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North Dakota Statutes, Title 4.1

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Title 4.1, Agriculture

66 chapters · 1,070 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 4.11,070 Ch 4.1-58, Grain and Seed Warehouses56 Ch 4.1-25, Dairy Product Regulation53 Ch 4.1-20, Soil Conservation49 Ch 4.1-53, Seeds49 Ch 4.1-26, Milk Marketing Board36 Ch 4.1-01, Agriculture Commissioner34 Ch 4.1-47, Noxious Weed Control34 Ch 4.1-59, Grain Buyers34 Ch 4.1-83, Livestock Dealers30 Ch 4.1-73, Branding Livestock29 Ch 4.1-31, Meat Inspection28 Ch 4.1-33, Pesticide Control27 Ch 4.1-13, Wheat Commission26 Ch 4.1-09, Oilseed Council24

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N.D.C.C. § 4.1-20-17 Regular election of district - When held - Regulations governing
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The regular election of soil conservation districts must be held at the same time, and at the same place, as the general election is held. All qualified electors in the district may vote in any regular election of the district. Any land occupier living in the district desiring to…
N.D.C.C. § 4.1-20-18 Supervisors - Terms of office - Vacancies - Removal - Compensation - Expenses
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1. At each general election, one district supervisor must be elected for a term of six years, or until the successor is duly elected and qualified, to each expiring or vacant term. The county auditor of the county or counties in which the district lies shall canvass the returns a…
N.D.C.C. § 4.1-20-19 Soil conservation district supervisors - Training
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As soon as practicable after an individual is elected or appointed to the position of a soil conservation district supervisor, the individual shall attend a training session delivered by the state soil conservation committee, and the individual shall attend or participate in annu…
N.D.C.C. § 4.1-20-20 Supervisors may employ assistants - Attorney general and state's attorneys to advise - Reports to committee

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The supervisors may employ necessary permanent and temporary officers, agents, or employees, and shall determine their qualifications, duties, and compensation. The supervisors may call upon the attorney general or the state's attorney of any county in which the district is situa…

N.D.C.C. § 4.1-20-21 Assistance for district supervisors

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Upon request of the supervisors of a soil conservation district, a board of county commissioners may assign an employee or employees of the county to assist the supervisors in the performance of the supervisors' duties authorized by this chapter. The board of county commissioners…

N.D.C.C. § 4.1-20-22 Supervisors to provide for surety bonds, keeping records, and annual audit

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The supervisors shall provide for the execution of surety bonds for all employees and officers who are entrusted with funds or property of the district, for the keeping of a full and accurate record of all the supervisors' proceedings and of all resolutions, regulations, and orde…

N.D.C.C. § 4.1-20-23 Supervisors may consult city or county representatives

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The supervisors may invite the governing body of any city or county located within or near the district to designate a representative to advise and consult with the supervisors on issues that may affect the property, water supply, or other interests of the city or county.

N.D.C.C. § 4.1-20-24 Powers and duties of districts and supervisors

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1. A soil conservation district may exercise the public powers ordinarily exercised by a political subdivision of the state, and the district and the supervisors of the district have the following powers in addition to those granted in other sections of this chapter: a. To conduc…

N.D.C.C. § 4.1-20-25 Supervisors may formulate land use regulations for submission to qualified electors

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The supervisors of any district may formulate regulations governing the use of lands within the district in the interest of conserving soil and soil resources and preventing and controlling soil erosion, and may conduct public meetings and hearings upon tentative regulations as m…

N.D.C.C. § 4.1-20-26 Notice of election - Form of ballot - Conduct of election - Who may vote

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The notice of election on a proposed ordinance submitted to the qualified electors in the district under section 4.1-20-24 must be provided in the manner required by section 4.1-20-14 relating to notice of election of supervisors, and must recite the contents of the proposed ordi…

N.D.C.C. § 4.1-20-27 Two-thirds voter approval required to adopt ordinance - Effect of ordinance after adoption

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An ordinance under this chapter does not become effective unless it is approved by at least two-thirds of the qualified electors voting on the question. If a proposed ordinance is approved, the supervisors shall enact it into law. Land use regulations prescribed in any ordinance …

N.D.C.C. § 4.1-20-28 What may be contained in land use regulations

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The land use regulations that may be adopted by the supervisors under this chapter may include: 1. Provisions requiring the carrying out of necessary engineering operations, including the construction of terraces, terrace outlets, check dams, dikes, ponds, ditches, and other nece…

N.D.C.C. § 4.1-20-29 Regulations to be uniform - Copies furnished in district

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Land use regulations must be uniform throughout the district except that the supervisors may classify the lands within the district with reference to such factors as soil type, degree of slope, degree of erosion threatened or existing, cropping and tillage practices in use, and o…

N.D.C.C. § 4.1-20-30 Amending, supplementing, or repealing land use regulations

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Any qualified elector living within a district at any time may file a petition with the supervisors asking that any or all of the land use regulations in any ordinance adopted by the supervisors under this chapter be amended, supplemented, or repealed. Land use regulations in tha…

N.D.C.C. § 4.1-20-31 Supervisors to enforce land use regulations

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The supervisors may enter upon any land within the district to determine whether land use regulations adopted under this chapter are being observed.

