§ 23-30-02 — Hospital districts authorized - Dissolution of districts

North Dakota § 23-30-02

• Jurisdiction: North Dakota
• Title 23: Health and Safety
• Ch. 23-30: Hospital Districts

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1. The board of county commissioners of any county, or two or more boards of county
commissioners acting jointly, shall, when requested to do so by petition of twenty
percent of the qualified electors of the area to be included in a proposed hospital
district, as determined by those voting for governor in that geographical area at the last
gubernatorial election, submit the question to the qualified electors at a special
election or the next regularly scheduled primary or general election as to whether or
not the qualified electors of the area desire to establish a hospital district and whether
they approve of the mill levy authorized by section 23-30-07 for the purpose of
supporting such hospital district. If sixty percent of the qualified electors voting in the
election within the proposed district approve, the county commission or county
commissions, as the case may be, shall, by resolution, create the hospital district
comprising the entire area as described in the petition.
2. In the event the qualified electors of a hospital district desire to dissolve such district,
thirty percent of the qualified electors, determined as in subsection 1, may petition the
board of directors of the hospital district to place the question of the continued
existence of the hospital district before the qualified electors of the district at the next
regularly scheduled primary or general election. If at least sixty percent of the qualified
electors voting in such election do not approve of the continued operation of the
hospital district, the board of directors shall notify the county commission or county
commissions, as the case may be. The county commission or county commissions
shall, upon receipt of such notice, by resolution order the dissolution of the hospital
district. Mill levies previously authorized shall continue to be collected as authorized
until the termination of the authority therefor.
3. The petition shall contain the name and address of each petitioner, the suggested
name of the proposed district, the area in square miles [kilometers] to be included
therein, the population of such area according to the most recent census, and a
complete description according to government survey of the boundaries of the real
property to be included in the proposed district. The petitioners shall also present to
the county auditor or auditors a plat or map showing the suggested boundaries of the

proposed district, and shall deposit with the auditor a sum of money sufficient to defray
the expenses of publishing the notices required by this chapter and the cost of any
special election.
4. Any city located within the area, whether or not such city has a hospital, shall be
included in the district.