§ 61-03-01.1 Department of water resources established – Appointment and salary of director
§ 61-03-01.2 Definitions
§ 61-03-01.3 Director – State engineer – Powers and duties
§ 61-03-03 Approval of claims
§ 61-03-04 Biennial report
§ 61-03-06 Records of the department
§ 61-03-08 Duty to cooperate with boards of county commissioners when requested
§ 61-03-10 Custodian of government plats
§ 61-03-12 Attorney general and state’s attorney to provide legal counsel
§ 61-03-13 Rulemaking authority
§ 61-03-14 State water commission votes on modifications of rules
§ 61-03-15 Hydrographic surveys and investigations made by the department – Cooperating with federal agencies
§ 61-03-16 Suit for adjudication of water rights
§ 61-03-17 Parties to and costs of suit for adjudication of water rights
§ 61-03-18 Hydrographic survey fund – Use – Payments
§ 61-03-19 Decree adjudicating water rights – Filing – Contents
§ 61-03-20 Cooperation with United States geological survey in making topographic maps
§ 61-03-21 Plans of operation for reservoirs – Adequate structure
§ 61-03-21.1 Inspection by department
§ 61-03-21.2 Removal or modification of unsafe or unauthorized works
§ 61-03-21.3 Removal, modification, or destruction of dangers in, on the bed of, or adjacent to navigable waters
§ 61-03-21.4 Economic analysis process required for certain projects
§ 61-03-22 Hearing – Appeals from decision of department
§ 61-03-23 Penalties – Civil
§ 61-03-24 Pending administrative actions and permits
§ 61-03-25 Emergency action plan – High-hazard or medium-hazard dam
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Terms Used In North Dakota Code > Chapter 61-03 - State Engineer

  • 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.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
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  • Individual: means a human being. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
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  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • 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
  • Rule: includes regulation. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • 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
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  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
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