North Dakota Century Code Title 44. Offices and Officers § 44-04-21. Open voting at public meetings required--Results recorded in minutes

1. Unless otherwise specifically provided by law, all votes of whatever kind taken at any public meeting governed by the provisions of section 44-04-19 must be open, public votes, and all nonprocedural votes must be recorded roll call votes, with the votes of each member being made public at the open meeting. Procedural votes must be recorded roll call votes upon the request of any member of a governing body holding a meeting subject to this section. As used in this section, “nonprocedural” should be broadly interpreted and includes all votes that pertain to the merits of the matter before the governing body.

2. Minutes must be kept of all open meetings and are records subject to section 44-04-18. The minutes must include, at a minimum:

3. Subsection 1 does not apply to a nonprocedural vote relating to the consideration of an amendment by a legislative committee or the legislative assembly during a legislative session, unless otherwise required by legislative rule.