Title 11 — Counties
52 chapters · 646 sections in this title.
N.D.C.C. § 11-28.3-01 Territory to be organized - Petition
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Whenever fifty qualified electors, or if there are fewer than fifty qualified electors, fifty percent of the qualified electors residing in any rural territory, as defined by the department of health and human services, equivalent in area to one township or more not presently ser…
N.D.C.C. § 11-28.3-02 Election in affected counties
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When a petition is filed in the office of the county auditor pursuant to section 11-28.3-01, the county auditor shall determine and certify that the petition has been signed by at least fifty qualified electors, or if there are fewer than fifty qualified electors residing in the …
N.D.C.C. § 11-28.3-03 Notice of election
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In addition to the usual requirements of notices of election, the notice for an election at which the question provided for in this chapter will be voted upon must include a statement describing the boundaries of the proposed rural ambulance service district, expressed, wherever …
N.D.C.C. § 11-28.3-04 Form of ballot - Vote required to approve
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The ballot on the question of forming a rural ambulance service district must be in substantially the following form: Shall (name of taxing district or districts) levy a tax of not to exceed _______ mills for the purpose of forming a rural ambulance district? Yes ☐ No ☐ If a majo…
N.D.C.C. § 11-28.3-05 Notice by county auditor of meeting to organize district
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If a rural ambulance service district is approved as provided in this chapter or as required by section 23-27-07, the county auditor of the county in which the proposed district is located shall issue notice of a public meeting to organize the rural ambulance service district. Th…
N.D.C.C. § 11-28.3-06 Organization - Board of directors
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1. At the time and place fixed by the county auditor for the public meeting as provided in section 11-28.3-05, the qualified electors present who reside within the boundaries of the district shall proceed to organize the district. Permanent organization must be effected by the el…
N.D.C.C. § 11-28.3-07 Regular meeting to be held - Special meeting
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An annual meeting of the electors who reside within the boundaries of a district must be held in the first quarter of each calendar year. The secretary-treasurer shall give notice of the annual meeting by one publication in a legal newspaper of general circulation in each county …
N.D.C.C. § 11-28.3-08 Powers of board of directors
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The board of directors shall have the following general powers to: 1. Develop a general emergency medical service program for the district. 2. Make an annual estimate of the probable expense of carrying out the program. 3. Annually certify that estimate to the proper county audit…
N.D.C.C. § 11-28.3-09 Emergency medical service policy - Levy - Financial report
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1. The board of directors shall establish a general emergency medical service policy for the district and annually shall estimate the probable expense for carrying out that policy. The estimate must be certified by the president and secretary to the proper county auditor or count…
N.D.C.C. § 11-28.3-10 Indebtedness of district limited
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No district shall become indebted for an amount that may not be payable from ninety percent of twenty times the current annual maximum tax levy as authorized by section 11-28.3-09. Within the limits herein authorized, the district may borrow money and issue appropriate evidence o…
N.D.C.C. § 11-28.3-11 Funds collected to be deposited
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All funds collected on behalf of the district through the levy of taxes, all donations, contributions, bequests, or annuities, and all borrowed money received by or on behalf of the district shall be deposited in a state or national bank to the credit of the district account and …
N.D.C.C. § 11-28.3-12 Rural ambulance service district may enter contract
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Any rural ambulance service district may enter a contract with another rural ambulance service district, or other emergency service operation, to consolidate or cooperate for mutual ambulance services or emergency vehicle services, or may enter a contract with any federal, state,…
N.D.C.C. § 11-28.3-13 Boundaries of rural ambulance service district - Dissolution of the district
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The boundaries of any rural ambulance service district organized under this chapter may be changed in the manner prescribed by section 11-28.3-15 or 11-28.3-16, but a change in the boundary of a district does not impair or affect its organization or its right in or to property; n…
N.D.C.C. § 11-28.3-14 Payments by certain organizations
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Any property tax-exempt club, lodge, chapter, charitable home, dormitory, state or county fair association, or like organization located within a rural ambulance service district and outside the boundaries of any city shall pay to the board of directors of the district annually f…
N.D.C.C. § 11-28.3-15 Territory to be annexed
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1. Any territory adjacent to the boundary of an existing ambulance district may be annexed to the district. If the territory to be annexed is within the designated service area as established under subsection 1 of section 23-27-01, the board, upon its own motion, may annex the te…
N.D.C.C. § 11-28.3-16 Withdrawal from ambulance service district - Restrictions
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1. Any elector who resides in an area subject to a mill levy under section 11-28.3-09 and wishes to withdraw from the ambulance service district may do so if the territory to be withdrawn from the district: a. Borders on the outer boundary of the district; and b. Has a written ag…
N.D.C.C. § 11-28.3-17 Discharge of financial obligations
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1. The territory to be withdrawn, exempted, or dissolved from the district under this chapter remains subject to and chargeable for the payment and discharge of the proportion of obligations outstanding at the time of the withdrawal, exemption, or dissolution. The taxable valuati…