N.D. Cent. Code § 61-02-03: Apportioning or allocating water rights by commission

In case any water rights shall be acquired or exercised by the commission in connection with two or more works and projects, the commission, by resolution, shall apportion or allocate to each of such works or projects such part of such water rights as it may determine, and upon adoption of such a resolution, such water rights shall be deemed to be a part of each of such works and projects to the extent that such water rights have been so apportioned or allocated thereto respectively.