Title 18, Fires
15 chapters · 153 sections in this title.
N.D.C.C. § 18-10-01 Petition for establishment
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Whenever sixty percent of the freeholders residing in any rural territory, equivalent in area to one township or more, elects to form, organize, establish, equip, and maintain a rural fire protection district, they shall signify such intention by presenting to the county auditor …
N.D.C.C. § 18-10-02 Petition - Hearing - Order
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Upon the filing of such petition in the office of the county auditor, the county auditor shall determine and certify that such petition has been signed by at least sixty percent of the freeholders whose names appear on the current tax schedules in the office of the county auditor…
N.D.C.C. § 18-10-03 Notice of hearing
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Following the filing of the order of the board of county commissioners, the county auditor shall designate a time and place for a public meeting of all electors who are owners of any interest in real or personal property assessed for taxation in the district and who are residing …
N.D.C.C. § 18-10-04 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 18-10-03, the electors who are owners of any interest in real or personal property assessed for taxation in the district and who are residing within the boundaries of the district m…
N.D.C.C. § 18-10-05 Regular meeting to be held
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A regular meeting of the electors who are owners of any interest in real or personal property assessed for taxation in the district and who are residing within the boundaries of a district must be held in the first quarter of each calendar year and special meetings may be called …
N.D.C.C. § 18-10-06 Powers of board of directors
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The board of directors has the following general powers: 1. To determine upon a general fire protection program for the district. 2. To make an annual estimate of the probable expense for carrying out such program. 3. To annually certify such estimate to the proper county auditor…
N.D.C.C. § 18-10-06.1 Development of firebreaks
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The board of directors of a rural fire protection district, with other state and federal agencies, may evaluate the need for firebreaks and ensure that unprotected acreage enrolled in the conservation reserve program is dissected into approximately one-hundred-sixty-acre [64.75-h…
N.D.C.C. § 18-10-07 Fire protection policy to be determined - Financial report - Tax levy limit - Vote-approved levy authority
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The board of directors shall determine a general fire protection policy for the district and shall annually estimate the probable expense for carrying out the contemplated program. The annual estimate of probable expense may include an amount determined by the board of directors …
N.D.C.C. § 18-10-08 Indebtedness of district limited
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No district may 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 18-10-07. Within the limits herein authorized, the district has power to borrow money and to issue appropriate ev…
N.D.C.C. § 18-10-09 Funds collected to be deposited
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The following must be deposited in a state or national bank to the credit of the district fund and may be drawn out only by warrant: 1. All funds collected on behalf of the district through the levy of taxes. 2. All donations, contributions, bequests, or annuities received by or …
N.D.C.C. § 18-10-10 Rural fire department may enter into contract - Power of state and local government agencies to make contract - Reimbursement
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Any rural fire protection district may elect to enter into a contract with another rural fire protection district to consolidate or cooperate for mutual fire protection and prevention purposes, including ambulance or emergency vehicle services. Any rural fire protection district,…
N.D.C.C. § 18-10-11 Territory to be annexed
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1. Any territory which is adjacent to the boundary of an existing rural fire protection district may be annexed to such district in the manner hereinafter provided. 2. The proceedings for the annexation, referred to in subsection 1, may be initiated by the presentation to the aud…
N.D.C.C. § 18-10-12 Boundaries of rural fire protection district
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The boundaries of any rural fire protection district organized under the provisions of this chapter may be changed in the manner prescribed by sections 18-10-02 and 18-10-03, but the changes of boundaries of any such district may not impair or affect its organization or its right…
N.D.C.C. § 18-10-12.1 Withdrawal from rural fire protection district
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Any person having an ownership interest in property subject to a mill levy as provided for in section 18-10-07 and wishing to withdraw such property from the rural fire protection district may do so as provided in this section, subject to the following restrictions: 1. The territ…
N.D.C.C. § 18-10-13 County auditor to set date for hearing
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The county auditor of each county in which any rural fire protection district or districts have been organized under the provisions of this chapter, prior to the effective date of this chapter, shall forthwith designate a time and place for a hearing before the county board of su…
N.D.C.C. § 18-10-15 Payments by certain organizations
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Any club, lodge, chapter, charitable home, dormitory, state or county fair association, or like organization located within a rural fire protection district and outside the boundaries of any city shall pay to the board of directors of the district annually for fire protection suc…
N.D.C.C. § 18-10-17 Rural fire protection district - Civil immunity
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No rural fire protection district, nor any personnel of the district, acting within the scope of its authority is liable for any claim resulting from the failure to provide or maintain sufficient personnel, equipment, or other fire protection facilities; or doing any extinguishme…