{"data":{"id":"us-nd/n.d.-cent.-code-61-05-03","jurisdiction":"us-nd","citation":"N.D. Cent. Code § 61-05-03","heading":"Votes of electors - Number permissible","body":"Any elector owning twenty acres [8.09 hectares] or less but not less than five acres [2.02 hectares], subject to assessments for construction or other costs within a proposed or existing district, shall have one vote. Any elector owning more than twenty acres [8.09 hectares] subject to such assessments within any irrigation district which will receive all or a portion of its water supply from a federal reclamation or irrigation project shall have one additional vote for each additional twenty acres [8.09 hectares] or major fraction thereof. However, the total votes any elector is entitled to must be determined based on the number of acres [hectares] the elector is entitled to irrigate pursuant to the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 [Pub. L. 97-293; 96 Stat. 1263; 43 U.S.C. 390aa et seq.] and may not exceed more than thirty-five percent of the total votes eligible to be cast in any district election regardless of the number of acres [hectares] of land owned by the elector in the district. Any elector owning more than twenty acres [8.09 hectares] subject to assessments within any existing or proposed irrigation district which does not receive any of its water supply from a federal reclamation or irrigation project shall have one additional vote for each additional twenty acres [8.09 hectares] or major fraction thereof, but no elector shall be entitled to cast more than thirty-five percent of the total votes eligible to be cast in any district election regardless of the number of acres [hectares] of land owned by the elector in the district.","path":["Title 61 Waters","Chapter 61-05 Organization Of Irrigation Districts"],"source_url":"https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t61c05.pdf","current_through":"2026-07-31T11:12:02","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T21:04:14Z","sha256":"fd358b2d0613818fa34121b19af27fd91841d41c52e5a370d21bc9bc4d581be3","source_id":"us-nd","stale":true,"prev":"us-nd/n.d.-cent.-code-61-05-02.1","next":"us-nd/n.d.-cent.-code-61-05-04"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}