N.D.C.C. § 4.1-20-32 Failure to perform land use regulations - Hearing on - Supervisors to perform - Costs and expenses

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1. If the supervisors of any district find any land use regulations prescribed in any ordinance are not being observed on particular lands, tending to increase erosion on those lands and interfering with the prevention or control of erosion on other lands within the district, the…

N.D.C.C. § 4.1-20-33 Board of adjustment - Members - Appointment - Vacancies - Compensation

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When the supervisors of any district adopt an ordinance prescribing land use regulations, the supervisors shall provide by ordinance for the establishment of a board of adjustment to consist of three members, each to be appointed for a term of three years, except the members firs…

N.D.C.C. § 4.1-20-34 Board of adjustment - Rules - Chairman - Meetings - Quorum - Records

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The board of adjustment shall adopt rules to govern its procedure, in accordance with this chapter and any ordinance adopted under this chapter. The board shall designate, and may replace at any time, a chairman from among its members. Meetings of the board must be held at the ca…

N.D.C.C. § 4.1-20-35 Petition to board of adjustment to vary land use regulations - Service - Hearing - Board's powers

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Any qualified elector residing in the district may file a petition with the board of adjustment seeking a variance from strictly complying with the land use regulations. Copies of a petition must be served upon the chairman of the supervisors of the district where the lands are l…

N.D.C.C. § 4.1-20-36 Taking of testimony at hearing

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At the request of the board of supervisors, the testimony at a hearing conducted under section 4.1-20-35 must be taken by a court reporter, by a stenographer, or by use of an electronic recording device. The board of supervisors is responsible for the cost of taking testimony.

N.D.C.C. § 4.1-20-37 Aggrieved petitioner and supervisors may appeal to district court from order of board - Procedure

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Any petitioner or the supervisors of any district may appeal an order of a board of adjustment to the district court as provided in section 28-34-01.

N.D.C.C. § 4.1-20-38 Cooperation among district supervisors

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The supervisors of any two or more districts organized under this chapter may cooperate with one another in the exercise of any or all powers conferred in this chapter.

N.D.C.C. § 4.1-20-39 State agencies to cooperate with district supervisors

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Agencies of this state having jurisdiction over any state-owned lands, and agencies of any county or other political subdivision of this state having jurisdiction over any county-owned or other publicly owned lands lying within the boundaries of any district shall cooperate to th…

N.D.C.C. § 4.1-20-40 Discontinuance of districts - Petition - Referendum - Eligible qualified electors

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Five years after the date a district was organized, twenty-five percent of the qualified electors living within the boundaries of the district may file a petition with the state soil conservation committee to terminate the operations of the district. The committee then shall cond…

N.D.C.C. § 4.1-20-41 Duties of committee after election on discontinuance of the district has been held

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The committee shall publish the result of any election on the question of discontinuance of a district immediately after the vote has been had. If a majority of the votes cast in the election favored the discontinuance of the district, the committee shall make its certificate tha…

N.D.C.C. § 4.1-20-42 Termination of affairs of district - Disposal of property - Certificate of dissolution

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Upon receipt from the committee of its certification that the committee has determined the continued operation of the district is not administratively feasible, the supervisors shall proceed to terminate the affairs of the district. The supervisors of the district may dispose of …

N.D.C.C. § 4.1-20-43 Ordinances, regulations, and contracts of districts after dissolution

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After a certificate of dissolution has been issued as provided in section 4.1-20-42, all ordinances and regulations that have been adopted and in force within the dissolved district are of no further force and effect. All contracts that have been made, to which the district super…

N.D.C.C. § 4.1-20-44 Petitions for discontinuance of district - Limitation on filing

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The state soil conservation committee may not entertain petitions for the discontinuance of any district, conduct elections upon those petitions, or make determinations pursuant to the petitions in accordance with the provisions of this chapter more than once in any five-year per…

N.D.C.C. § 4.1-20-45 Consolidation of districts - Petition - Election - Conduct of election

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Two or more districts may be consolidated into one district by compliance with this chapter. A petition for consolidation of soil conservation districts must be filed with the state soil conservation committee and must be signed by at least twenty-five qualified electors living i…

N.D.C.C. § 4.1-20-46 Conduct of election - Canvass of votes

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An election upon the question of consolidating two or more soil conservation districts must be conducted in accordance with the laws of the state prescribing the conduct of general elections. After the polls are closed, the board of election shall canvass the votes and the clerk …

N.D.C.C. § 4.1-20-47 Supervisors of consolidated district - Terms of office - Powers and duties

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The members of the board of supervisors of a newly consolidated district are the supervisors from each of the districts that have been consolidated whose existing terms of office would last expire if the new consolidated district were not established. Those members shall determin…

N.D.C.C. § 4.1-20-48 Costs and expenses of consolidation - Disposition of property - Contracts of districts after consolidation

