N.D. Cent. Code § 61-26-02
61-26-02. Hearing on joint drain
61-26-02. Hearing on joint drain
Upon receipt of an application, the board of drain commissioners shall call and give notice
of a public hearing, in the manner provided for hearing on a petition to establish a drain, and at
such hearing shall receive all evidence and opinions offered for or against the application or of
suggested modifications. After such hearing the board of drain commissioners and the
governing body of the city or board of commissioners of the water resource district, whichever
the case may be, may enter into an agreement for the joint use of such drain setting forth in
such agreement the extent, conditions, and nature of permitted use and action, the amount of
payment to be made as proportionate share of original cost, and the amount or percentage of
costs of future maintenance to be paid by the city or water resource district.