 1971, ch. 194, § 15.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-11-16 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-11 / Section 15-11-16
15-11-16. Discoveries at school of mines and substations to be patented and assigned
Status: repealed

15-11-16. Discoveries at school of mines and substations to be patented and

assigned.

Repealed by S.L. 1961, ch. 296, § 5.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-39.1-03 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-39.1 / Section 15-39.1-03
15-39.1-03. Rights under prior chapter preserved
Status: in_force

15-39.1-03. Rights under prior chapter preserved

No person may be caused to be deprived of rights vested under the chapter superseded

hereby. Any such person may elect to claim the person's retirement benefits according to the

provisions of the retirement program for teachers in effect prior to July 1, 1971.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-10-30 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-10 / Section 15-10-30
15-10-30. Powers and duties
Status: repealed

15-10-30. Powers and duties

Repealed by S.L. 1977, ch. 158, § 4.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-07-22 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-07 / Section 15-07-22
15-07-22. Appropriation for expenses - Continuing appropriation
Status: in_force

15-07-22. Appropriation for expenses - Continuing appropriation

There is appropriated annually the amounts necessary to pay expenses for trust land

controlled by the board of university and school lands, including appraisal fees, survey costs,

clean-up or demolition costs, weed and insect control costs, rural fire district reimbursements for

fire protection, and expenses determined by the board as necessary to manage, preserve, and

enhance the value of the trust asset. Each payment must be made from the trust fund for which

the land is held.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-20.4-01 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-20.4 / Section 15-20.4-01
15-20.4-01. Definitions
Status: in_force

15-20.4-01. Definitions

As used in this chapter:

1. "Authorization to operate" or like term means approval of the board to operate or to

contract to operate a private postsecondary career school in this state.

2. "Board" means the state board for career and technical education.

3. "Education" or "educational services" or like term includes any class, course, or

program of training, instruction, or study.

4. "Educational credentials" means degrees, diplomas, certificates, transcripts, reports,

documents, or letters of designation, marks, appellations, series of letters, numbers, or

words which signify, purport, or are generally taken to signify enrollment, attendance,

progress, or satisfactory completion of the requirements or prerequisites for education

at a postsecondary career school operating in this state.

5. "Entity" includes any company, firm, society, association, partnership, corporation,

limited liability company, and trust.

6. "Executive officer" means the director of career and technical education.

7. "Postsecondary career school" means a private, vocational, technical, home study,

business, professional, or other private school or college, or other private organization

or person, operating in this state, offering educational credentials, or offering

instruction or educational services, primarily to persons who have completed or

terminated their secondary education or who are beyond the age of compulsory high

school attendance, for attainment of educational, professional, or vocational objectives

at a level no higher than the associate of applied science level.

8. "To grant" includes awarding, selling, conferring, bestowing, or giving.

9. "To offer" includes, in addition to its usual meanings, advertising, publicizing, soliciting,

or encouraging any person, directly or indirectly, in any form, to perform the act

described.

10. "To operate" a career school, or like term, means to establish, keep, or maintain any

facility or location in this state where, from, or through which, education is offered or

given, or educational credentials are offered or granted, and includes contracting with

any person, group, or entity to perform any such act.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-03-13 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-03 / Section 15-03-13
15-03-13. Redemption after foreclosure
Status: in_force

15-03-13. Redemption after foreclosure

When a mortgage acquired under the provisions of this chapter has been foreclosed, the

mortgagor or a redemptioner may redeem the property from the purchaser within one year after

the sale, in the following manner:

1. By paying the purchaser the amount of that person's purchase with interest at the rate

provided in the mortgage;

2. By paying the amount of any insurance premiums, assessments, taxes, utilities, or

other items which the purchaser has paid thereon after the purchase, and the interest

thereon at the same rate; and

3. If the purchaser is also a creditor having a lien prior to that of the redemptioner, other

than the mortgage under which the purchase was made, by paying the amount of the

lien with interest.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-52-06 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-52 / Section 15-52-06
15-52-06. Fees and charges of medical center
Status: repealed

15-52-06. Fees and charges of medical center

Repealed by S.L. 1987, ch. 234, § 9.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-05-16 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-05 / Section 15-05-16
15-05-16. Reports - State geologist - Department of health and human services - Department of environmental quality
Status: in_force

15-05-16. Reports - State geologist - Department of health and human services -

Department of environmental quality.

The state geologist, department of health and human services, or department of

environmental quality, on the request of the board of university and school lands, shall visit any

land leased under section 15-05-09 and shall make a report of the visit to the board. The state

geologist, department of health and human services, or department of environmental quality

may not receive a fee for making the examination and report but must be paid necessary

expenses incurred in connection with the examination.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-55-12 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-55 / Section 15-55-12
15-55-12. Bonds not a general obligation of state or its institutions
Status: in_force

15-55-12. Bonds not a general obligation of state or its institutions

Omitted.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-07-15 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-07 / Section 15-07-15
15-07-15. Sale of nongrant lands on amortized payment plan - Conditions of sale
Status: repealed

15-07-15. Sale of nongrant lands on amortized payment plan - Conditions of sale

Repealed by S.L. 1987, ch. 193, § 5.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-20.1-20 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-20.1 / Section 15-20.1-20
15-20.1-20. Limitation of political activity
Status: repealed

15-20.1-20. Limitation of political activity

Repealed by S.L. 1973, ch. 383, § 17.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-10.3-03 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-10.3 / Section 15-10.3-03
15-10.3-03. Mandatory fees - Limitation on increases - Exemption
Status: in_force

15-10.3-03. Mandatory fees - Limitation on increases - Exemption

1. The total amount of mandatory fees, other than program-specific fees, which an

institution under the control of the state board of higher education assesses each

full-time and part-time student, may not increase from one academic year to the

ensuing academic year by more than one percent of the latest available average

full-time, resident, on-campus, undergraduate tuition rate at that institution, unless the

state board determines that an exemption from the requirements of this section is

necessitated as a result of student demand, as evidenced by a campuswide student

election or formal action by an institution's student governing board or committee.