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All costs and expenses incidental to the consolidation of two or more districts must be borne equally by each of the consolidated districts. All property and money of the districts that have been consolidated become the property of the newly established district. All contracts to…

N.D.C.C. § 4.1-20-49 Soil conservation trust lands

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The state of North Dakota holds in trust for use by the soil conservation districts of the state for the soil conservation program the property in Burleigh County described as follows: Township one hundred thirty-eight north, range eighty west, fifth principal meridian: west one-…

N.D.C.C. § 4.1-21-01 State forester - Appointment - Qualifications - Duties

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The board of higher education shall appoint the state forester. 1. The state forester must be a graduate of an accredited school of forestry with a minimum education of a bachelor of science degree in forestry. The state forester shall serve as the director of the state forest se…

N.D.C.C. § 4.1-21-02 State nursery - Maintenance - Purpose

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A state nursery, under the direction of the state forester, must be maintained at Towner. The nursery shall propagate seeds and forest tree planting stock adapted to the climatic conditions of this state.

N.D.C.C. § 4.1-21-03 Powers - Cooperative state agreements

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Under the general supervision of the board of higher education, the state forester may: 1. Establish procedures for the administration of this chapter. 2. Provide grants to, and enter cooperative agreements with, public and private entities for purposes consistent with this chapt…

N.D.C.C. § 4.1-21-04 State forester reserve account

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The state forester reserve account is established as a special account in the state treasury. All moneys received for charges in excess of the cost of production of seedlings from the state nursery must be deposited in the reserve account. The state forester may use the reserve a…

N.D.C.C. § 4.1-21-05 Distribution of seeds and planting stock

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Seeds and planting stock from the state nursery may be distributed by the state forester to citizens and landowners of this state upon payment by them of a price not greater than one hundred ten percent of the cost to the state of production in the case of planting stock or colle…

N.D.C.C. § 4.1-21-06 State forester may accept land for forestry purposes

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The state forester may accept gifts, donations, or contributions of land suitable for forestry purposes and may enter agreements for acquiring, by lease, purchase, or otherwise, such lands as in the state forester's judgment are desirable for state forestry purposes.

N.D.C.C. § 4.1-21-07 Obligations incurred in acquiring land - Payment

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Obligations incurred by the state forester in the acquisition of land under this chapter must be paid solely and exclusively from revenues derived from that land, and may not impose any liability upon the general credit and taxing power of the state.

N.D.C.C. § 4.1-21-08 Powers of state forester when lands acquired or leased

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When lands are acquired or leased under section 4.1-21-06, the state forester may make expenditures from any funds not otherwise obligated for the management, development, and utilization of those areas. The state forester may provide recreational services within those areas and …

N.D.C.C. § 4.1-21-09 Revenue received from lands acquired or leased - Regulations governing - Payments in lieu of taxes

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All revenues derived from lands acquired or leased under this chapter must be segregated by the state treasurer for the use of the state forester in the acquisition, management, development, and use of such lands. However, from those revenues derived from agricultural leases ther…

N.D.C.C. § 4.1-21-10 State forester may sell, exchange, or lease lands

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The state forester may sell, exchange, or lease lands under the state forester's jurisdiction when in the state forester's judgment it is advantageous to the best orderly development and management of state forests and state parks, except any sale, lease, or exchange may not be c…

N.D.C.C. § 4.1-21-11 Agreements for shelterbelt lands by state

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Any board or officer having the control or management of any real estate belonging to or controlled by this state or any of its political subdivisions may enter agreements with the officers and agents of the United States for the improvement by the United States of any of those l…

N.D.C.C. § 4.1-21-12 Trees for North Dakota program and trust fund

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The trees for North Dakota program is created for the public purpose of strengthening the tradition of tree planting and management in this state. A special fund known as the trees for North Dakota program trust fund is established in the state treasury. Income earned on moneys i…

N.D.C.C. § 4.1-22-01 Definitions

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In this chapter, except as otherwise provided: 1. "Certificate of inspection" means a document issued or authorized by the commissioner stating nursery stock is practically free from damaging pests. 2. "Commissioner" means the agriculture commissioner or the commissioner's design…

N.D.C.C. § 4.1-22-02 Administration - Rulemaking authority

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The commissioner shall administer this chapter. The commissioner may adopt rules under chapter 28-32 to implement this chapter.

N.D.C.C. § 4.1-22-03 Authority for inspection

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The commissioner shall inspect all nursery stock being grown in North Dakota at least once each year and may enter and inspect any nursery or place of business during normal business hours.

N.D.C.C. § 4.1-22-04 Authority for abatement - Removal from sale

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After giving notice to the owner or the owner's agent, the commissioner may destroy, treat, or remove from sale, at the owner's expense, any nursery stock offered for sale found to be not viable, not accompanied by a certificate of inspection, not labeled correctly, or infested w…

N.D.C.C. § 4.1-22-05 Certification of nursery stock

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The commissioner shall issue a certificate of inspection annually for nursery stock grown in licensed nurseries within the state found to be practically free from damaging pests. Certificates expire on December thirty-first each year unless canceled at an earlier date. Certificat…