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