North Dakota § 40-11-09 Enactment and revision of ordinances

North Dakota Statutes

§ 40-11-09 — Enactment and revision of ordinances

North Dakota § 40-11-09

Title 40Municipal Government

Ch. 40-11Ordinances

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N.D. Cent. Code § 40-11-09 (2026).

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The executive officer of a municipality may appoint, by and with the advice and consent of
the governing body of the municipality, one or more competent persons to prepare and submit
to the governing body, for its adoption or rejection, an ordinance for the revision or amendment
of existing ordinances or for the enactment of new and additional ordinances for such
municipality. The attorney for the municipality, if it has an attorney, shall be appointed as one of
the persons to prepare and submit such ordinance. The compensation of the revisor or revisors,
including that of the attorney, shall be determined by the governing body and shall be paid out of
the municipal treasury. Such revision, including any additional ordinances and amendments to
existing ordinances contained therein, may be 

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The executive officer of a municipality may appoint, by and with the advice and consent of
the governing body of the municipality, one or more competent persons to prepare and submit
to the governing body, for its adoption or rejection, an ordinance for the revision or amendment
of existing ordinances or for the enactment of new and additional ordinances for such
municipality. The attorney for the municipality, if it has an attorney, shall be appointed as one of
the persons to prepare and submit such ordinance. The compensation of the revisor or revisors,
including that of the attorney, shall be determined by the governing body and shall be paid out of
the municipal treasury. Such revision, including any additional ordinances and amendments to
existing ordinances contained therein, may be passed as a single ordinance and may be
published in pamphlet or book form, by and under the authority of the governing body of the
municipality, and shall be valid and effective without publication in a newspaper or posting.