North Dakota Century Code Title 11. Counties § 11-10.3-02. Contents of plan--Limitations

a. The offices to be combined;

b. The selection, powers, duties, functions, qualifications and training, terms, candidate residency requirements notwithstanding section 11-10-04, and compensation of the combined office, and status of the office as elective or appointive;

c. The manner of apportionment of the costs of the office;

d. Procedures for the selection, transfer, reassignment, or termination of personnel associated with the affected offices;

e. Procedures for the transfer of powers, records, documents, and property;

f. Procedures for termination or modification of the arrangement;

g. The process for transition in implementing the office combination, including 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;

h. A process for 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, require reapproval of the plan by the electors at a future date, or a phased-in implementation of various components of the plan; and

i. Other provisions pertaining to the combined office that the affected boards of county commissioners deem necessary or advisable.