North Dakota Century Code Title 54. State Government § 54-46-05. Duties of agency heads

1. Establish and maintain an active, continuing program for the economical and efficient management of the records of the agency.

2. Make and maintain records containing adequate and proper documentation of the organization, functions, policies, decisions, procedures, and essential transactions of the agency designed to furnish information to protect the legal and financial rights of the state and of persons directly affected by the agency's activities.

3. Submit to the administrator, in accordance with the standards adopted by the administrator, schedules proposing the length of time each state record series warrants retention for administrative, legal, or fiscal purposes after it has been received by the agency.

4. Submit to the administrator lists of state records in the custody of the agency which are not needed in the transaction of current business and which do not have administrative, legal, or fiscal value.

5. Cooperate with the administrator in the conduct of surveys made by the administrator pursuant to this chapter, including resolving findings of noncompliance with the records management program as may be indicated in the final survey report. Failure to cooperate with the administrator may result in reported noncompliance as authorized under subsection 7 of section 54-46-04.

6. Comply with the rules, standards, and procedures adopted by the administrator.