N.D. Cent. Code § 4.1-47-06

Current through 2023 Legislative Sessions
Section 4.1-47-06 - County weed board - Members - Terms - Compensation
1. Each board of county commissioners shall:
a. Establish contiguous county weed board member areas; or
b. Determine that county weed board members must be appointed at large.
2. The board of county commissioners shall appoint a county weed board consisting of three, five, or seven members. Members shall serve for a term of four years or until their successors are appointed and qualified. The terms must be staggered so that no more than two expire each year.
3. If the board of county commissioners has established county weed board member areas as provided for in subsection 1, any qualified elector residing in the county weed board member area is eligible to represent that area on the board. If the board of county commissioners has determined that county weed board members must be appointed at large as provided for in subsection 1, any qualified elector residing in the county is eligible to serve on the county weed board.
4. A board member shall assume office at the first regular meeting of the county weed board following that member's appointment.
5. The board of county commissioners shall remove a member of the county weed board for repeated unexcused failures to attend meetings, for refusal to act as a board member, or for incapacity. If a vacancy occurs on a county weed board, the board of county commissioners, at its next regular meeting, shall appoint an individual who possesses the necessary qualifications to fill the unexpired term.
6.
a. The county weed board shall elect a chairman and a vice chairman from among its members.
b. The county weed board shall appoint a secretary and a treasurer. The secretary and treasurer need not be members of the board.
7. The board of county commissioners shall establish the rate of compensation for county weed board members. Actual expenses incurred by board members may be reimbursed at the official reimbursement rates of the appointing authority.

N.D.C.C. § 4.1-47-06

Amended by S.L. 2013, ch. 93 (HB 1177),§ 2, eff. 8/1/2013.