N.D. Cent. Code § 10-30-07

10-30-07. Board of directors

1. All the corporate powers of the corporation shall be exercised by a board of not less

than fifteen elected directors who shall be residents of North Dakota and, except in the

case of the first board, representative of the various sections of the state as

determined in the bylaws. The number of directors and their term of office shall be

determined in the bylaws. If any vacancy occurs in the board of directors through

death, resignation, or otherwise, the remaining directors may elect a person to fill the

vacancy until the next annual meeting of the corporation.

2. The first board of directors shall adopt bylaws, which remain effective until amended or

repealed by action of a subsequent board.

3. The first annual meeting shall be held at a date to be fixed by the board of directors as

soon as reasonably possible after a minimum of twenty-five percent of the capital

stock of the corporation shall have been paid into its treasury. The annual meeting

shall be called in the manner provided by the bylaws. At the first annual meeting, and

at each annual meeting thereafter, a majority of the elected directors shall be elected

by a vote of the nonstockholder members of the corporation hereinafter provided for,

and the remaining elected directors shall be elected by a vote of the stockholder

members. The stockholder members shall have one vote for each share of stock. The

nonstockholder members shall each have one vote, and each nonstockholder member

having a loan limit as herein defined of more than ten thousand dollars shall have one

additional vote in such election.