N.D. Cent. Code § 40-44-08
40-44-08. Ordinance creating civil service system - What to be included - Departments automatically included
40-44-08. Ordinance creating civil service system - What to be included - Departments
automatically included.
In any ordinance creating a civil service system, the governing body shall designate the
departments, classes of employees, and the appointive officials of the city who shall come
under the system, and it subsequently may add thereto. All full-time paid employees of the fire
and police departments, with the chiefs thereof, shall be placed under any civil service system
adopted whether they are designated in the ordinance or not.