N.D. Cent. Code § 11-10.2-01
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11-10.2-01. County officer combination, separation, and redesignation options
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11-10.2-01. County officer combination, separation, and redesignation options
1. A county may, without requiring local citizens to permit county home rule powers:
a. Combine any elective county office with one or more functionally related elective
or appointive county offices;
b. Separate an elective county office into two or more elective or appointive offices;
or
c. Redesignate an elective county office as an appointive office or an appointive
office as an elective office.
2. A combination or separation of any elected or appointed county office may include the
reassignment of any statutory function of that office or service provided by that office,
but may not diminish the general responsibility of county government to perform any
function or provide any service that is required by law to be performed or provided by
county government.
3. This option is available in addition to, or in lieu of, other county structural options
authorized under this title, unless a specific mandate for combining or separating
particular county offices is otherwise provided by law. The office of sheriff is excluded
from the application of this chapter.
1. A county may, without requiring local citizens to permit county home rule powers:
a. Combine any elective county office with one or more functionally related elective
or appointive county offices;
b. Separate an elective county office into two or more elective or appointive offices;
or
c. Redesignate an elective county office as an appointive office or an appointive
office as an elective office.
2. A combination or separation of any elected or appointed county office may include the
reassignment of any statutory function of that office or service provided by that office,
but may not diminish the general responsibility of county government to perform any
function or provide any service that is required by law to be performed or provided by
county government.
3. This option is available in addition to, or in lieu of, other county structural options
authorized under this title, unless a specific mandate for combining or separating
particular county offices is otherwise provided by law. The office of sheriff is excluded
from the application of this chapter.
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