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1		-	Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly of North Dakota
2		-	In Regular Session Commencing Tuesday, January 7, 2025
3		-	SENATE BILL NO. 2065
4		-	(Energy and Natural Resources Committee)
	1	+	25.8050.01000
	2	+	Sixty-ninth
	3	+	Legislative Assembly
	4	+	of North Dakota
	5	+	Introduced by
	6	+	Energy and Natural Resources Committee
5	7		(At the request of the Department of Water Resources)
6		-	AN ACT to amend and reenact section 61-05-10 of the North Dakota Century Code, ~~relating to the~~
7		-	formation of irrigation districts.
	8	+	A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact section 61-05-10 of the North Dakota Century Code,
	9	+	relating to the formation of irrigation districts.
8	10		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:
9		-	SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. Section 61-05-10 of the North Dakota Century Code is ~~amended and~~
10		-	reenacted as follows:
	11	+	SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. Section 61-05-10 of the North Dakota Century Code is
	12	+	amended and reenacted as follows:
11	13		61-05-10. Hearing on petition - Notice - ReportDetermination on feasibility - Copy of
12	14		reportdetermination filed - Submitted to electors.
13		-	The department of water resources shall examine the petition, maps, papers, probable cost, and
14		-	data pertaining to the proposed irrigation district and shall fix a time and place for hearing the petition. A
15		-	notice stating the petition will be heard, and stating the time and place of hearing, must be filed with the
16		-	county auditor of each county in which the proposed district is located. The notice must be published
17		-	once each week for two consecutive weeks in the newspapers of general circulation where the district
18		-	is located and in the official newspaper of each county in which the district is located. The date set for
19		-	the hearing on the petition may not be less than twenty days after the first publication of the notice.
20		-	Before the hearing the department shall review the maps, preliminary designs, probable cost, and
21		-	feasibility study and shall prepare, or shall cause to be prepared a summary report showing the
22		-	probable cost of the proposed irrigation works anddetermination outlining the practicability and
23		-	feasibility of the plan of irrigation suggested or proposed by petitioners for the irrigation of the lands
24		-	within the district. A copy of the reportdetermination must be filed with the county auditor of each county
25		-	in which the proposed irrigation district is situated, and the reportdetermination must be open to public
26		-	inspection. The department of water resources also shall submit the reportdetermination to the electors
27		-	of the proposed district at the meeting set for hearing the petition for the organization of the proposed
28		-	district. S. B. NO. 2065 - PAGE 2
29		-	____________________________ ____________________________
30		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
31		-	____________________________ ____________________________
32		-	Secretary of the Senate Chief Clerk of the House
33		-	This certifies that the within bill originated in the Senate of the Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly of North
34		-	Dakota and is known on the records of that body as Senate Bill No. 2065.
35		-	Senate Vote:Yeas 47 Nays 0 Absent 0
36		-	House Vote: Yeas 91 Nays 1 Absent 2
37		-	____________________________
38		-	Secretary of the Senate
39		-	Received by the Governor at ________M. on _____________________________________, 2025.
40		-	Approved at ________M. on __________________________________________________, 2025.
41		-	____________________________
42		-	Governor
43		-	Filed in this office this ___________day of _______________________________________, 2025,
44		-	at ________ o’clock ________M.
45		-	____________________________
46		-	Secretary of State
	15	+	The department of water resources shall examine the petition, maps, papers, probable cost,
	16	+	and data pertaining to the proposed irrigation district and shall fix a time and place for hearing
	17	+	the petition. A notice stating the petition will be heard, and stating the time and place of hearing,
	18	+	must be filed with the county auditor of each county in which the proposed district is located.
	19	+	The notice must be published once each week for two consecutive weeks in the newspapers of
	20	+	general circulation where the district is located and in the official newspaper of each county in
	21	+	which the district is located. The date set for the hearing on the petition may not be less than
	22	+	twenty days after the first publication of the notice. Before the hearing the department shall
	23	+	review the maps, preliminary designs, probable cost, and feasibility study and shall prepare, or
	24	+	shall cause to be prepared a summary report showing the probable cost of the proposed
	25	+	irrigation works anddetermination outlining the practicability and feasibility of the plan of
	26	+	irrigation suggested or proposed by petitioners for the irrigation of the lands within the district. A
	27	+	copy of the reportdetermination must be filed with the county auditor of each county in which the
	28	+	proposed irrigation district is situated, and the reportdetermination must be open to public
	29	+	inspection. The department of water resources also shall submit the reportdetermination to the
	30	+	electors of the proposed district at the meeting set for hearing the petition for the organization of
	31	+	the proposed district.
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