North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 43 - Industrial Commission › Article 43-01 - General Administration › Chapter 43-01-01 - Organization of Industrial Commission › Section 43-01-01-01 - Organization of industrial commission

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1.
History.
The 1919 legislative assembly passed legislation,
				codified as North Dakota Century Code chapter 54-17, creating the industrial
				commission of North Dakota. The industrial commission was created to conduct
				and manage, on behalf of the state of North Dakota, certain utilities,
				industries, enterprises, and business projects established by law.
The 1953 legislative assembly passed oil and gas conservation
				  legislation, codified as North Dakota Century Code chapter 38-08, which gave
				  the industrial commission jurisdiction and authority over all persons and
				  property, public and private, necessary to enforce the provisions of the
				  legislation.
The 1967 legislative assembly passed legislation, codified as
				  North Dakota Century Code chapter 38-12, for the regulation, development, and
				  production of subsurface minerals. It gave the industrial commission
				  jurisdiction and authority over all persons and property, public and private,
				  necessary to enforce the provisions of the legislation.
The 1975 legislative assembly passed legislation, codified as
				  North Dakota Century Code chapter 38-12.1, requiring the filing of coal
				  exploration data with the state geologist. It gave the industrial commission
				  jurisdiction and authority over all persons and property, public and private,
				  necessary to enforce the provisions of the legislation.
The 1989 legislative assembly passed legislation, codified as
				  North Dakota Century Code chapter 54-17.4, transferring jurisdiction and
				  authority over the geological survey from the board of higher education to the
				  industrial commission. The geological survey serves as the primary source of
				  geological information in the state.
The industrial commission is responsible for establishing the
				  criteria for submission and consideration of research, development, and
				  marketing proposals and entering into contracts under the lignite research,
				  development, and marketing program.
2.
Industrial commission membership and
				quorum.
The industrial commission consists of the governor, the attorney
				general, and the commissioner of agriculture. The governor and one member
				constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business.
3.
Chairman and attorney for the
				industrial commission.
The governor is the chairman of the industrial
				commission, and its attorney is the attorney general of the state. In its
				transaction of its general business, the industrial commission may employ
				secretaries and other subordinate officers, clerks, and agents, on such terms
				as it may deem proper, appointing and discharging all persons so engaged when
				and as, in its judgment, the public interest may require.
4.
Inquiries.
Inquiries
				regarding the industrial commission may be addressed to the executive director
				and secretary for the commission:
Mrs. Karlene Fine
State Capitol
600 East Boulevard
Bismarck, North Dakota 58505
General Authority: NDCC 28-32-02.1
Law Implemented: NDCC
					 28-32-02.1