§ 40-09-01 Board of city commissioners – Composition
§ 40-09-02 Governing body is judge of election and qualifications of members
§ 40-09-03 Regulations governing election of commissioners
§ 40-09-04 Commissioners – Terms – Resignations
§ 40-09-05 President and board of commissioners succeed to powers and duties of mayor and council
§ 40-09-06 Style of board – Oath and salary of commissioners
§ 40-09-08 President of board as executive officer – Duties – No veto power
§ 40-09-09 Vice president and acting president of board – Powers to act
§ 40-09-10 Filling vacancies in board
§ 40-09-11 Meetings of board – Regular and special – Action on departmental matters
§ 40-09-12 Departments of administration of city divided among commissioners – Duties
§ 40-09-13 Accounts – Audited by respective commissioners – Approved by board
§ 40-09-14 Rules and regulations governing departments and agencies of city made by board
§ 40-09-16 Board may summon and compel attendance of witnesses and books – Punish for contempt – Process
§ 40-09-17 Restrictions on members of board
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Terms Used In North Dakota Code > Chapter 40-09 - Governing Body and Executive Officer in Commission Cities

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Individual: means a human being. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Organization: includes a foreign or domestic association, business trust, corporation, enterprise, estate, joint venture, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, limited partnership, partnership, trust, or any legal or commercial entity. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Person: means an individual, organization, government, political subdivision, or government agency or instrumentality. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • population: means the number of inhabitants as determined by the last preceding state or federal census. See North Dakota Code 1-01-47
  • Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Veto: The procedure established under the Constitution by which the President/Governor refuses to approve a bill or joint resolution and thus prevents its enactment into law. A regular veto occurs when the President/Governor returns the legislation to the house in which it originated. The President/Governor usually returns a vetoed bill with a message indicating his reasons for rejecting the measure. In Congress, the veto can be overridden only by a two-thirds vote in both the Senate and the House.
  • 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