2. a. Before mandatory fees on students may be increased to support the construction

or renovation of a campus building valued at more than one million dollars, the

use must be approved by a majority of the students voting on the question at a

campuswide election.

b. This subsection does not apply to any construction or renovation for which the

use of mandatory fees was authorized before July 1, 2013.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-10-18.1 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-10 / Section 15-10-18.1
15-10-18.1. Waiver of tuition at state institutions for North Dakota youth correctional center graduates
Status: repealed

15-10-18.1. Waiver of tuition at state institutions for North Dakota youth correctional

center graduates.

Repealed by S.L. 1999, ch. 157, § 4.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-11-01 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-11 / Section 15-11-01
15-11-01. State university - Where located
Status: in_force

15-11-01. State university - Where located

The state university of North Dakota established and located at the city of Grand Forks shall

be the university of the state.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-20.1-24 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-20.1 / Section 15-20.1-24
15-20.1-24. Career development facilitation - Certificate - Qualifications
Status: in_force

15-20.1-24. Career development facilitation - Certificate - Qualifications

1. The department shall develop a program leading to a certificate in career development

facilitation. The department shall award the certificate to any individual who:

a. Holds a baccalaureate degree from an accredited institution of higher education;

b. Has at least a five-year employment history; and

c. Successfully completes the department's programmatic requirements.

2. An individual holding a certificate awarded under this section is a career advisor.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-10-13 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-10 / Section 15-10-13
15-10-13. Faculties of institutions under supervision of state board of higher education - Rules and regulations
Status: in_force

15-10-13. Faculties of institutions under supervision of state board of higher

education - Rules and regulations.

In each institution of higher education under the control and subject to the administration of

the state board of higher education, the faculty shall consist of the president, instructors,

teachers, and assistants. The faculty shall adopt, subject to such rules and regulations as the

state board of higher education may establish, all necessary rules and regulations for the

government of the school.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-02-05.1 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-02 / Section 15-02-05.1
15-02-05.1. Additional duties of commissioner
Status: in_force

15-02-05.1. Additional duties of commissioner

In all cases under section 54-01-05.5 involving legislative bills dealing with the sale or

exchange of state land, the commissioner of university and school lands may provide the

legislative assembly with an assessment regarding the highest and best use of the land

involved. As used in this section, "highest and best use" means that use of a parcel of land

which will most likely produce the greatest benefit to the state. The commissioner's assessment

may include an evaluation of soils capability, vegetation, wildlife use, mineral characteristics,

public use, recreational use, commercial or industrial use, aesthetic values, cultural values,

surrounding land use, proximity to urban areas, and any other relevant resource, zoning, or

planning information.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-10-13.4 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-10 / Section 15-10-13.4
15-10-13.4. Academic tenure - Policy - Evaluations
Status: in_force

15-10-13.4. Academic tenure - Policy - Evaluations

1. By July 1, 2026, institutions of higher education under the control of the state board of

higher education offering faculty academic tenure shall develop and adopt a policy for

tenured and tenure-track faculty employed by the institution, which:

a. Defines progression and advancement criteria at each stage of tenure

progression, including criteria for continued post-tenure review.

b. Establishes a procedure for annual evaluation of all nontenure, tenure-track, and

tenured faculty by the president of the institution or the designee of the president.

c. Establishes a procedure for post-tenure evaluations, which must be informed by

the annual evaluations under subdivision b and conducted by a committee

appointed by the president of the institution or the designee of the president. The

first post-tenure evaluation must be completed within three years. Subsequent

post-tenure evaluations must be completed at least every five years or more

frequently.

d. Provides the composition of a culminating post-tenure evaluation committee must

include the administrative supervisor of the faculty member being evaluated, at

least one ranking administrator, and tenured faculty comprising no less than

one-third and no more than one-half of the committee.

e. Defines the outcome of an unsatisfactory review of post-tenured faculty, which

may be removal from the position. The decision to remove faculty from a position

must be made by the employing institution and the state board of higher

education.

f. Is approved by the state board of higher education.

g. Provides for a hearing and appeal process for a faculty member aggrieved by the

policy adopted under this subsection or decision made by the committee under

subdivision c.

2. Advertisement of open faculty positions by institutions of higher education under the

control of the state board of higher education offering faculty academic tenure must

designate the position as nontenure-track or tenure-track. Upon offering a tenure-track

position to a candidate, the institution shall provide the candidate the policy required

under this section.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-08-25 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-08 / Section 15-08-25
15-08-25. Lease or sale of public lands traversed or bisected by a highway, road, railroad, canal, river, or lake
Status: in_force

15-08-25. Lease or sale of public lands traversed or bisected by a highway, road,

railroad, canal, river, or lake.

All boards, departments, and officials of government are authorized and permitted to lease

or sell school and public lands traversed or bisected by a highway, road, or railroad, canal, river,

or lake as two or more separate parcels, each of which may be leased or sold separately or

together with an adjoining tract. Lands consisting of less than one hundred usable acres [40.47

hectares] may either be leased or sold separately or with tracts in the same section or adjacent

section.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-18.2-04 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-18.2 / Section 15-18.2-04
15-18.2-04. Institutional size factor - Determination
Status: repealed

15-18.2-04. Institutional size factor - Determination

Repealed by S.L. 2021, ch. 31, § 18.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-20.1-02 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-20.1 / Section 15-20.1-02
15-20.1-02. State board for career and technical education - Director of career and technical education - Appointment, qualifications, assistants, duties
Status: in_force

15-20.1-02. State board for career and technical education - Director of career and

technical education - Appointment, qualifications, assistants, duties.

