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Fargo contractor and business owner Timothy Rosene, is barred from doing business in North Dakota for at least the next five years, announced Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem.

Records relating to an ongoing lawsuit involving a public entity must be obtained through the discovery process, not the open records laws.

The Crystal Lake Township Board of Supervisors violated the law when they held a special meeting but did not post a meeting notice and agenda or follow the additional notice requirements for a special meeting.

The city of Mandan did not violate the law by failing to provide requested records because it never received a request. The request sent to the personal email account of a city commissioner was never received because the email account had been hacked and all emails lost.

Committees of a public entity are subject to the open meetings laws and must comply with all the requirements. The City of Arnegard violated the law by holding committee meetings without providing public notice. 

The city of Dickinson violated the open records laws because it did not provide records within a reasonable time.

The ND Forensic Examiner’s Office and UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences did not violate the open records law by refusing to disclose the Reports of Death while the investigations were still active.

Bonds payable from appropriations made by the Legislative Assembly must be subject to modification or repeal by future legislative assemblies in order to be upheld against a constitutional debt limit challenge.

Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem joined attorneys general nationwide in urging the US Senate to enact the Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence (TRACED) Act, legislation to curb illegal robocalls and spoofing.

Payment of the aircraft excise tax is a condition of registration and must be paid before the Aeronautics Commission may issue an aircraft registration certificate.