Definitions

Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions apply: 1. "Board of commissioners" means the board of commissioners of a water management district. 2. "Boundary rivers" means the Red River of the North and the Bois de Sioux River as they form a natural boundary between the states of Minnesota and North Dakota. 3. "Department" is defined in North Dakota Century Code section 61-03-01.2. 4. "Dike" means an embankment constructed of earth or other suitable materials to protect agricultural lands from floods which result from overflow of watercourses or from diffused surface waters. 5. "Director" is defined in North Dakota Century Code section 61-03-01.2. 6. "District" means water resource district. 7. "Farmstead" means a farm dwelling or associated farm buildings. 8. "Flood frequency" means the average frequency, statistically determined, for which it is expected that a specific flood stage or discharge may be equaled or exceeded. This frequency is usually expressed as having a probability of occurring, on the average, once within a specified number of years. 9. "Floodwaters" means those waters which temporarily inundate normally dry areas adjoining a watercourse. This inundation results from an overflow of the watercourse caused by excessive amounts of rainfall or snowmelt which exceed its capacity. 10. "Person" means a human being, firm, partnership, association, corporation, or any other type of private legal relationship, and any governmental organization, which includes, but is not limited to, any agency of the United States, a state agency, and any political subdivision of the state. 11. "Ring dike" means an embankment constructed of earth or other suitable materials for the purpose of enclosing a farmstead. 12. "Watershed" means the area draining into, or contributing water to, the Red River of the North or the Bois de Sioux River.