Page:1973 North Dakota Session Laws.pdf/207

CRIMES budget is authorized to issue regulations governing methods whereby the regular payrolls for each department, agency, or institution of this state may be prepared and certified by the agency concerned without individually executed or signed certificates of claim by the employees as provided in section 54.14-04. In all such cases, the warrants issued to cover such pay roll items shall have the required certificate printed on the back of the warrant in such manner that the endorsement of the warrant will constitute an execution of the certificate provided in section 54-14-04.

SECTION 8. AMENDMENT.) Section 54-14-07 of the 1971 Supplement to the North Dakota Century Code is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:

54-14-07 OFFICE OF THE BUDGET TO MAKE RULES - STANDARD VOUCHERS - DISAPPROVAL OF CLAIMS.) In order to ensure that sufficient information is provided to verify claims and determine the exact purpose of expenditures, the office of the budget shall promulgate rules and regulations which it deems necessary for an adequate accounting and shall direct the preparation of standard forms or vouchers upon which claims against any public fund shall be submitted. The standard forms or vouchers shall be prepared in such a manner so as to require an enumeration and description of services performed, purposes of expenditures, types of items or services purchased, number of days of per diem payments, the capacity in which per dien is claimed, and any other information which is deemed necessary or desirable. In the case of travel expenses, the office of the budget shall specifically provide by rule or regulation for certification and a method whereby adequate verification of travel allowances or expenses can be provided, and to this end it may direct individuals or departments to maintain adequate records which they may be called upon to produce for preaudit or postaudit purposes in order to verify any information submitted upon travel vouchers or verify the correctness and lawfulness of the expenditures. The office of the budget shall disapprove all vouchers or expenditures it determines to be in error or unlawful or in excess of the limits of legislative appropriation.

SECTION 9. AMENDMENT.) Section 54-14-08 of the 1971 Supplement to the North Dakota Century Code is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:

54-14-08. ALL DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND INSTITUTIONS IN STATE GOVERNMENT SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO WITHHOLD CERTAIN AMOUNTS FROM STATE EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION.) All departments, agencies, boards, commissions, and institutions in state government shall compute and withhold from state employees' monetary compensation only those amounts which are required by law to be withheld and only those other items approved by the office of the budget.

SECTION 10. AMENDMENT.) Subsection 10 of section 54-44.1-03 of the 1971 Supplement to the North Dakota Century Code is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:

10. Perform all other necessary duties to carry out the provisions of this chapter and of chapter 54-14.