The state board for career and technical education consists of the members of the state

board of public school education, the executive director of job service North Dakota, and the

commissioner of higher education or the commissioner's designee. The state board shall

oversee the department and appoint a director and executive officer of career and technical

education who are charged with the administration, under the direction and supervision of the

board, of the provisions of this chapter relating to career and technical education. The state

board shall designate such assistants to the director as may be necessary to carry out the

provisions of this chapter. The duties, terms of office, and compensation of the director and of

the director's assistants must be determined by the state board. The director shall hold as a

minimum a baccalaureate degree received from a recognized college or university. The director

shall enforce such rules and regulations as the state board may adopt and shall prepare such

reports concerning career and technical education as the state board may require.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-17-02 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-17 / Section 15-17-02
15-17-02. Powers of institutional holding association
Status: in_force

15-17-02. Powers of institutional holding association

An institutional holding association has the power:

1. To erect, equip, operate, manage, lease, or sell, as provided in this chapter,

dormitories and their necessary equipment and appurtenances to be located upon the

campus of the university, of the state university, or of any of the normal schools, or

other state educational institutions, or upon sites in the vicinity of any such campus,

purchased or otherwise acquired by the association, either as a new dormitory or as

an addition to an existing dormitory at any such educational institution. Such dormitory

at all times must be used and operated solely for educational purposes in connection

with such educational institution.

2. To borrow money or contract debts for any or all of the purposes mentioned in

subsection 1 and to issue bonds or other evidences of indebtedness therefor.

3. To secure the payment of evidences of indebtedness issued by it by mortgaging or

pledging any or all of its property and the income therefrom.

4. To perform all acts necessary or convenient to exercise the powers granted in this

section and to accomplish the purposes of this chapter and to obtain loans from

federal lending corporations or other federal agencies upon such terms and conditions

consistent with the law of this state as such lending corporations or agencies may

impose.

5. To accept grants of money, materials, or property of any kind from the United States of

America, or any agency thereof, upon such terms and conditions consistent with the

law of this state as the United States or any such agency may impose, and the value

of such grants must be omitted from consideration in determining the cost of site,

building, and equipment.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-39.1-10.2 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-39.1 / Section 15-39.1-10.2
15-39.1-10.2. Postretirement adjustments
Status: in_force

15-39.1-10.2. Postretirement adjustments

Every person receiving monthly benefits from the fund on an account on which benefits

were being paid on June 30, 1985, shall receive an increase in benefits beginning July 1, 1985,

equal to one percent for each year the person has been retired under the fund. No member may

receive more than a ten percent or more than a forty dollar per month increase in benefits under

this section.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-18-11 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-18 / Section 15-18-11
15-18-11. Curtis and Annette Hofstad agricultural center
Status: in_force

15-18-11. Curtis and Annette Hofstad agricultural center

The agricultural center constructed on the campus of Lake Region state college is officially

named the Curtis and Annette Hofstad agricultural center.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-68-04 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-68 / Section 15-68-04
15-68-04. Trust management
Status: in_force

15-68-04. Trust management

The board must be reimbursed from trust proceeds for all reasonable costs and expenses in

managing land and investing trust proceeds. Such reimbursements are to be placed in the state

lands maintenance fund. The net income derived from the land and money donated to the trust

must be used for trust purposes, except the donor agreement may dedicate a percentage of the

net income to trust principal.

The lands placed in the trust may be leased by the board only for grazing or haying

purposes.

The board may maintain separate accounts in the trust if a donor agreement requires.

The donor agreement must designate the tribe entitled to receive trust proceeds. The net

income from each account must be remitted annually to the designated tribe. The designated

tribe is responsible for disbursements of trust proceeds. A dispute over a tribe's use of the

disbursements must be resolved by the government of the designated tribe to which the

disbursement has been made.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-11-33 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-11 / Section 15-11-33
15-11-33. Functions
Status: in_force

15-11-33. Functions

The purpose of the child welfare research bureau is to conduct applied research on matters

pertaining to the welfare of children and youth in this state. The bureau may render services

consistent with its purpose, including:

1. Compilation, analysis, publication, and dissemination of statistics, summaries, and

other information relating to research conducted on matters pertaining to the welfare of

children and youth.

2. Technical assistance to public and nonprofit private agencies and organizations to

assist them in planning, improving, developing, and carrying out programs and

activities that serve children and youth.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-72-03 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-72 / Section 15-72-03
15-72-03. Assets and custody
Status: in_force

15-72-03. Assets and custody

1. Any person proposing to pledge assets to the public service commission's custody

under North Dakota Administrative Code chapter 69-05.2-12 shall certify to the public

service commission:

a. The trust will have first priority security interest in the pledged assets in

accordance with North Dakota Administrative Code chapter 69-05.2-12.

b. The person has authority to place the assets in custody under all applicable

federal and state law.

c. All other requirements of North Dakota Administrative Code chapter 69-05.2-12

have been satisfied.

2. Real property posted as a collateral bond by the person must:

a. Grant the regulatory authority a first mortgage, first deed of trust, or perfected

first-lien security interest in the real property with a right to sell or dispose of the

real property in the event of forfeiture; and

b. Include a schedule, submitted by the applicant, of the real property mortgaged or

pledged to secure the obligations under the indemnity agreement. The schedule

of the real property must allow the regulatory authority to evaluate the adequacy

of the real property offered to satisfy collateral requirements. The schedule must

include:

(1) A description of the property;

(2) The fair market value of the property, as determined by an independent

appraisal conducted by a certified appraiser; and

(3) Proof of possession and title to the real property.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-10-72 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-10 / Section 15-10-72
15-10-72. Disclosure of financial condition
Status: in_force

15-10-72. Disclosure of financial condition

The state board of higher education shall provide a disclosure of the financial condition of

an institution to the qualified applicants designated as finalists pursuant to section 44-04-18.27

for the position of president of an institution. The disclosure of financial condition must identify

the institution's reserves, recent audit findings, anticipated future funding changes pursuant to

chapter 15-18.2, and the institution's composite financial index ratio. The state board of higher

education may require the qualified applicants to sign a nondisclosure agreement prior to

receiving the disclosure of financial condition.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-03-06 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-03 / Section 15-03-06
15-03-06. Farm loans - Procedure in negotiating and completing loans
Status: repealed

15-03-06. Farm loans - Procedure in negotiating and completing loans

Repealed by S.L. 1977, ch. 138, § 12.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-10-18 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-10 / Section 15-10-18
15-10-18. Tuition of nonresidents at schools under control of state board of higher education
Status: in_force

15-10-18. Tuition of nonresidents at schools under control of state board of higher

education.

