N.D. Cent. Code § 26.1-22-05
The public buildings and fixtures and permanent contents therein belonging to the state, the various state industries except the state mill and elevator association if the association exercises the option provided in section 26.1-22-10, and the political subdivisions must, and the buildings and fixtures and the permanent contents therein belonging to an international peace garden or a winter show may, be insured under this chapter. No officer or agent of the state or of any political subdivision, and no person having charge of any public buildings belonging to the state, any state industry, or any political subdivision, may pay out any public moneys or funds on account of any insurance against loss by fire, lightning, inherent explosion, windstorm, cyclone, tornado and hail, explosion, riot attending a strike, aircraft, smoke, vehicles, or any other risks of direct physical loss, or contract in any manner for, or incur any indebtedness against, the state or any political subdivision on account of any such insurance upon any of the buildings or fixtures and permanent contents therein belonging to the state or any political subdivision, except in the manner provided in this chapter.
N.D.C.C. § 26.1-22-05