Title 61 — Waters
57 chapters · 825 sections in this title.
N.D.C.C. § 61-10-01 Change of district boundaries - Effect
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The boundaries of any irrigation district may be changed and tracts of land not included within the district may be added to the district, or tracts of land included within the boundaries of such district may be excluded from the district, in the manner prescribed in this chapter…
N.D.C.C. § 61-10-02 Petition for inclusion of land in district - Contents of petition
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The holder or holders of title, or evidence of title, and the secretary of the interior of the United States for unentered or public land, representing one-half or more of any body of lands which can be served by the irrigation system, and which, taken together, constitute one tr…
N.D.C.C. § 61-10-04 Hearing of petition on proposed change in boundaries - Assent of parties
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Repealed by S.L. 1959, ch. 410, § 15.
N.D.C.C. § 61-10-05 Payment of share of original cost by petitioners required
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The board to which a petition for the inclusion of lands into a district is presented may require, as a condition precedent to the granting of the same, that the petitioners severally shall pay to such district such respective amounts, as nearly as the same can be estimated, the …
N.D.C.C. § 61-10-08 Ordering of election - Notice, contents - Ballots, contents
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Repealed by S.L. 1959, ch. 410, § 15.
N.D.C.C. § 61-10-09 Result of election - Duty of board
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Repealed by S.L. 1959, ch. 410, § 15.
N.D.C.C. § 61-10-10 Copy of order changing boundaries filed with recorder - Effect
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Repealed by S.L. 1959, ch. 410, § 15.
N.D.C.C. § 61-10-11 Petition to be recorded by secretary - Evidence
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Repealed by S.L. 1959, ch. 410, § 15. 61-10-12. Authority of guardians, personal representatives, and conservators on proposal to change boundaries of district. A guardian, conservator, or personal representative who is appointed as such under the laws of this state, and who is t…
N.D.C.C. § 61-10-13 When redivision of district into divisions - Directors elected from
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Repealed by S.L. 1959, ch. 410, § 15. 61-10-14. Exclusion of land from district - Petition for - Contents - Description of lands in - Acknowledging. Repealed by S.L. 1959, ch. 410, § 15. 61-10-15. Notice of petition for exclusion of lands - Contents - Publishing or posting - Time…
N.D.C.C. § 61-10-16 Hearing petition and objections thereto - Assent of parties
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Repealed by S.L. 1983, ch. 680, § 58.
N.D.C.C. § 61-10-17 Power of board to deny or grant petition for exclusion of lands
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Repealed by S.L. 1959, ch. 410, § 15. 61-10-18. Bonds or improvement warrants outstanding - Resolution excluding from district - Assent to - Acknowledgment. Repealed by S.L. 1959, ch. 410, § 15. 61-10-19. Election ordered to determine exclusion of lands - Publishing and posting -…
N.D.C.C. § 61-10-20 Result of election - Survey ordered by board
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Repealed by S.L. 1959, ch. 410, § 15.
N.D.C.C. § 61-10-21 Filing copy of orders - Effect
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Repealed by S.L. 1959, ch. 410, § 15. 61-10-22. Effect of change on office of director upon exclusion of lands - Vacancy - How filled. If the lands excluded from any district shall embrace the greater portion of any division of such district, the office of director for such divis…
N.D.C.C. § 61-10-23 Redivision of district
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Repealed by S.L. 1959, ch. 410, § 15.
N.D.C.C. § 61-10-24 Refunding assessments to owners of lands excluded
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Repealed by S.L. 1957, ch. 380, § 2.
N.D.C.C. § 61-10-25 Notice of filing of petition and hearing thereof - Cost of proceedings
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The secretary of the board of directors shall cause notice of the filing of a petition for the inclusion of land in an irrigation district to be published in the manner provided for a regular election of the district. The notice shall state the name or names of petitioners, a des…
N.D.C.C. § 61-10-26 Hearing of petition - Assent of parties
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The board of directors of the district, at the time and place mentioned in the notice of hearing on the petition, or at such time to which the hearing of the petition may be adjourned, shall proceed to hear such petition and shall receive and consider all objections presented by …
N.D.C.C. § 61-10-27 Board may include lands in district
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If the board of directors deems a change in district boundaries to include any of the lands mentioned in the petition is not in the best interests of the district, the board shall reject the petition. If the board deems the change is in the best interest of the district, the boar…
N.D.C.C. § 61-10-28 Electors may object to inclusion of lands - Board may call an election
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If electors who together own or hold ten percent or more of the whole number of acres [hectares] in the district, subject to assessments for irrigation costs, at the hearing on the petition, object in writing to the inclusion of the lands therein mentioned, the board shall, by re…
N.D.C.C. § 61-10-29 Ordering of election - Notice - Conduct
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The board shall fix the time when such election shall be held. Notice of such election, describing the lands proposed for inclusion in the district, shall be given in the manner provided for a regular election of the district. Such election shall be held and conducted, the ballot…
N.D.C.C. § 61-10-30 Result of election - Duty of the board and secretary
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If a majority of the votes cast at the election are against the inclusion of the land described in the resolution of the board of directors, the board shall deny the petition and may not proceed in the matter. If a majority of the votes cast at the election are in favor of includ…
N.D.C.C. § 61-10-31 Redivision of district into divisions
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When lands are included in an irrigation district by means of the procedure described in this chapter, and if the district will contain after inclusion of the lands twenty thousand irrigable acres [8093.72 irrigable hectares] or more, at least thirty days before the next general …
N.D.C.C. § 61-10-32 Petition for exclusion of land from irrigation district - Bond - Contents
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The owner or owners of a tract or tracts of land in an irrigation district may file with the board of directors of the district a petition requesting that such tract or tracts of land be excluded from the district. The petition shall be accompanied by a sufficient bond conditione…
N.D.C.C. § 61-10-33 Notice of hearing of petition
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The secretary of the board of directors shall cause notice of the filing and hearing of a petition for exclusion of lands from an irrigation district to be published in the manner provided for a regular election of the district. The notice shall state the names of petitioners, th…
N.D.C.C. § 61-10-34 Board may grant or deny petition for exclusion of lands
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If after the hearing and after considering objections, if any, to exclusion of the lands or parts thereof mentioned in the petition, the board deems it not for the best interests of the district to exclude the lands mentioned in the petition or any part thereof, it shall deny the…
N.D.C.C. § 61-10-37 Result of election - Order excluding lands
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If at an election for exclusion of lands from an irrigation district, a majority of the votes cast are against exclusion, the board shall dismiss the petition and may not proceed in the matter. If a majority of the votes are in favor of excluding the lands from the district, the …
N.D.C.C. § 61-10-38 Elimination of divisions of district
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When lands are excluded from an irrigation district by means of the procedure described in this chapter, and if the district will contain less than twenty thousand irrigable acres [8093.72 irrigable hectares] after the exclusion of the lands, the board of directors shall issue an…