At all state institutions of higher education, tuition must be charged and collected from each

nonresident student in such amount as must be determined by the state board of higher

education.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-18.1-14 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-18.1 / Section 15-18.1-14
15-18.1-14. Unlawful to use degree or certificate when coursework not completed - Penalty
Status: in_force

15-18.1-14. Unlawful to use degree or certificate when coursework not completed -

Penalty.

1. An individual may not knowingly use a degree, certificate, diploma, transcript, or other

document purporting to indicate that the individual has completed an organized

program of study or completed courses when the individual has not completed the

organized program of study or the courses as indicated on the degree, certificate,

diploma, transcript, or document:

a. To obtain employment;

b. To obtain a promotion or higher compensation in employment;

c. To obtain admission to an institution of higher learning; or

d. In connection with any business, trade, profession, or occupation.

2. An individual who violates this section is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-15-01 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-15 / Section 15-15-01
15-15-01. School of science - Location
Status: in_force

15-15-01. School of science - Location

The school of science must be located at Wahpeton, North Dakota.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-11-32 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-11 / Section 15-11-32
15-11-32. Child welfare research bureau - Establishment - Director
Status: in_force

15-11-32. Child welfare research bureau - Establishment - Director

A child welfare research bureau is hereby established. The bureau must be administered

and funded by and in conjunction with the university of North Dakota. The university shall

appoint a director.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-68-03 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-68 / Section 15-68-03
15-68-03. Donation
Status: in_force

15-68-03. Donation

A person proposing to donate land or money for the benefit of the trust must present to the

board an application and an executed donor agreement between the donor and tribal

government of a federally recognized Indian tribe located in North Dakota, South Dakota,

Montana, Minnesota, or Wyoming. In accepting the donor agreement, the board is not subject to

the provisions of chapter 54-40.2. The board is not responsible for determining which lands

have cultural resource significance or for any site preservation or maintenance measures

deemed necessary by the donor or the affected tribe. The donor agreement must also make any

provision deemed necessary for access to the land by Indians for educational, cultural, or

religious purposes.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-39.1-05 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-39.1 / Section 15-39.1-05
15-39.1-05. Management of fund
Status: repealed

15-39.1-05. Management of fund

Repealed by S.L. 1997, ch. 170, § 4.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-07-12 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-07 / Section 15-07-12
15-07-12. Use of lands purchased on crop payment contract for other than income purposes
Status: repealed

15-07-12. Use of lands purchased on crop payment contract for other than income

purposes.

Repealed by S.L. 1987, ch. 193, § 5.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-70-02 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-70 / Section 15-70-02
15-70-02. Institutions eligible for grant assistance
Status: in_force

15-70-02. Institutions eligible for grant assistance

Any tribally controlled community college located in this state is eligible to receive

supplemental grant assistance for nonbeneficiary students.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-20.4-05 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-20.4 / Section 15-20.4-05
15-20.4-05. Prohibition
Status: in_force

15-20.4-05. Prohibition

A person, group, or entity of whatever kind, alone or in concert with others, may not:

1. Operate, in this state, a postsecondary career school not exempted from the

provisions of this chapter, unless said school has a currently valid authorization to

operate issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.

2. Instruct or educate, or offer to instruct or educate, including advertising or soliciting for

such purpose, enroll or offer to enroll, contract or offer to contract with any person for

such purpose, or award any educational credential, or contract with any school or

party to perform any such act, at a facility or location in this state unless such person,

group, or entity observes and is in compliance with the minimum standards and criteria

established by the board pursuant to subsection 1 of section 15-20.4-03, and the rules

and regulations adopted by the board pursuant to subsection 6 of section 15-20.4-03.

3. Use the term "university", "institute", or "college" without authorization to do so from

the board.

4. Grant, or offer to grant, educational credentials, without authorization to do so from the

board.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-06-01 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-06 / Section 15-06-01
15-06-01. Original grant lands defined
Status: in_force

15-06-01. Original grant lands defined

The term "original grant lands" means all of the public lands which heretofore have been or

hereafter may be granted to the state by the United States for the support and maintenance of

the common schools or for the support and maintenance of the university, the school of mines,

the North Dakota youth correctional center, North Dakota state university, the school for the

deaf, any normal school, or any other educational, penal, or charitable institution, and any lands

which have been obtained by the state through a trade of any such lands for other lands.

Original grant lands which have been sold on contract retain their character as such grant lands

until the contract has been paid up and a patent issued therefor.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-39.1-19.2 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-39.1 / Section 15-39.1-19.2
15-39.1-19.2. Retired teachers return to active service - Critical shortage areas and disciplines
Status: in_force

15-39.1-19.2. Retired teachers return to active service - Critical shortage areas and

disciplines.

1. A retired teacher who is receiving a retirement annuity under chapter 15-39, 15-39.1,

or 15-39.2 may elect to return to teaching without losing any benefits under the

provisions of this section or elect to return to teaching under the provisions of section
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-12-23 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-12 / Section 15-12-23
15-12-23. Purpose of the institute
Status: in_force

15-12-23. Purpose of the institute

The purpose of the economic feasibility institute is to initiate, encourage, and enhance the

commercial development of both agricultural and nonagricultural products, processes,

commodities, and services in North Dakota through the supervision and performance of

economic feasibility research.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-12-07 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-12 / Section 15-12-07
15-12-07. Land grants - Acceptance
Status: in_force

15-12-07. Land grants - Acceptance

The grants of land accruing to this state by virtue of an Act of Congress donating public

lands for the use and support of agricultural colleges, approved February 22, 1889, are

accepted with all the conditions and provisions in said Act contained.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-11-17 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-11 / Section 15-11-17
15-11-17. Penalty for failure to patent discovery or to transfer patent
Status: repealed

15-11-17. Penalty for failure to patent discovery or to transfer patent

Repealed by S.L. 1961, ch. 296, § 5.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-39.1-02 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-39.1 / Section 15-39.1-02
15-39.1-02. Prior fund terminated
Status: in_force

15-39.1-02. Prior fund terminated

The teachers' insurance and retirement fund shall, on July 1, 1971, cease to exist and the

board administering said fund shall no longer function. All obligations of the teachers' insurance

and retirement fund must be assumed by the newly created fund.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-10-38.1 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-10 / Section 15-10-38.1
15-10-38.1. Skilled workforce student loan repayment program - Skilled workforce student loan repayment program fund - Continuing appropriation - Report
Status: in_force

15-10-38.1. Skilled workforce student loan repayment program - Skilled workforce

student loan repayment program fund - Continuing appropriation - Report.

