The office of the governor may coordinate and plan for conversion to the metric system by all agencies, boards, commissions, and departments within the executive branch of state government in conformance with the Metric Conversion Act of 1975 [ Pub. L. 94-168; 89 Stat. 1007; 15 U.S.C. 205a et seq.]. The governor may direct such agencies, departments, boards, and commissions to comply with any guidelines established by the United States metric board to meet the desired deadline for converting to general use of the metric system.
N.D.C.C. § 54-07-01.3