1.    There must be a district operations advisory committee in each operations district created in accordance with section 61-04.1-20. Each committee must be composed of one commissioner of the weather modification authority, if a weather modification authority exists, from each county within the district; a representative of each person contracting for a geographical region assigned to the district; and one member of the board of county commissioners from each county assigned to the district. Each advisory committee, upon majority vote, with the concurrence of the board, shall adopt rules and bylaws necessary to govern that committee’s procedures and meetings. Each committee shall evaluate weather modification operations within that committee’s district and make recommendations and proposals to the board concerning these operations.

2.    The weather modification authority of any county authorized to contract for weather modification operations under this chapter which is not assigned to an operations district shall assume the functions of the district operations committee and may     exercise the powers and duties assigned to the operations committees by this chapter and by the rules of the board.