1. There is created in the state treasury the skilled workforce student loan repayment

program fund. The fund consists of moneys transferred into the fund by the legislative

assembly, matching funds received, and loan repayments. Moneys in the fund are

appropriated to the state board of higher education on a continuing basis for the

purpose of distributing student loan repayment grants directly to the Bank of North

Dakota or other participating lender to repay outstanding student loan principal

balances for eligible applicants. The state board of higher education may transfer

money between this fund and the skilled workforce scholarship fund established in

section 15-10-38.2.

2. The state board of higher education shall adopt policies and procedures to develop,

implement, promote, and administer a skilled workforce student loan repayment

program in cooperation with the Bank of North Dakota and the North Dakota workforce

development council with the intent of attracting and retaining individuals for

professional or technical skills in high demand in this state.

3. The North Dakota workforce development council in cooperation with job service North

Dakota shall use available labor market information to determine annually the eligible

high-demand professional and technical skills and emerging occupations in this state.

4. Graduates of degree or certificate programs from institutions or entities in any state

may apply for the skilled workforce student loan repayment program. To be eligible to

receive student loan repayment grants under the program, the applicant:

a. Must have successfully completed an educational program from an institution of

higher education;

b. Must have a student loan with the Bank of North Dakota or other participating

lender;

c. Following completion of an educational program, must reside and work in this

state in an eligible high-demand or emerging occupation or reside within fifty

miles [80.47 kilometers] of this state and work in this state in an eligible

high-demand or emerging occupation; and

d. Must have met and shall continue to meet any requirements established in

applicable state board of higher education procedures.

5. The requirement under subdivision c of subsection 4 is met if an individual is enrolled

in or has completed a master of science degree in nursing while teaching four clinical

credits per year and resides and works in this state in an occupation requiring the

degree.

6. The state board of higher education shall adopt procedures to ensure compliance with

residency and occupation requirements after completion of the educational program.

7. The state board of higher education shall distribute student loan repayment grants

from the skilled workforce student loan repayment program fund directly to the Bank of

North Dakota or other participating lender to repay outstanding student loan principal

balances for eligible applicants. The maximum annual student loan repayment grant

amount for which an applicant may qualify is five thousand six hundred sixty-seven

dollars, or one-third of the applicant's outstanding student loan principal balance upon

initial application for the program, whichever is less. The maximum total student loan

repayment grant amount for which any applicant may qualify is seventeen thousand

dollars.

8. If an individual is receiving loan forgiveness under any other state program, the

individual may not receive a student loan repayment grant under this section during

the same application year.

9. An individual may receive a combined total of no more than seventeen thousand

dollars under this section and the skilled workforce scholarship program under section

15-10-38.2.

10. The state board of higher education shall provide one dollar of funding for each one

dollar of funds raised from the private sector or other public sources. Any matching

funds received must be deposited in the skilled workforce student loan repayment

program fund.

11. An applicant for student loan repayment under this section is ineligible if the applicant:

a. Provides or directs matching funds; or

b. Is the husband, wife, father, mother, brother, sister, son, daughter, father-in-law,

mother-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, stepchild,

uncle, aunt, niece, nephew, or grandchild of:

(1) The individual providing or directing matching funds; or

(2) An individual authorized to make decisions on behalf of an entity providing

or directing matching funds, including a controlling shareholder, member of

the governing body, director, or managing partner.

12. The state board of higher education shall provide a biennial program report to the

legislative management by September first of each even-numbered year. The report

must include information regarding:

a. The eligible high-demand professional and technical skills and emerging

occupations;

b. The number of applicants, eligible applicants, and applicants receiving awards;

c. The amount of matching funds raised; and

d. The average and total amounts awarded under the program.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-10-23 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-10 / Section 15-10-23
15-10-23. Lease of building sites on educational institution grounds
Status: repealed

15-10-23. Lease of building sites on educational institution grounds

Repealed by S.L. 1999, ch. 157, § 4.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-04-16 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-04 / Section 15-04-16
15-04-16. Report by county treasurer of rentals collected
Status: repealed

15-04-16. Report by county treasurer of rentals collected

Repealed by S.L. 1995, ch. 162, § 8.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-20.1-22 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-20.1 / Section 15-20.1-22
15-20.1-22. Grants for innovation
Status: in_force

15-20.1-22. Grants for innovation

1. The department shall provide grants to eligible recipients for the funding of:

a. Science projects or programs;

b. Technology projects or programs; and

c. Innovation programs for kindergarten, elementary, or high school students.

2. An eligible recipient for purposes of this section is a teacher, a school, a school district,

or an institution of higher education.

3. A grant awarded under this section is competitive, may not exceed twenty thousand

dollars if the recipient is an institution of higher education, and may not exceed seven

thousand five hundred dollars in the case of any other recipient.

4. In awarding a grant under this section, the department may require dollar-for-dollar

matching funds. If the department requires matching funds, an eligible recipient may

obtain those matching funds from any public or nonpublic source.

5. The department shall consult with the department of commerce in making award

determinations under this section.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-39.1-28 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-39.1 / Section 15-39.1-28
15-39.1-28. Tax levy for teachers' retirement
Status: in_force

15-39.1-28. Tax levy for teachers' retirement

Any school district by a resolution of its school board may use the proceeds of levies, as

permitted by section 57-15-14.2, for the purposes of meeting the district's contribution to the

fund arising under this chapter and to provide the district's share, if any, of contribution to the

fund for contracted employees of either a multidistrict special education board or another school

district where the contracted employees are also providing services to the taxing school district.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-10-14.2 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-10 / Section 15-10-14.2
15-10-14.2. Higher education system strategic plan - Reports
Status: in_force

15-10-14.2. Higher education system strategic plan - Reports

1. The state board of higher education shall adopt a strategic planning process and

develop a strategic plan to define and prioritize university system goals and objectives.

