Title 61, Waters

If an irrigation district contains less than twenty thousand irrigable acres [8093.72 irrigable hectares] of land and is not divided into precincts or divisions, the board of directors consists of five directors who must be residents of the state and electors of the district and …

The directors elected subsequent to the organization of the district shall assume the duties of their office the first Tuesday in April after their election and shall hold office until their successors are elected and qualified.

After receiving a certificate of election each director shall take the oath prescribed for civil officers, and shall be bonded in the sum of one thousand dollars. The oath of office and bond must be filed in the office of the department of water resources.

The directors elected at the first election in an irrigation district shall meet at the time and place designated by the department of water resources and organize by selecting one of their members as chairman of the board. A temporary secretary must be designated until a permane…

The assessor must be bonded in the amount of five hundred dollars, and the district treasurer must be bonded in an amount not less than double the amount of money that may come into the treasurer's hands, the amount to be determined by the board of directors but not be less than …

In case any district organized under the provisions of this chapter is appointed fiscal or other agent of the United States or is authorized by the United States to make collections of money for and on behalf of the United States in connection with any federal reclamation or irri…

All official bonds provided for in this chapter shall be in the form prescribed by law for official bonds of county officers except that the obligee named in such bond shall be the irrigation district.

Every elective or appointive officer or employee of whom a bond is required under the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed to be bonded in the state bonding fund upon the giving of notice of such election or appointment by the secretary of the district to the administrator …

The regular election of irrigation districts must be held on the second Tuesday in February in each even-numbered year. The board of directors of an irrigation district may hold a regular or special election by mail ballot. If the board determines to hold an election by mail ball…

Within thirty-five days of, but at least twenty-five days before, any regular or special election held in an irrigation district, the secretary of the board of directors shall publish a notice of the election in the newspaper or newspapers of general circulation where the distric…

Before the date of the regular election, the board shall appoint from the electors of the district one clerk and two judges who shall constitute the board of election. If the board fails to appoint a board of election, or if the members appointed do not attend at the opening of t…

Any person desiring to be a candidate at an irrigation district election shall file that person's name with the secretary of the board not less than twenty days before the election. The secretary shall contact each candidate for the purpose of verifying the candidate's willingnes…

1. At least fifteen days before an election in an irrigation district, the secretary shall prepare and have printed an official ballot containing the names of all candidates which have been filed with the secretary. The ballot must: a. Be headed "Official Ballot"; b. Contain all …

Before opening the polls at an irrigation district election or opening mail ballots, each member of the election board shall take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation: I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will perform my duties as judge or clerk (as the case may be) …

If the election is not held by mail ballot, the polls must be open at one p.m. of the election day and must be kept open until five p.m. of the same day.

Immediately after five p.m. on the day of the election, the election board publicly shall open and canvass the ballots cast and shall declare the result of the canvass. A mail ballot may be counted only if the ballot is returned in the return identification envelope and is signed…

Each member of the election board for an irrigation district election shall receive compensation as fixed by the board of directors for the member's services.

The board of directors of the district shall meet at its usual place of meeting within thirty days after each election and canvass the returns. If all the returns have not been received, the canvass shall be postponed from day to day until all the returns have been received. The …

1. The secretary of the board of directors, as soon as the result of the election is declared, shall record the election results including: a. The whole number of votes cast in the district. b. The names of the persons who received votes. c. Each question voted upon. d. The numbe…

The board of directors shall declare elected the person having the highest number of votes cast for each office and shall declare the result of the election as to each question voted upon at the election. The secretary immediately shall make out and deliver to each person elected…

The board shall hold regular meetings in its office or usual place of meeting in January, March, July, and November of each year. The board by rule or bylaw authorized by section 61-07-03 shall fix dates for such regular meetings and may also fix dates for additional regular meet…

The minutes of all meetings, and all contracts, agreements, leases, and other business transactions of the board of directors of an irrigation district shall be public records and open to inspection by any person interested, or that person's attorney or agent, at all reasonable t…

The compensation for each director per day while performing duties as a member of the board must be fixed by the board of directors but may be no more than sixty-two dollars and fifty cents per day. The allowance for meals and lodging expenses must be at the same rate and under t…