North Dakota Code 53-12.1-03 – Director – Responsibilities
1. The attorney general shall appoint a director who shall serve at the pleasure of the attorney general.
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 53-12.1-03
- Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Organization: includes a foreign or domestic association, business trust, corporation, enterprise, estate, joint venture, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, limited partnership, partnership, trust, or any legal or commercial entity. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- Rule: includes regulation. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- written: include "typewriting" and "typewritten" and "printing" and "printed" except in the case of signatures and when the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See North Dakota Code 1-01-37
2. Subject to policy of the attorney general, the director shall:
a. Employ those individuals deemed necessary to operate the lottery and provide secure facilities to house the lottery; b. Enter a written agreement with one or more government-authorized lotteries, or with an organization created and controlled by those lotteries, for conducting and marketing a joint lottery game; c. Provide for a secure computer data center and internal control system for the reliable operation of the lottery; d. Prepare and submit a budget for operating the lottery; e. Operate the lottery so it is self-sustaining and self-funded; f. Maintain books and records which accurately reflect each day’s financial transactions, including the sale of tickets, receipt of funds and fees, prize payments, and expenses to ensure accountability; g. License a retailer to sell or redeem a ticket; h. Require a retailer to furnish proof of financial stability or post a bond in an amount the director deems necessary to protect the financial interest of the state; i. Timely and efficiently transfer lottery funds due from a retailer; j. Conduct a retailer promotion to promote the sale of a ticket; k. As necessary, enter a contract for a promotional service, an annuity for the payment of a prize, credit history report, security service, service from another state agency, marketing and related service, gaming system and related service, and other necessary service; l. Based on reasonable ground or written complaint, suspend or revoke a retailer’s license or impose a monetary fine, or both, for a violation, by the retailer or employee of the retailer, of a lottery law or rule; m. Examine, or cause to be examined by an agent designated by the director, any book or record of a retailer to ensure compliance with the lottery law and rules; n. Upon request, report to the legislative council regarding the operation of the lottery; o. Make quarterly and annual financial reports to the governor and attorney general and a biennial report to the legislative assembly; p. Have an annual audit, conducted by the state auditor, of the lottery. The director shall present the audit report to the governor, state treasurer, and legislative assembly; q. As necessary, have an independent firm conduct a study and evaluation of security; and
r. As necessary, conduct a survey of retailers and players or a study of reactions of citizens to present and potential features of the lottery.