# Title 4 — Management and Budget, Office of

## Article 4-01 — General Administration

## Chapter 4-01-01 — Organization of Office

### § 4-01-01-01. Organization and functions of the office of management and budget.

1. Organization of office.
a. History. The 1941 legislative assembly appointed a governmental survey commission to
study the field of governmental reorganization and make recommendations. Among the
recommendations was a single agency to handle the state's fiscal affairs. That study was
reviewed by directive of the 1957 legislative assembly. The 1959 legislative assembly
established the department of accounts and purchases to become operative in 1961. In
1981 the agency became the office of management and budget. The director is
appointed by and serves at the will of the governor. As agency head, the director is
vested with control and supervision of the fiscal administration of the executive branch of
state government.
b. Divisions. Within the office of management and budget are six divisions:
(1) Administration.
(2) Fiscal management.
(3) Human resource management services.
(4) Central services.
(5) Facility management.
(6) Risk management.
2. Functions of office divisions.
a. The administration division provides management and support to the divisions within the
office of management and budget. Other duties include review of state agency
management and organizational structure, and frequent comparison of projected and
actual state revenues and expenditures. The director of each division is appointed by and
serves at the pleasure of the director of the office of management and budget.
b. The fiscal management division is responsible for budget preparation and the monitoring
of spending after legislative appropriations are made, preparation of the revenue
forecasts, processing state financial transactions, including agency payrolls, and
preparing the statewide comprehensive annual financial report (CAFR). The fiscal
management director and budget analysts prepare the governor's executive
recommendation for submission to the legislative assembly. As the sole financial plan for
providing state services, the executive budget recommendation is presented to the
legislative assembly prior to the convening of each session. Part of the budget process
involves fiscal management staff appearing at hearings for each agency budget request,

onsite visits, and comparative analyses. Once the executive budget recommendation has
been submitted, the office works closely with the legislative assembly and its committees
by explaining the budget or by providing information on other fiscal concerns. During both
the legislative session and the legislative council's interim study period, the office of
management and budget assists legislators and other key policymakers in resolving
budget-related issues.
c. The human resource management services division provides services relating to
establishing and maintaining a unified system of human resource management for the
classified service. The division and the state personnel board were created by executive
order in 1974 and by the legislative assembly in 1975. The 2003 legislative assembly
changed the name of the central personnel division to human resource management
services. The division establishes and maintains classification and compensation plans
as well as general policies and rules which are binding on the agencies with employees
in the classified service. In 1995 the administration of the merit system function was
decentralized to those agencies required to have a merit system of personnel
administration. The human resource management services division maintains the merit
system auditing function and provides consultative services to agencies on a multitude of
issues including recruitment, screening, and selection of applicants; performance
management; classification; salary administration; discipline; grievances; investigations;
appeals; and federal and state employment requirements. In addition, the division
develops, coordinates, and conducts training programs; provides mediation services; and
administers a cooperative education and internship program.
d. The central services division operates a central purchasing service, maintains a central
supply section, serves as the state's distribution point for federal surplus property and
clearinghouse for state-owned surplus property, and operates a central printing service.
The central services division works with state agencies and vendors to provide the state
with the best possible prices for goods and services.
e. The facility management division was created July 1, 1991, with the elimination of the
director of institutions office. The division manages the physical plant operations,
provides capitol tours, operates the central mail bureau, and coordinates event
scheduling for all of the buildings located on the one hundred thirty-two-acre capitol
complex. It also is responsible for providing space management services for the state
agencies located on the capitol complex through its state planner.
f. The risk management division was established in 1995 in response to a North Dakota
supreme court decision that eliminated the state's sovereign immunity for tort claims. The
division's objectives are to implement proactive loss control practices to address the
state's exposures to loss, and to appropriately administer claims and lawsuits. The 2001
legislature established the risk management workers' compensation program and
assigned the division the duty of administering the single workers' compensation account
that consolidated one hundred forty-three state agency accounts, and authorized a one
hundred thousand dollar deductible per claim and a cross agency return-to-work
program.
3. Inquiries. General inquiries regarding the office of management and budget may be
addressed to the director of the office. Specific inquiries regarding the functions of each
division may be addressed to the director of that division.
4. Personnel roster. All correspondence to the below-listed persons should be addressed as
follows:
Director
Office of Management and Budget

600 East Boulevard Avenue, Dept. 110
Bismarck, North Dakota 58505-0400
(701) 328-4606
Director
Fiscal Management Division
600 East Boulevard Avenue, Dept. 110
Bismarck, North Dakota 58505-0400
(701) 328-4905
Director
Human Resource Management Services Division
600 East Boulevard Avenue, Dept. 113
Bismarck, North Dakota 58505-0120
(701) 328-4735
Director
Central Services Division
600 East Boulevard Avenue, Dept. 118
Bismarck, North Dakota 58505-0420
(701) 328-3494
Director
Facility Management Division
600 East Boulevard Avenue, Dept. 130
Bismarck, North Dakota 58505-0130
(701) 328-4002
Director
Risk Management Division
1600 East Century Avenue, Suite 4
Bismarck, North Dakota 58503-0649
(701) 328-7580
History: Amended effective March 1, 1982; October 1, 1983; November 1, 1985; October 1, 1987;
September 1, 1989; May 1, 1992; February 1, 1993; April 1, 1994; December 1, 1998; August 1, 2004;
October 1, 2023.
General Authority: NDCC 28-32-02
Law Implemented: NDCC 28-32-02