The board shall provide an annual performance and accountability report regarding

performance and progress toward the goals outlined in the university system's

strategic plan and accountability measures.

2. The state board of higher education shall report to the legislative assembly during

each regular legislative session regarding the status of higher education in this state.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-19-04 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-19 / Section 15-19-04
15-19-04. Duty of superintendent - Advertising
Status: repealed

15-19-04. Duty of superintendent - Advertising

Repealed by S.L. 2019, ch. 141, § 8.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-11-03 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-11 / Section 15-11-03
15-11-03. Powers of president and faculty
Status: repealed

15-11-03. Powers of president and faculty

Repealed by S.L. 2001, ch. 162, § 7.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-20.4-12 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-20.4 / Section 15-20.4-12
15-20.4-12. Violations - Criminal penalty
Status: in_force

15-20.4-12. Violations - Criminal penalty

Any person, group, or entity, or any owner, officer, or employee thereof, who willfully violates

the provisions of section 15-20.4-05, or who willfully fails or refuses to deposit with the board the

records required by the board under this chapter, is guilty of a class B misdemeanor. The

criminal sanctions may be imposed by a court of competent jurisdiction in an action brought by

the attorney general of this state or a state's attorney pursuant to section 15-20.4-14.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-12.1-17 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-12.1 / Section 15-12.1-17
15-12.1-17. State board of agricultural research and education - Duties
Status: in_force

15-12.1-17. State board of agricultural research and education - Duties

Within the policies of the state board of higher education, the state board of agricultural

research and education is responsible for budgeting and policymaking associated with the

agricultural experiment station and the North Dakota state university extension service. The

state board of agricultural research and education shall:

1. Determine the causes of any adverse economic impacts on crops and livestock

produced in this state;

2. Develop ongoing strategies for the provision of research solutions and resources to

negate adverse economic impacts on crops and livestock produced in this state;

3. Develop proactive strategies for the extension service to fulfill the mission of improving

the lives and livelihood of the citizens of North Dakota by providing research-based

education;

4. Implement the strategies developed under subsections 2 and 3, subject to approval by

the state board of higher education;

5. Develop, with the agricultural experiment station and the North Dakota state university

extension service, an annual budget for the operations of these entities;

6. Develop a biennial budget request based on its prioritized needs list and submit that

request to the president of North Dakota state university and the state board of higher

education, and forward its prioritized needs list and request without modification to the

office of management and budget and the appropriations committees of the legislative

assembly;

7. Maximize the use of existing financial resources, equipment, and facilities to generate

the greatest economic benefit from research and extension efforts and to promote

efficiency;

8. Annually evaluate the results of research and extension activities and expenditures

and report the findings to the legislative management and the state board of higher

education;

9. Advise the president of North Dakota state university regarding the recruitment,

selection, and performance of the vice president of agricultural affairs, the extension

service director, and the station director; and

10. Provide a status report to the budget section of the legislative management.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-10-32 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-10 / Section 15-10-32
15-10-32. Compensation of commission members - Travel expenses
Status: repealed

15-10-32. Compensation of commission members - Travel expenses

Repealed by S.L. 1977, ch. 158, § 4.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-18.1-15 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-18.1 / Section 15-18.1-15
15-18.1-15. Consumer protection - False academic degrees
Status: in_force

15-18.1-15. Consumer protection - False academic degrees

The North Dakota university system, in collaboration with the state board for career and

technical education, shall provide information via internet websites to protect students,

businesses, and others from persons that issue, manufacture, or use false academic degrees.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-62.5-01 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-62.5 / Section 15-62.5-01
15-62.5-01. Scholars program
Status: in_force

15-62.5-01. Scholars program

The state board of higher education shall administer the scholars program for the purpose

of providing a merit-based scholarship to an individual who:

1. a. Graduated from a high school in this state;

b. Graduated from a high school in a bordering state, pursuant to chapter 15.1-29;

c. Graduated from a nonpublic high school in a bordering state while residing with a

custodial parent in this state; or

d. Completed a program of home education supervised in accordance with chapter

15.1-23;

2. On the ACT achieved a composite score of 30 or higher, or an equivalent score on an

equivalent nationally recognized standardized test approved by the state board of

higher education prior to July first in the calendar year preceding the individual's post-

secondary enrollment;

3. a. Is enrolled at an accredited institution of higher education with a physical

presence in this state that offers a program of instruction equal to at least two

academic years;

b. Because of a medically certifiable disability is enrolled at an accredited institution

of higher education outside of this state that offers the individual special services

or facilities not available in this state, provided the institution offers a program of

instruction equal to at least two academic years; and

4. Is pursuing a course of study determined by the board to be full-time.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-06-06 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-06 / Section 15-06-06
15-06-06. Selecting and certifying lands for sale - Time of sale
Status: repealed

15-06-06. Selecting and certifying lands for sale - Time of sale

Repealed by S.L. 1947, ch. 160, § 12.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-55-08 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-55 / Section 15-55-08
15-55-08. Who may invest in bonds
Status: in_force

15-55-08. Who may invest in bonds

Any bank or trust company organized under the laws of this state may invest its capital and

surplus in bonds issued under this chapter. Any state board, bureau, institution, or industry

having the power to invest public funds or the funds of such board, bureau, institution, or

industry may invest said funds in bonds issued pursuant to this chapter in the same manner and

under the same restrictions as are provided by law for other investments. The officers having

charge of any sinking fund of any county, city, town, township, or school district thereof may

invest the sinking fund of such county, city, town, township, or school district in bonds issued

under the provisions thereof. The bonds are authorized collateral security for the deposit of any

public funds and for the investment of trust funds.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-10-17.1 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-10 / Section 15-10-17.1
15-10-17.1. Conduct of students and others and use of facilities of state colleges and universities
Status: repealed

15-10-17.1. Conduct of students and others and use of facilities of state colleges and

universities.

