§ 26.1-21-01 — Definitions

As used in this chapter:
1. "Blanket bond" means a bond that covers collectively all public employees and public
officials.
2. "Fund" means the state bonding fund.
3. "International peace garden" means an entity located upon the international boundary
line between the United States and Canada used and maintained as a memorial to
commemorate the long-existing relationship of peace and good will between the
people and the governments of the United States and Canada and to further
international peace among the nations of the world.
4. "Office" means the office of management and budget.
5. "Political subdivision" means a county, township, park district, school district, city, or
any other unit of local government which is created either by statute or by the
Constitution of North Dakota for local government or other public purposes.
6. "Public employee" means an individual employed by a state agency or any political
subdivision, an officer or employee eligible under section 57-15-56, an employee
under section 61-16.1-05, or an officer or employee of an international peace garden.
The term does not include an individual employed by an occupational and professional
board or commission under title 43 or by the state bar association.
7. "Public official" means an elected or appointed officer or deputy of a state agency or a
political subdivision. The term does not include an officer of an occupational and
professional board or commission under title 43 or of the state bar association.
8. "State agency" means a state board, bureau, commission, department, agency,
industry, or institution and the international peace garden.