TITLE 15 EDUCATION CHAPTER 15-01 BOARD OF UNIVERSITY AND SCHOOL LANDS 15-01-01. Board - Membership - Officers

The governor, secretary of state, state treasurer, attorney general, and superintendent of public instruction shall constitute the "board of university and school lands". The governor must be the chairman, the secretary of state must be the vice chairman, and the commissioner of university and school lands must be the secretary of the board. In the absence of the commissioner at any meeting of the board, the deputy commissioner of university and school lands shall act as secretary. When acting as the board of university and school lands, the members of the board shall act in person and may not be represented by any assistant, clerk, or deputy

15-01-02. Powers - Control of public lands and permanent funds

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Full control of the selection, appraisement, rental, sale, disposal, and management of: a

Lands donated or granted by or received from the United States or from any other source for the support and maintenance of the common schools

All lands which fall to the state by escheat

All lands donated or granted by or received from the United States or from any other source for the maintenance of the educational, penal, or charitable institutions

All lands acquired by the state through the investment of the permanent school funds of the state as the result of mortgage foreclosure or otherwise

Full control of the investment of the permanent funds derived from the sale of any of the lands described in subsection 1

Full control of such percent of the proceeds of any sale of public lands as may be granted to the state by the United States on such sale

Full control of the proceeds of any property that fall to the state by escheat and of the proceeds of all gifts and donations to the state for the support or maintenance of the common schools, and of all other property otherwise acquired by the state for the maintenance of the common schools. Any gift to the state not specifically appropriated to any other purpose must be considered as a gift for the support and maintenance of the common schools

Authority to expend moneys for the purpose of making refunds in cases in which an error has been made by the board, or a person dealing with the board, with regard to any of the lands, minerals, funds, proceeds, or any other kind of property managed by the board. Moneys expended to make refunds must come from the same fund or account into which the money to be refunded was originally placed

Authority to award and distribute energy infrastructure and impact grants from moneys deposited in the oil and gas impact grant fund, except that grants awarded annually may not exceed sixty percent of the biennial appropriation for energy infrastructure and impact grants. The board may create an advisory committee to assist the board in making its grant award determinations

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15-01-02.1. Board of university and school lands to set and establish fees - Collections

The board of university and school lands shall have authority to set and establish fees in amounts equal to the cost of the issuance of patents, deeds, leases, assignments, land contracts, holding land sales, furnishing documents, receiving and processing all loans made by the board, managing property acquired under chapter 15-08.1, and managing property for other Page No. 1 state entities. All fees provided for in this section must be deposited in the state lands maintenance fund

15-01-03. Meetings of board - Quorum

The board shall meet on the last Thursday of each month. If it appears a quorum will not be present for any meeting of the board, the meeting may be rescheduled by the commissioner upon reasonable notice to all members. Special meetings of the board may be held at any time at the written call of the chairman, the commissioner, or any two members of the board. Three members of the board constitute a quorum

15-01-04. Record of meeting

The secretary of the board shall enter in a suitable book kept for that purpose a full and correct record of all the proceedings of the board at each session thereof. The record, when approved by the board, must be signed by the chairman or presiding officer of the meeting and by the secretary

15-01-05. Expenses of board - How paid - Limitations

Necessary incidental expenses of the board, within the limits of any appropriation made therefor by the legislative assembly, must be paid by the office of management and budget from the state land maintenance fund upon satisfactory vouchers. The office of management and budget shall issue its warrant for such expenses

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