46A-3B-1. Initial board of directors–Election–Terms. The initial board of directors shall be elected at the next general election following the effective date of an act establishing a water development district. If a general election will not occur within one year after the act goes into effect, the Board of Water and Natural Resources may call […]
46A-3B-10. Directors to provide for compensation and reimbursement of board members. Each water development district board of directors shall establish amounts to reimburse board members for expenses for lodging, meals, and mileage and to provide compensation for each day of actual service for traveling to, attending, and returning from meetings, hearings, or investigations of the […]
46A-3B-11. Officers of board of directors. At the first meeting in January of each year, designated as the annual meeting of the water development district, the directors shall elect a chair, a vice chair, and a secretary from among their membership. The officers shall hold office until the next annual meeting of the water development […]
46A-3B-12. Quorum of board of directors. A majority of the members of the water development district board of directors constitutes a quorum for transaction of water development district business. Source: SL 1984 (SS), ch 1, §34.
46A-3B-13. Directors of Central Plains, East Dakota, James River, and South Central districts. For any water development district with boundaries affected by §§46A-3A-2 to 46A-3A-5, inclusive, any director of the district who is in office on January 1, 2009 shall continue to serve as a director if the director remains a resident of the district. […]
46A-3B-2. Number of directors–Qualifications. The board of directors of a water development district shall consist of five, seven, or nine members. Those districts which have a population up to twenty-five thousand shall have five directors. Those districts which have a population of twenty-five thousand and one to seventy-five thousand shall have seven directors. Districts with […]
46A-3B-2.1. Directors to continue in office following realignment of district–Election–Terms of office. For any water development district having director areas that will be realigned as a result of the provisions of §46A-3B-2, any director of the district who is in office on January 1, 2009 shall continue to serve as a director if the director […]
46A-3B-3. Adjusting number of directors–Redistricting. As soon as possible following each decennial census of population or any adjustment to a water development district boundary, the Board of Water and Natural Resources shall ascertain whether the number of board members should be adjusted, adjust the same, and redistrict water development district director areas to reflect changes […]
46A-3B-4. Nomination of director candidates. A director candidate may be nominated by a petition signed by at least twenty-five registered voters in the director area to be represented by the candidate. Nominating petitions shall be made available at the water development district office, the secretary of state’s office, and the respective county auditors’ offices on […]
46A-3B-5. Certification of nominating petitions–Ballots–Primary election. If three or more nominating petitions are filed for a director office, the secretary of state shall certify the nomination of director candidates to the respective county auditors and the water development district office. The water development district office shall furnish nonpolitical sample and official ballots in adequate numbers […]
46A-3B-6. Run-off elections for initial directors. Not later than thirty days after a general or special election for the initial directors of a water development district, the Board of Water and Natural Resources shall hold a run-off election in each director area in which no director candidate received a majority of the votes cast for […]
46A-3B-7. Notices of elections. A water development district, or the Board of Water and Natural Resources in the case of an initial election, shall publish once each week for two consecutive weeks in the official newspapers of the water development district a notice setting forth vacancies that will occur by completion of terms of the […]
46A-3B-8. Certification of election. The respective county auditors shall transmit the results of the election for water development district directors to the secretary of state. If only one nominating petition for a water development district director office has been filed, a certificate of election shall be issued to the nominee by the secretary of state. […]
46A-3B-9. Commencement of directors’ terms–Vacancies. Each director shall take office on the first day of January of the year following election, or not later than sixty days after election in the case of a special election. A vacancy that may occur on the water development district board of directors by reason of death, failure to […]
