North Dakota Century Code Title 37. Military § 37-01-25. Officers and employees of state or political subdivisions in national guard or federal service to retain status for period of active service or any military duty

All officers and employees of this state or of a political subdivision of this state who:

when ordered by proper authority to active noncivilian employment for any military duty, are entitled to a leave of absence from such civil service for the period of such active service or military duty including traveling to and from a duty station without loss of status or efficiency rating. If such persons have been in the continuous employ of the state or political subdivision for ninety days immediately preceding the leave of absence, they shall receive twenty workdays each calendar year without loss of pay. In addition, any leave of absence necessitated by a full or partial mobilization of the reserve and national guard forces of the United States of America, or emergency state active duty, must be without loss of pay for the first thirty days thereof less any other paid leave of absence which may have been granted during the calendar year pursuant to this section. If leave is required for any military duty or travel to and from a duty station on a day in which a public officer or employee is scheduled to perform the work of the state or of a political subdivision, the officer or employee must be given the option of time off with a concurrent loss of pay for the period missed, the use of leave of absence without loss of pay for the period missed, or an opportunity to reschedule the workperiod so the reserve or national guard military duty or travel to and from a duty station occurs during time off from work without loss of status or efficiency rating.