North Dakota Century Code Title 11. Counties § 11-10.2-03. Analysis required--Contents of plan--Limitations

a. The existing office organization, functions, and procedures established for providing governmental services;

b. The proposed office organization, functions, and procedures; and

c. How the proposal may improve the effectiveness and efficiency of county government and its responsiveness and accountability to local citizens.

a. The selection, powers, duties, functions, qualifications and training, terms, and compensation of the affected county offices, notwithstanding any other law;

b. Selection, transfer, reassignment, or termination of personnel associated with each affected office;

c. The election or appointment of a county manager, notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 11-09;

d. Transition in implementation of the plan, including elements that consider the reasonable expectations of current officeholders such as delayed effective dates for implementation at the end of a current term or a future term, upon the occurrence of a vacancy, or on a date certain;

e. The limited application or temporary implementation of the plan, including provisions that permit implementation on an experimental or pilot basis such as the expiration of the plan on a date certain in the future, required reapproval of the plan by the electors at a future date, or a phased-in implementation of different components of the plan; and

f. Any other provision deemed necessary for combining or separating the offices or redesignating an office as elective or appointive.