When a petition to change from or revert to the commission system of government, with the city auditor’s certificate of sufficiency, is filed with the governing body of a city, or when a resolution to change or revert has been adopted, the governing body shall call a special election at which only the question of changing from or reverting to the commission system of government will be submitted. The date of such election shall not be less than sixty days nor more than ninety days after the date of the auditor’s certificate that a sufficient petition has been filed. The ballot to be used at the election shall include the issue presented in the petition or resolution in substantially one of the following forms:

Terms Used In North Dakota Code 40-04-10

  • 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
  • Organization: includes a foreign or domestic association, business trust, corporation, enterprise, estate, joint venture, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, limited partnership, partnership, trust, or any legal or commercial entity. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49

CHANGE FROM COMMISSION SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT Shall the city of                             change from its organization under the commission system of government and become a city under the council form of government? Yes ☐ No ☐    Shall the city of                             change from its organization under the commission system of government and become a city under the modern council form of government with a five-man council? Shall the city of                             Yes ☐ No ☐ change from its organization under the commission system of government and become a city under the modern council form of government with a seven-man council? Shall the city of                             Yes ☐ No ☐ change from its organization under the commission system of government and become a city under the modern council form of government with an eleven-man council? Yes ☐ No ☐ REVERSION TO COMMISSION SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT Shall the city of                             commission system of government? revert from the council form of government to the Yes ☐ No ☐ Shall the city of                            revert from the modern council form of government with a five-man council to the commission system of government? Yes ☐ No ☐ Shall the city of                            revert from the modern council form of government with a seven-man council to the commission system of government? Yes ☐ No ☐ Shall the city of                            revert from the modern council form of government with an eleven-man council to the commission system of government? Yes ☐ No ☐

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