In a county which has adopted a county manager form of government, the county manager shall distribute the administrative activities among the following departments:

Terms Used In North Dakota Code 11-09-15

  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute means the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49

1. Department of finance.

2. Department of public works.

3. Department of public welfare.

The board    of county commissioners may    establish    additional departments. Upon recommendation of the county manager, any activity which is unassigned by this chapter shall be assigned by the board to an appropriate department and any activity so assigned may be reassigned to another department.