N.D. Cent. Code § 40-53.2-02: Consolidation - Resolution or petition - Election

The governing body of any city may, by resolution, or shall, upon petition by ten percent of the number of qualified electors of the city who voted for governor at the last general election at which a governor was elected, place on the ballot at the next general election to be held in that city the following question: Shall the city governing body appoint a committee from its membership to meet with members of the governing board of the city of __________, as a municipal consolidation review commission, to draft a proposal for consolidating the city of ___________ with the city of __________?