An act to create and enact a new section to chapter 44-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to designating student applications for admission to an institution of higher education as exempt records; and to decla, the official text

Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly of North Dakota In Regular Session Commencing Tuesday, January 7, 2025
HOUSE BILL NO. 1542 (Representatives Hendrix, Heilman, Heinert, Marschall, Murphy, Novak, Schreiber-Beck)
(Senators Cory, Wobbema)
AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 44-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to designating student applications for admission to an institution of higher education as exempt records; and to declare an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA: SECTION 1. A new section to chapter 44-04 of the North Dakota Century Code is created and
enacted as follows: Admissions applications to institutions of higher education - Exempt. A record related to an individual's application for admission to an institution of higher education
under the administration of the state board of higher education is exempt, except as otherwise provided by law. Subject to the retention requirements under section 15-10-44, the record must be destroyed upon request of the applicant or the parent or guardian of an applicant who was under eighteen years of age at the time the application was submitted. An individual may not access or disclose an exempt record under this section for a reason other than carrying out regular duties as an employee of an institution of higher education, except as otherwise provided under this chapter.
SECTION 2. EMERGENCY. This Act is declared to be an emergency measure.

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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. 1542 and that two-thirds of the members-elect of the House of Representatives voted in favor of said law.

Vote:

Yeas 89

Nays 0

Absent 5

____________________________ Speaker of the House

____________________________ Chief Clerk of the House

This certifies that two-thirds of the members-elect of the Senate voted in favor of said law.

Vote:

Yeas 46

Nays 0

Absent 1

____________________________ President of the Senate

____________________________ Secretary of the Senate

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