North Dakota § 54-21-18 - Office building part of capitol building - Director control of capitol grounds Parking for pregnant employees and employees with infants - Rules - Penalty

§ 54-21-18. Office building part of capitol building - Director control of capitol grounds Parking for pregnant employees and employees with infants - Rules - Penalty

1. The director of the office of management and budget shall control, manage, and maintain the state office building. The building must be considered a part of the state capitol building within the meaning of statutes relating to the custody, maintenance, and control of the state capitol building and grounds, and within the meaning of statutes requiring state departments or agencies to maintain their offices in the state capitol building. 2. Except as otherwise provided by law, the director of the office of management and budget has charge and control of the executive mansion, the capitol, and the park and public grounds connected therewith. Except as provided by sections 39-10-48, 39-10-50, 44-08-18, and 54-21-17.1, the director may adopt rules to promote the health, safety, and general welfare, to prohibit disturbances and disorderly assemblies, to keep the peace, and to regulate nuisances on the capitol grounds and in any of the buildings located on the capitol grounds. The rules may include regulation of public assemblies and accessibility to the buildings and grounds, obstructions, fees, insurance, forms, indemnification by users, and waiver of insurance and indemnity requirements by the director. A person who violates a rule adopted by the director under this section is guilty of an infraction. 3. The office of management and budget shall provide to a state employee a temporary permit or some other means that allow that employee to park on the capitol grounds in any parking area in which a member of the public is allowed to park, if the state employee is pregnant and employed by a state agency housed on the capitol grounds or if the state employee is allowed by a state agency housed on the capitol grounds to bring an infant to work. This subsection does not authorize a state employee to park in an emergency or fire zone, in parking for the mobility impaired, or in a zone for which another permit is required. The special parking authorized under this subsection expires when the employee is no longer pregnant or no longer authorized to bring an infant to work.