§ 40-49-01 Municipalities may acquire real estate for parks or public grounds by gift, devise, or conveyance – Extension of police power
§ 40-49-02 Cities may take advantage of chapter – Vote required – How taken
§ 40-49-03 Ordinance required to create park districts – Territory embraced to be park district
§ 40-49-04 Designation of park district – General powers – Park defined
§ 40-49-05 Board of park commissioners in city – Terms
§ 40-49-07 Election and qualification of members of board of park commissioners
§ 40-49-07.1 Change in number of park commissioners – Election
§ 40-49-07.2 Dissolution of city park district – Election
§ 40-49-08 Organization of board of park commissioners – City auditor to act as treasurer of board or board to appoint clerk
§ 40-49-09 Vacancies – How filled – Removal of residence creates vacancy
§ 40-49-10 Members of board of park commissioners may receive compensation – Interest in contracts restricted
§ 40-49-11 Regular and special meetings of the board of park commissioners – Procedure
§ 40-49-12 Powers of the board of park commissioners
§ 40-49-13 Ordinances – Powers exercised by – Readings – Adopting – Approving – Publication – Enacting clause
§ 40-49-14 When yea and nay vote taken – Awarding contracts – Debt limit – Bills, claims, and demands against board
§ 40-49-15 Purchase of land by city park district on installment contract – Conditions and limitations
§ 40-49-16 City engineer is ex officio engineer and surveyor for board of park commissioners
§ 40-49-17 Jurisdiction to determine actions involving violations of ordinances of board of park commissioners
§ 40-49-18 General code provisions to govern park districts
§ 40-49-20 Park districts may adopt civil service systems
§ 40-49-21 Park districts may provide for employees’ pensions
§ 40-49-22 Tax levy for park district employees’ pension fund
§ 40-49-23 Land transfers or abandonment
§ 40-49-24 Park district authorized to collect user fees and issue evidences of indebtedness in anticipation of user fee revenues
§ 40-49-25 Medal of honor monument
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Terms Used In North Dakota Code > Chapter 40-49 - Parks and Park Districts

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute means the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Person: means an individual, organization, government, political subdivision, or government agency or instrumentality. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Property: includes property, real and personal. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • seal: includes an impression of such seal upon the paper alone as well as upon wax or a wafer affixed thereto. See North Dakota Code 1-01-38
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • User fees: Fees charged to users of goods or services provided by the government. In levying or authorizing these fees, the legislature determines whether the revenue should go into the treasury or should be available to the agency providing the goods or services.
  • week: means seven consecutive days and the word "month" a calendar month. See North Dakota Code 1-01-33
  • written: include "typewriting" and "typewritten" and "printing" and "printed" except in the case of signatures and when the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See North Dakota Code 1-01-37
  • year: means twelve consecutive months. See North Dakota Code 1-01-33