Section 61-16.1-15.1 - Projects or benefits in more than one county1. The districts from two or more counties may agree to jointly construct or assign benefits and assessments for a project. Two or more districts shall create a joint board under section 61-16.1-11 before constructing a project and before assessing the lands or premises for a project that benefits or is located in more than one county. If the districts do not agree to undertake a joint project, a district may undertake the project by providing notice to the joint board where the project is located, in either the Red River, James River, Mouse River, Missouri River, or Devils Lake drainage basin, together with the engineer's report required u nder section 61-16.1-17.2. If the joint board finds the project is necessary, and the benefits of the project will exceed the costs, the joint board shall proceed with the procedures in sections 61-16.1-15 through 61-16.1-36 regarding : a. The creation, construction, alteration, repair, operation, and maintenance of a project and an assessment district;b. The determination and levy of assessments against property benefited by the project; andc. The special warrants issued pursuant to this chapter.3. If the assessment vote is successful, the joint board shall construct, own, operate, and maintain the project. The joint board shall administer the corresponding assessment district for the project in accordance with this chapter.Added by S.L. 2023, ch. 571 (SB 2372),§ 3, eff. 7/1/2023.