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North Dakota Statutes, Title 40

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Title 40, Municipal Government

85 chapters · 1,001 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 401,001 Ch 40-48, Municipal Master Plans and Planning …39 Ch 40-22, Improvements by Special Assessment M…33 Ch 40-33, Municipal Utilities30 Ch 40-46, Employees' Pensions in Cities28 Ch 40-08, Governing Body and Executive Officer…27 Ch 40-23, Assessment of Benefits27 Ch 40-45, Police Pensions in Cities27 Ch 40-01, General Provisions26 Ch 40-05, Powers of Municipalities26 Ch 40-18.1, Municipal Courts26 Ch 40-49, Parks and Park Districts25 Ch 40-24, Special Assessment Funds and Disburs…23 Ch 40-58, Urban Renewal Law21 Ch 40-34, Sewage and Garbage Disposal20

12 sections·Filtered byTitle 40✕Ch 40-44✕

N.D.C.C. § 40-44-01 Cities of certain population may adopt civil service system
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The governing body of any city having a population of more than four thousand inhabitants according to the latest official federal or state census may adopt, by ordinance, a civil service system for the selection, employment, classification, advancement, suspension, retirement, o…
N.D.C.C. § 40-44-02 Failure or refusal of city to adopt civil service - Petition - Election held
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If the governing body of any city which is subject to the provisions of this chapter shall fail or refuse to adopt the provisions of this chapter, twenty percent of the qualified electors of the city may file a written petition with the city auditor demanding that the provisions …
N.D.C.C. § 40-44-03 Form of ballot to be used in voting upon adoption of civil service system - Vote required to adopt
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At any election held to determine whether a city shall adopt a civil service system under the provisions of this chapter, the question shall be submitted to the electors in substantially the following form: Shall the city adopt the civil service system? Yes ☐ No ☐ If sixty percen…
N.D.C.C. § 40-44-04 Civil service commission or commissioner - Delegation of powers to - When rules and regulations effective

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The governing body may provide and create a civil service commission consisting of three members, or it may appoint a civil service commissioner. It may delegate to the commission or commissioner, as the case may be, such powers and duties relating to the making and enforcing of …

N.D.C.C. § 40-44-05 Terms of members of commission or of commissioner - Clerk - Vacancies

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If a commission is created, the terms of office of the three commissioners first appointed shall be one, three, and five years, respectively. Thereafter, original appointments shall be for a five-year term. If a commissioner is appointed, the first appointment and any subsequent …

N.D.C.C. § 40-44-06 Compensations and expenses of members of commission or of commissioner

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The compensation of the commissioner or of a member of the commission shall be determined by the governing body of the city for the time actually devoted to the performance of duties of the office, plus the person's actual expenses.

N.D.C.C. § 40-44-07 Purpose and intent of chapter - Types of systems that may be set up

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This chapter shall enable, authorize, and empower the governing body of any city having the requisite number of inhabitants to adopt a civil service system adapted to the size and requirements of the city. Such system, if deemed advisable by such body, may consist merely in the s…

N.D.C.C. § 40-44-08 Ordinance creating civil service system - What to be included - Departments automatically included

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In any ordinance creating a civil service system, the governing body shall designate the departments, classes of employees, and the appointive officials of the city who shall come under the system, and it subsequently may add thereto. All full-time paid employees of the fire and …

N.D.C.C. § 40-44-10 Contracting with other municipalities and state departments for conduct of competitive examinations

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The governing body of any municipality, subject to the provisions of this chapter, may contract with the governing body of any other municipality in this state or with any state department for the holding of competitive examinations to ascertain the fitness of applicants for posi…

N.D.C.C. § 40-44-11 Change of form of government in city which has adopted a civil service system - Effect

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If any city in this state which has established a civil service system in compliance with the requirements of this chapter shall change its form of municipal government, such civil service provisions as previously have been established shall continue under the new form of municip…

N.D.C.C. § 40-44-12 Abandonment of civil service system - Election - Form of ballot - Removal of department or employee from civil service

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After a civil service system has been adopted, the governing body shall not abolish it nor remove any department or employee thereof, or any employee or appointive official, from under the civil service and the provisions of this chapter unless and until civil service has been ab…

N.D.C.C. § 40-44-13 Penalty for violation of chapter

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Any willful violation of the provisions of this chapter, or any violation of such provisions through culpable negligence, shall be grounds for removal from office of a city official or for summary discharge of a city employee.