An act to create and enact a new section to chapter 15.1-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the assessment of all public school buildings., the official text

Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly of North Dakota In Regular Session Commencing Tuesday, January 7, 2025
HOUSE BILL NO. 1476 (Representatives Novak, Heinert, Nelson, Richter, Schreiber-Beck)
(Senator Kessel)
AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 15.1-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the assessment of all public school buildings.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA: SECTION 1. A new section to chapter 15.1-02 of the North Dakota Century Code is created and
enacted as follows: School buildings - Assessment - Rules. The superintendent of public instruction: 1. May collect regularly conducted assessments by school districts of each building located on school grounds in the state, including the interior and exterior of the building, doors, windows, fire sprinklers, fire protection systems, components of heating, cooling, plumbing, electrical, and security systems, and handicap accessibility features. 2. May, every four years, document the inventory of buildings, including building type, original construction year, facility additions, facility addition construction year, and facility square footage as submitted by school districts. 3. May develop and maintain a system for tracking the assessments of buildings, including construction, repairs, modifications, and maintenance recommended for each school. 4. Shall adopt rules under chapter 28-32 to implement this section. 5. May contract for professional services to implement this section, including contracting to study appropriate criteria to establish for public school facility standards.

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____________________________ Speaker of the House

____________________________ President of the Senate

____________________________ Chief Clerk of the House

____________________________ Secretary of the Senate

This certifies that the within bill originated in the House of Representatives of the Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly of North Dakota and is known on the records of that body as House Bill No. 1476.

House Vote: Senate Vote:

Yeas 90 Yeas 28

Nays 0 Nays 19

Absent 4 Absent 0

____________________________ Chief Clerk of the House
Received by the Governor at ________M. on _____________________________________, 2025. Approved at ________M. on __________________________________________________, 2025.

____________________________ Governor
Filed in this office this ___________day of _______________________________________, 2025, at ________ o’clock ________M.

____________________________ Secretary of State