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Sixty-seventh
Legislative Assembly HOUSE BILL NO. 1504
of North Dakota
Introduced by
Legislative Management
(Redistricting Committee)
1 A BILL for an Act to authorize the secretary of state to modify election deadlines and
2 procedures; to create and enact two new sections to chapter 54-03 of the North Dakota Century
3 Code, relating to legislative redistricting and staggering of terms of members of the legislative
4 assembly; to repeal sections 54-03-01.12 and 54-03-01.13 of the North Dakota Century Code,
5 relating to legislative districts and staggering of terms of members of the legislative assembly; to
6 provide a statement of legislative intent; and to provide an effective date.
7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:
8 SECTION 1. A new section to chapter 54-03 of the North Dakota Century Code is created
9 and enacted as follows:
10 Legislative districts.
11 Each legislative district is entitled to one senator and two representatives. Districts 4 and 9
12 are divided into subdistricts, and one representative must be elected from each subdistrict. A
13 representative elected from a subdistrict must be, on the day of election, a qualified elector in
14 the subdistrict from which the representative was chosen. The legislative districts of the state
15 are formed as follows:
16 1. District 1 consists of that part of the city of Williston and Stony Creek and Williston
17 Townships in Williams County bound by a line commencing at the point where the
18 centerline of thirty-second avenue west intersects with the centerline of twenty-sixth
19 street west, then east on twenty-sixth street west and an extended straight line until it
20 becomes twenty-sixth street east, then east on twenty-sixth street east until it
21 becomes thirteenth avenue east, then north on thirteenth avenue east and an
22 extended straight line until its intersection with the centerline of fifty-fourth street
23 northwest, then east on fifty-fourth street northwest until its intersection with the
24 centerline of one hundred thirty-fourth avenue northwest, also identified as United
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1 States highway 85 bypass, then south on one hundred thirty-fourth avenue northwest
2 and an extended straight line until its intersection with the Williston city limit, then
3 south, east, north, and south on the Williston city limit until its intersection with the
4 centerline of state highway 1804, then west on state highway 1804 until its intersection
5 with the centerline of thirty-seventh avenue southeast, then south on thirty-seventh
6 avenue southeast until its intersection with the centerline of forty-ninth lane northwest,
7 then west on forty-ninth lane northwest and an extended straight line until its
8 intersection with the south boundary of Williams County, then west on the south
9 boundary of Williams County until its intersection with an extended line from the
10 centerline of thirty-second avenue west, also identified as one hundred thirty-eighth
11 avenue northwest, then north on a straight line extended from thirty-second avenue
12 west and on thirty-second avenue west to the point of beginning.
13 2. District 2 consists of all of Burke County and Divide County; all of Williams County
14 except those portions contained in Districts 1 and 23; and Bicker, Cottonwood, Idaho,
15 James Hill, Lostwood, Manitou, Myrtle, Powers, Powers Lake, Ross, Sorkness, and
16 White Earth,Townships in Mountrail County.
17 3. District 3 consists of New Prairie, Sundre, and Surrey Townships in Ward County; and
18 that part of the city of Minot and Nedrose Township in Ward County bound by a line
19 commencing at the point where the centerline of twenty-seventh street northeast
20 intersects with the north boundary of Nedrose Township, also identified as forty-sixth
21 avenue northeast, then east on the north boundary of Nedrose Township until its
22 intersection with the east boundary of Nedrose Township, then south on the east
23 boundary of Nedrose Township until its intersection with the south boundary of
24 Nedrose Township, then west on the south boundary of Nedrose Township until its
25 intersection with the Minot city limit, then south and west on the Minot city limit until its
26 intersection with the west boundary of Sundre Township, then north on the west
27 boundary of Sundre Township until its intersection with the centerline of thirteenth
28 street southeast, then north on thirteenth street southeast until its intersection with the
29 centerline of soo street southeast, then north and west on soo street southeast until its
30 intersection with the centerline of seventh street southeast, then north on seventh
31 street southeast until its intersection with the centerline of valley street, then north and
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1 west on valley street until its intersection with the centerline of burdick expressway,
2 then west on burdick expressway until its intersection with the centerline of United
3 States highway 83, also identified as south broadway, then north on United States
4 highway 83 until its intersection with the centerline of nineteenth avenue, then east on
5 nineteenth avenue until its intersection with airport road, then east on airport road until
6 its intersection with the centerline of nineteenth avenue northeast, then east on
7 nineteenth avenue northeast and an extended straight line until its intersection with the
8 centerline of twenty-seventh street northeast, then north on twenty-seventh street
9 northeast to the point of beginning.
