§ 23-35-10 — District boards of health - Acquiring and disposing of property

North Dakota § 23-35-10

• Jurisdiction: North Dakota
• Title 23: Health and Safety
• Ch. 23-35: Public Health Units

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1. A district board of health may acquire by lease, purchase, construction, or gift for
district health office use and control property for all purposes authorized by law or
necessary to the exercise of the powers granted in this chapter. The district board of
health may finance the purchase, construction, or equipping of a building on owned or
leased property for the use and purpose for which the health district is formed and
carry out the functions of the health district in either of the following ways:
a. The district board of health may issue and sell bonds in an aggregate amount not
exceeding two times the authorized tax revenues of the district for the year in
which the bonds are to be issued and sold; or
b. The district board of health may mortgage or otherwise encumber the building
constructed in an amount not exceeding two times the authorized tax revenue of
the district for the year in which the construction is to be commenced.
2. Bonds issued under this section and income under this section are exempt from any
taxes except inheritance, estate, and transfer taxes. The indebtedness for which the
bonds are issued, or for which a mortgage may be given as under this section, is
neither an obligation or an indebtedness of this state nor of the counties or cities
comprising the district board of health. Any indebtedness under this section may be
foreclosed in any manner provided by law. The district board of health may convey or
transfer property acquired as provided under this section. If, upon dissolution of a
health district, any balance remains in the health district fund after all obligations have
been paid, the balance must be transferred to the general fund of the counties
comprising the health district in proportion to the assessed valuation most recently

used in preparing the health district budget under this chapter. If any county in the
district withdraws from a health district, any assets and inventory of supplies and
equipment located in the county for use in health district programs and services
remain the property of the district for use elsewhere in the district.