Repealed by S.L. 1999, ch. 157, § 4.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-10.1-04 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-10.1 / Section 15-10.1-04
15-10.1-04. Procedures - Limitations
Status: in_force

15-10.1-04. Procedures - Limitations

The state board of higher education may prescribe the procedures for carrying out the

authority conferred by sections 15-10.1-02 and 15-10.1-03. An agreement entered into pursuant

to this chapter must provide for approximately equal advantages between the contracting

institutions or the contracting states.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-03-01.1 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-03 / Section 15-03-01.1
15-03-01.1. Creation of maintenance fund
Status: in_force

15-03-01.1. Creation of maintenance fund

There is created a special fund designated as the state lands maintenance fund, which is

funded by the trust fund assets under the control of the board of university and school lands. All

expenses paid out of the state lands maintenance fund are subject to legislative appropriation.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-03-05 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-03 / Section 15-03-05
15-03-05. One-half of permanent funds to be invested in farm loans - Exception
Status: in_force

15-03-05. One-half of permanent funds to be invested in farm loans - Exception

At least one-half of the whole amount of the several permanent funds, as computed by the

commissioner of university and school lands at the end of each fiscal year, must be invested in

first mortgages on farmlands and rangelands in this state if there is a sufficient demand for

investment in farm loans. First mortgage loans on farmlands and rangelands must be made only

in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-20.4-07 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-20.4 / Section 15-20.4-07
15-20.4-07. Negotiation of promissory instruments
Status: repealed

15-20.4-07. Negotiation of promissory instruments

Repealed by S.L. 2009, ch. 161, § 7.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-10.4-01 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-10.4 / Section 15-10.4-01
15-10.4-01. Definitions
Status: in_force

15-10.4-01. Definitions

As used in this chapter:

1. "Constitutional time, place, and manner restrictions" means restrictions on the time,

place, and manner of free speech which do not violate the First Amendment to the

United States Constitution or section 4 of article I of the Constitution of North Dakota

and which are reasonable, content- and viewpoint-neutral, and narrowly tailored to

satisfy a significant institutional interest, and leave open alternative channels for the

communication of the information or message.

2. "Faculty" means an individual, regardless of whether the individual is compensated by

an institution, and regardless of political affiliation, who is tasked with providing

scholarship, academic research, or teaching, including tenured and nontenured

professors, adjunct professors, visiting professors, lecturers, graduate student

instructors, and those in comparable positions. "Faculty" does not mean an individual

whose primary responsibilities are administrative or managerial, unless the individual

also teaches at least one credit-hour.

3. "Free speech" means speech, expression, and assemblies protected by the First

Amendment to the United States Constitution or section 4 of article I of the

Constitution of North Dakota, including all forms of peaceful assembly, protests,

demonstrations, rallies, vigils, marches, public speaking, distribution of printed

materials, carrying signs, displays, or circulating petitions. "Free speech" does not

include the promotion, sale, or distribution of a product or service, unless the

promotion, sale, or distribution of the product or service is incidental to the exercise of

free speech.

4. "Institution" means an institution under the control of the state board of higher

education.

5. "Student" means an individual enrolled in at least one course offered by an institution.

6. "Student organization" means an officially recognized organization at an institution, or

an organization seeking official recognition, comprised of admitted students receiving

or are seeking to receive benefits through the institution.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-09-01 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-09 / Section 15-09-01
15-09-01. Public lands - Application to acquire for public or quasi-public purpose
Status: in_force

15-09-01. Public lands - Application to acquire for public or quasi-public purpose

The state of North Dakota or any person, firm, limited liability company, or public or private

corporation, desiring to acquire any school or institution lands of the state for:

1. Townsite purposes;

2. Schoolhouse sites;

3. Church sites;

4. Cemetery sites;

5. Sites for other educational or charitable institutions;

6. Sites for public parks;

7. Sites for fairgrounds;

8. Public highway purposes;

9. Fish hatcheries;

10. Airports;

11. Railroad right of way or other railroad uses and purposes;

12. Reservoirs for the storage of water for irrigation;

13. Drainage ditches;

14. Irrigation ditches; or

15. Any of the other purposes for which the right of eminent domain may be exercised

under the constitution and laws of the state,

may make written application to the board of university and school lands therefor. Such

application shall state briefly the purposes for which the land is required, describe the land as

accurately as practicable, and shall be accompanied by a map showing the land desired. The

application shall be verified by the applicant, or, if the applicant is a public or private corporation,

by some officer thereof, or, if the applicant is a limited liability company, by some manager

thereof, or, if the applicant is the state of North Dakota, by an officer of the commission, board,

or department desiring to acquire the land.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-20.2-12 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-20.2 / Section 15-20.2-12
15-20.2-12. District board resolution to participate in established center - Publication
Status: in_force

15-20.2-12. When such petition is filed, the school board may not obtain approval as a

participating district in an area career and technology center until the question of whether the

district shall enter into an area career and technology center has been submitted to the qualified

electors of the district. If a majority of the total number of votes cast on the question within the

school district is in favor of the question, the school board may proceed to obtain approval as a

participating district in an area career and technology center.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-20.4-02.1 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-20.4 / Section 15-20.4-02.1
15-20.4-02.1. Voluntary application for authorization to operate
Status: in_force

15-20.4-02.1. Voluntary application for authorization to operate

Although a postsecondary career school not operating in this state is exempt from this

chapter by section 15-20.4-02, the school may subject itself to the requirements of this chapter

by applying for and being awarded an authorization to operate by the board. An authorization to

operate, as applied to a postsecondary career school not operating in this state, means

approval of the board to offer to students in this state educational services leading to

educational credentials.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-06-24 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-06 / Section 15-06-24
15-06-24. When reappraisal unnecessary in land remaining unsold
Status: in_force

15-06-24. When reappraisal unnecessary in land remaining unsold

If any tract so appraised is not sold immediately, it may again be offered and sold without

reappraisement if sold within two years of such appraisement.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-18-03 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-18 / Section 15-18-03
15-18-03. School district tax levy authorized to finance residual or other junior college fiscal obligations
Status: repealed

15-18-03. School district tax levy authorized to finance residual or other junior college

fiscal obligations.

