§ 54-57-07 — Compensation for provision of administrative law judges - Special fund established - Continuing appropriation

North Dakota § 54-57-07

• Jurisdiction: North Dakota
• Title 54: State Government
• Ch. 54-57: Office of Administrative Hearings

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established - Continuing appropriation.
1. The office of administrative hearings shall require payment for services rendered by
any administrative law judge provided by it to any agency, to any unit of local
government in this state, to any tribal government in this state, or to the judicial
branch, in the conduct of an administrative hearing and related proceedings, and those
entities must make the required payment to the office. Payment must include payment
for support staff necessary to render administrative law judge services. Moneys
received by the office of administrative hearings in payment for providing an
administrative law judge to conduct an administrative hearing and related proceedings
must be deposited into the operating fund of the office of administrative hearings.
2. The office of administrative hearings shall require payment for mileage, meals, and
lodging in connection with services rendered by an administrative law judge provided
to any agency, to any unit of local government in this state, to any tribal government in
this state, or to the judicial branch, in the conduct of an administrative hearing and
related proceedings, and those entities must make the required payment to the office.
Payment for meals and lodging must be in the amounts allowable under section
44-08-04. Payment for mileage when using state vehicles must be in amounts set for
user charges under section 24-02-03.5. All other payments must be in amounts
allowed for other state officials and employees. Either general fund or special fund
moneys, or other income, may be used for the payment of mileage, meals, and lodging
under this subsection.
3. A special fund is established in the state treasury and designated as the administrative
hearings fund. The office of administrative hearings shall deposit in the fund all
moneys received by it in payment for providing services rendered by any
administrative law judge in the conduct of an administrative hearing and related
proceedings under this chapter, as well as all moneys received by the office in
payment for mileage, meals, and lodging in connection with providing any

administrative law judge to conduct an administrative hearing and related proceedings.
The moneys in the fund are a standing and continuing appropriation and are
appropriated, as necessary, for the following purposes:
a. For the office of administrative hearings to pay for salaries, wages, benefits,
operating expenses, and equipment, including payment to temporary
administrative law judges, as necessary, for the purpose of providing requested
administrative law judges to agencies, to any unit of local government in this
state, to any tribal government in this state, or to the judicial branch.
b. For the office of administrative hearings to pay mileage, meals, and lodging to
any administrative law judges, as necessary, in connection with the services to be
provided under this chapter.