In planning and constructing irrigation projects, it shall be the policy of the commission to give preference to the individual farmer or groups of farmers or irrigation districts who intend to farm the land themselves.
N.D. Cent. Code § 61-02-16
Preference is given to individual farmer or irrigation district when planning or constructing irrigation projects
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