§ 54-21-18 — Office building part of capitol building - Director control of capitol grounds - Parking for pregnant employees and employees with infants - Rules - Penalty

Parking for pregnant employees and employees with infants - Rules - Penalty.
1. The director of the office of management and budget shall control, manage, and
maintain the state office building. The building must be considered a part of the state
capitol building within the meaning of statutes relating to the custody, maintenance,
and control of the state capitol building and grounds, and within the meaning of
statutes requiring state departments or agencies to maintain their offices in the state
capitol building.
2. Except as otherwise provided by law, the director of the office of management and
budget has charge and control of the executive mansion, the capitol, and the park and
public grounds connected therewith. Except as provided by sections 39-10-48,
39-10-50, 44-08-18, and 54-21-17.1, the director may adopt rules to promote the
health, safety, and general welfare, to prohibit disturbances and disorderly assemblies,
to keep the peace, and to regulate nuisances on the capitol grounds and in any of the
buildings located on the capitol grounds. The rules may include regulation of public
assemblies and accessibility to the buildings and grounds, obstructions, fees,
insurance, forms, indemnification by users, and waiver of insurance and indemnity
requirements by the director. A person who violates a rule adopted by the director
under this section is guilty of an infraction.
3. The office of management and budget shall provide to a state employee a temporary
permit or some other means that allow that employee to park on the capitol grounds in
any parking area in which a member of the public is allowed to park, if the state
employee is pregnant and employed by a state agency housed on the capitol grounds
or if the state employee is allowed by a state agency housed on the capitol grounds to
bring an infant to work. This subsection does not authorize a state employee to park in
an emergency or fire zone, in parking for the mobility impaired, or in a zone for which

another permit is required. The special parking authorized under this subsection
expires when the employee is no longer pregnant or no longer authorized to bring an
infant to work.