North Dakota Century Code Title 54. State Government § 54-06-01. Definitions

1. “Appointed or appointive state officers and members of appointive state boards, bureaus, and commissions, and deputies, assistants, secretaries, clerks, and employees” includes all persons whose office or employment is held by virtue of any appointment or employment however made, other than an election by the voters of the state, whether or not such office or employment is created by an act of the legislative assembly.

2. “Elected and elective state officers” includes the governor, the lieutenant governor, the attorney general, the secretary of state, the state auditor, the state treasurer, the superintendent of public instruction, the agriculture commissioner, the insurance commissioner, the tax commissioner, and three public service commissioners.