Enactment and revision of ordinances

N.D.C.C. § 40-11-09 — under Ordinances.

N.D.C.C. § 40-11-09

The executive officer of a municipality may appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the governing body of the municipality, one or more competent persons to prepare and submit to the governing body, for its adoption or rejection, an ordinance for the revision or amendment of existing ordinances or for the enactment of new and additional ordinances for such municipality. The attorney for the municipality, if it has an attorney, shall be appointed as one of the persons to prepare and submit such ordinance. The compensation of the revisor or revisors, including that of the attorney, shall be determined by the governing body and shall be paid out of the municipal treasury. Such revision, including any additional ordinances and amendments to existing ordinances contained therein, may be passed as a single ordinance and may be published in pamphlet or book form, by and under the authority of the governing body of the municipality, and shall be valid and effective without publication in a newspaper or posting.

40-11-09.1. Presumption of regular adoption, enactment, or amendment of resolution or ordinance. Three years after the adoption or amendment of a resolution or the enactment or amendment of an ordinance by the governing body of a city it is conclusively presumed that the resolution or ordinance was adopted, enacted, or amended and published as required by law.

40-11-10. Action for violation of ordinance in corporate name - Previous prosecution, recovery, or acquittal no defense. Repealed by S.L. 2025, ch. 379, § 4.

40-11-11. Summons to issue on violation of ordinance - When warrant of arrest to issue. Repealed by S.L. 2025, ch. 379, § 4.