Section 54-40.2-02 - Authorization to enter agreements - General contents1. Any one or more public agencies may enter into an agreement with any one or more tribal governments to perform any administrative service, activity, or undertaking that any of the public agencies or tribal governments are authorized to perform by law and to resolve any disputes, in accordance with this chapter or any other law that authorizes a public agency to enter an agreement. The agreement must set forth fully the powers, rights, obligations, and responsibilities of the parties to the agreement.2. The Indian affairs commission may propose agreements entered into pursuant to this chapter and may assist, at the request of any tribe affected by such an agreement, in the negotiation and development of such agreements.3. If the public agency contemplating entering into an agreement under this chapter is a school district, the school district shall:a. Provide written notice to the superintendent of public instruction that it is contemplating entering into an agreement under this chapter; andb. Consider written recommendations that the superintendent makes regarding the agreement.4. This chapter does not apply to agreements entered into under section 24-02-02.3 and chapter 54-38 or agreements entered with one or more tribal governments pursuant to a state or federally funded program or other activity, including any publicly announced offer of a grant, loan, request for proposal, bid, or other contract originating with a public agency, for which the tribal government is otherwise eligible under federal, state, or local law.