N.D. Cent. Code § 54-03-01.13
Staggering of terms of members of the legislative assembly
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Current — January 1, 2022
As of December 1, 2021
(1) A senator and two representatives must be elected from each even-numbered district in 2012 for a term of four years.
(2) A senator and two representatives must be elected from each odd-numbered district in 2014 for a term of four years. However, a senator and two representatives from district seven must be elected in 2012 for a term of two years.
(3) Except as provided in subsection 4, the term of office of a member of the legislative assembly elected in an odd-numbered district in 2010 for a term of four years and who as a result of legislative redistricting is placed in an even-numbered district terminates December 1, 2012.
(4) A member of the legislative assembly who was elected from an odd-numbered district in 2010 for a term of four years and who as a result of legislative redistricting is placed in an even-numbered district may continue to serve the remainder of the term for which the member was elected beyond December 1, 2012, if the member changes the member’s place of residence to a location in the odd-numbered district which is within the geographic area of the odd-numbered district from which the member was elected by March 15, 2012, and certifies in writing to the secretary of state and the chairman of the legislative management that the member has established a new residence in that district as determined by section 54-01-26. If the member does not establish residency within the district from which the member was elected by March 15, 2012, the term of office of that member terminates on December 1, 2012.
(5) The term of office of a member of the legislative assembly in an odd-numbered district with new geographic area that was not in that member’s district for the 2010 election and which new geographic area has a 2010 population that is more than twenty-five percent of the ideal district population terminates on December 1, 2012.
Staggering of terms of members of the legislative assembly. [Repealed]
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