Repealed by S.L. 1999, ch. 154, § 2.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-07-20 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-07 / Section 15-07-20
15-07-20. Leasing of nongrant lands
Status: in_force

15-07-20. Leasing of nongrant lands

The board of university and school lands may lease nongrant lands under reasonable rules

as it may establish. The rules may provide for leasing with or without advertisement or

competitive bidding. Leases made under this section must be for cash only, and the rental must

be collected in advance except that the board may collect a share of a conservation reserve

program payment paid by the federal government. A lease of nongrant lands may not extend for

a period of more than five years, except any land accepted into the conservation reserve

program may have a lease term that coincides with the term of the conservation reserve

program contract if so provided in the lease. Leases may be renewed at the discretion of the

board. When nongrant lands are leased without advertisement or competitive bidding, the board

shall determine the rental by taking into consideration the nature and adaptability of the lands

and the improvements thereon.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-11-26 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-11 / Section 15-11-26
15-11-26. Alumni building - Title to site - Title to building
Status: in_force

15-11-26. Alumni building - Title to site - Title to building

The title to the ground selected by the alumni association for an alumni building must

remain forever in the state, subject to the purposes specified. The title to the alumni building

must remain in the alumni association until it may be relinquished or granted formally to the

state.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-04-17 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-04 / Section 15-04-17
15-04-17. County treasurer's bond to indemnify state for collections of rentals
Status: repealed

15-04-17. County treasurer's bond to indemnify state for collections of rentals

Repealed by S.L. 1995, ch. 162, § 8.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-20.1-15 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-20.1 / Section 15-20.1-15
15-20.1-15. Rehabilitation services provided to disabled individuals requiring financial assistance
Status: repealed

15-20.1-15. Rehabilitation services provided to disabled individuals requiring

financial assistance.

Repealed by S.L. 1973, ch. 383, § 17.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-03-07 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-03 / Section 15-03-07
15-03-07. Limitations on farm loans
Status: in_force

15-03-07. Limitations on farm loans

Farm loans secured by a first mortgage may be made only upon farmland and rangeland in

this state, and only to persons or other legal entities who are actual residents of this state and

who are actively engaged in the business of farming or ranching.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-20.1-17 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-20.1 / Section 15-20.1-17
15-20.1-17. Maintenance not assignable
Status: repealed

15-20.1-17. Maintenance not assignable

Repealed by S.L. 1973, ch. 383, § 17.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-12-27 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-12 / Section 15-12-27
15-12-27. Eighteenth street development fund
Status: repealed

15-12-27. Eighteenth street development fund

Repealed by S.L. 2007, ch. 3, § 28.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-11-42 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-11 / Section 15-11-42
15-11-42. Immigration law clinic
Status: in_force

15-11-42. Immigration law clinic

1. The university of North Dakota school of law shall employ one full-time staff attorney

for the immigration law clinic. The immigration law clinic attorney may not have more

than sixty matters open at any one time.

2. Legal services may be provided and legal work may be done remotely, depending on

the needs of the client.

3. The university of North Dakota school of law may charge nominal fees, as needed, to

operate the immigration law clinic.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-10.1-02 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-10.1 / Section 15-10.1-02
15-10.1-02. Agreements - Reciprocal basis
Status: in_force

15-10.1-02. Agreements - Reciprocal basis

The state board of higher education may enter into agreements with public or private

institutions of higher education, or the governing boards thereof, in this state and in contiguous

states on a reciprocal basis in order to accomplish the following:

1. To enable a student at any institution party to such an agreement to take a specialized

course or courses at a different institution from that in which the student is enrolled,

with or without the payment of tuition charges at the other institution.

2. To enable a student enrolled in any of the institutions party to the agreement to attend

another institution party to such agreement without being required to pay nonresident

tuition fees and in accordance with the terms of such agreement.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-20.1-19 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-20.1 / Section 15-20.1-19
15-20.1-19. Misuse of vocational rehabilitation lists and records
Status: repealed

15-20.1-19. Misuse of vocational rehabilitation lists and records

Repealed by S.L. 1973, ch. 383, § 17.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-18-06 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-18 / Section 15-18-06
15-18-06. Proceeds of levy to be certified to special school district
Status: in_force

15-18-06. Proceeds of levy to be certified to special school district

The proceeds of any tax levy hereby authorized must be certified quarterly to the clerk of

any special school district which maintained a junior college or off-campus educational center

pursuant to this chapter as it existed on June 30, 1984. The proceeds must be placed in a

special junior college fund or an off-campus center fund and must be used to finance any

residual or other fiscal obligations of the special school district under the terms of an agreement

between the district and the state board of higher education.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-20.1-08 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-20.1 / Section 15-20.1-08
15-20.1-08. Mill levy for vocational education programs
Status: repealed

15-20.1-08. Mill levy for vocational education programs

Repealed by S.L. 1983, ch. 608, § 22.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-55-11 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-55 / Section 15-55-11
15-55-11. Issuance and sale of tax-exempt bonds authorized - Amount
Status: in_force

15-55-11. Issuance and sale of tax-exempt bonds authorized - Amount

Omitted.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-05-14 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-05 / Section 15-05-14
15-05-14. Bonds for rents and royalties
Status: in_force

15-05-14. Bonds for rents and royalties

The board of university and school lands may require the lessee to execute a good and

sufficient bond conditioned for the payment of all moneys, rentals, and royalties stipulated by

the terms of the lease and for the full compliance with and observance of all rules and

regulations established by the board and of all other terms set forth in the lease.
N.D. Cent. Code § 15-20.1-11 — ND Code / Title 15 / Chapter 15-20.1 / Section 15-20.1-11
15-20.1-11. Curriculum - General powers and duties
Status: in_force

15-20.1-11. Curriculum - General powers and duties

The curriculum offered students by an area career and technology center must be as

determined by the school board; provided, that such curriculum must be submitted annually to

the state board for approval, and only an approved curriculum may be offered.