North Dakota Century Code Title 65. Workforce Safety and Insurance § 65-04-04. Employers obligated to pay premiums and assessments--Certificate provided

1. Each employer subject to this title shall pay into the fund the amount of premium and assessment determined by the organization. The amount must be determined by the classifications, rules, and rates made and published by the organization and must be based on a proportion of the annual expenditure of money by the employer for the service of persons subject to the provisions of this title.

2. The organization shall provide to the employer a certificate specifying that the payment has been made. The certificate, is prima facie evidence of the payment of the premium.

3. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 65-04-15, the certificate may reflect the employer has paid the minimum due and has no employees for the period indicated on the certificate. If an employer defaults on premium or assessment payments after a certificate has been issued, the organization may revoke that employer's certificate.

4. The organization shall provide that premiums or assessments payable by school districts, multidistrict special education units, area career and technology centers, and regional education associations, townships, and all public corporations or agencies, except municipal corporations, fall due at the end of the fiscal year of that entity, and that premiums or assessments payable by all municipal corporations fall due at the end of the calendar year, and may make provisions so that premiums or assessments of other employers fall due on different or specified dates.

5. For the purpose of effectuating different or specified due dates, the organization may carry new or current risks for a period of less than one year and not to exceed eighteen months, either by request of the employer or action of the organization.

6. An employer subject to this chapter shall display in a conspicuous manner at the workplace and in a sufficient number of places to reasonably inform employees of the fact, a certificate showing compliance with this chapter and the toll-free telephone number used to report unsafe working conditions and actual or suspected workforce safety and insurance fraud.

7. Any employer subject to this chapter is liable to pay a civil penalty of two hundred fifty dollars for failure to display the notice of compliance and the toll-free telephone number as required by this section.