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CHAPTER 236 CHAPTER 236

HOUSE BILL NO. 1054

(Legislative Council)

(Interim Elections Committee)

ELECTION OFFICIALS

AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 11-11-14, 16.1-05-01, subsection 2 of section 16.1-05-03, sections 16.1-05-04, 16.1-05-05, 16.1-06-16, and 58-02-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the appointment, duties, and compensation of election officials, term of office for election inspectors, distribution of election supplies, and the instruction provided by the county auditor.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA:

'''SECTION 1. AMENDMENT.''' Section 11-11-14 of the 1983 Supplement to the North Dakota Century Code is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:

11-11-14. Powers of board of county commissioners. The board of county commissioners shall have the following powers:

1. To institute and prosecute civil actions for and on behalf of the county and in its name.

2. To make all orders respecting property of the county.

3. To levy a tax not exceeding the amount authorized by law.

4. To liquidate indebtedness of the county.

5. To construct and repair bridges and to open, lay out, vacate, and change highways in the cases provided by law. But the board may not contract for the construction of bridges costing more than one hundred dollars without first complying with the provisions of chapter 24-08.

6. To establish election precincts in the county in areas outside the boundaries of incorporated cities except as provided in chapter 16.1-04.