It is the intent hereof that, without limiting the generality of the foregoing:

Terms Used In North Dakota Code 21-09-04

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49

1.    This chapter applies to all defects, irregularities and omissions, other than constitutional, in the calling, notice, or conduct of any election, any public hearing, or any meeting of a governing board, council, or commission held for the purpose of authorizing bonds or any project financed by bonds; in the creation of an improvement district, the determination of the necessity and the making of contracts for the acquisition or construction of such project; in the levy of any tax or special assessment appropriated for the payment of bonds; in the establishment of rates and charges for the service of any project; in the pledge of net revenues derived therefrom to the payment of bonds, and in the making of covenants securing such payment.

2.    This chapter applies notwithstanding any lack of power, other than constitutional, to engage in a project or any portion thereof, or to finance the same by issuing bonds; to combine two or more projects or bond issues in the same proceedings; to conduct proceedings in the sequence actually followed; or to exercise jurisdiction over the site at which any project is located, within or without the corporate limits of the public body or of the county in which it is situated or of the state of North Dakota.