10 4. District 4 consists of those portions of Dunn County, McKenzie County, McLean
11 County, Mercer County, Mountrail County, and Ward County within the Fort Berthold
12 reservation; all of Mountrail County except those portions contained in District 2; all of
13 Ward County except those portions contained in Districts 3, 5, 6, 38, and 40; and that
14 part of McLean County bound by a line commencing at the intersection of the Fort
15 Berthold reservation boundary and the north boundary of McLean County, then east
16 on the north boundary of McLean County until its intersection with the centerline of
17 United States highway 83, then south on United States highway 83 until its
18 intersection with the south boundary of Snow Township, then west on the south
19 boundary of Snow Township until its intersection with the southeast corner of North
20 Central McLean Unorganized Township, then west and south on the south boundary of
21 North Central McLean Unorganized Township until its intersection with the south
22 boundary of McLean County, then west on the south boundary of McLean County until
23 its intersection with the Fort Berthold reservation boundary, then north, west, and north
24 on the Fort Berthold reservation boundary to the point of beginning.
25 a. District 4A consists of those portions of Dunn County, McKenzie County, McLean
26 County, Mercer County, Mountrail County, and Ward County within the Fort
27 Berthold reservation.
28 b. District 4B consists of all of Mountrail County except those portions contained in
29 Districts 2 and 4A; all of Ward County except those portions contained in
30 Districts 3, 4A, 5, 6, 38, and 40; and that part of McLean County bound by a line
31 commencing at the intersection of the Fort Berthold reservation boundary and the
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1 north boundary of McLean County, then east on the north boundary of McLean
2 County until its intersection with the centerline of United States highway 83, then
3 south on United States highway 83 until its intersection with the south boundary
4 of Snow Township, then west on the south boundary of Snow Township until its
5 intersection with the southeast corner of North Central McLean Unorganized
6 Township, then west and south on the south boundary of North Central McLean
7 Unorganized Township until its intersection with the south boundary of McLean
8 County, then west on the south boundary of McLean County until its intersection
9 with the Fort Berthold reservation boundary, then north, west, and north on the
10 Fort Berthold reservation boundary to the point of beginning.
11 5. District 5 consists of that part of the city of Minot and Harrison Township in Ward
12 County bound by a line commencing at the point where the centerline of sixteenth
13 street northwest intersects with the centerline of third avenue northwest, then east on
14 third avenue northwest until its intersection with the centerline of United States
15 highway 83, also identified as north broadway, then south on United States
16 highway 83 until its intersection with burdick expressway, then east on burdick
17 expressway until its intersection with the centerline of valley street, then south and
18 east on valley street until its intersection with the centerline of seventh street
19 southeast, then south on seventh street southeast until its intersection with the
20 centerline of soo street, then south and east on soo street until its intersection with
21 thirteenth street southeast, then south on thirteenth street southeast until its
22 intersection with the centerline of eleventh avenue southeast, then east on eleventh
23 avenue southeast until its intersection with the centerline of thirteenth street southeast,
24 then south on thirteenth street southeast until its intersection with the centerline of
25 Untied States highway 2, also identified as United States highway 52, until its
26 intersection with the centerline of United States highway 83, also identified as south
27 broadway, then south on United States highway 83 until its intersection with the
28 centerline of thirty-seventh avenue southwest, then west on thirty-seventh avenue
29 southwest until its intersection with the centerline of thirtieth street southwest, then
30 north on thirtieth street southwest until its intersection with the centerline of twentieth
31 avenue southwest, then north and west on twentieth avenue southwest until its
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1 intersection with the centerline of thirty-third street southwest, then north on thirty-third
2 street southwest until its intersection with the centerline of United States highway 2,
3 then east on United States highway 2 until its intersection with the centerline of the
4 United States highway 83 bypass, then north on the United States highway 83 bypass
5 until its intersection with the centerline of the Canadian Pacific railway company right
6 of way, then east on the Canadian Pacific railway right of way until its intersection with
7 the centerline of sixteenth street northwest, then north on sixteenth street northwest to
8 the point of beginning.
9 6. District 6 consists of all of Bottineau County, McHenry County, and Renville County; all
10 of McLean County except those portions contained in Districts 4 and 33; and that part
11 of Ward County bound by a line commencing at the point where the centerline of
12 United States highway 83 intersects with the north boundary of Freedom Township,
13 also identified as one hundred twenty-first avenue southeast, then east on the north
14 boundaries of Freedom, Willis, and Sawyer Townships to the east boundary of Ward
15 County, then south on the east boundary of Ward County to the south boundary of
16 Ward County, then west on the south boundary of Ward County until its intersection
17 with the centerline of United States highway 83, then north on United States
18 highway 83 to the point of beginning.
19 7. District 7 consists of that part of the city of Bismarck and Hay Creek Township in
20 Burleigh County bound by a line commencing at the point where the north boundary of
21 Hay Creek Township intersects with the centerline of the Missouri River, then east and
22 south on the boundary of Hay Creek Township until its intersection with the centerline
23 of interstate highway 94, then west on interstate highway 94 until its intersection with
24 the centerline of United States highway 83, also identified as state street, then north
25 on United States highway 83 until its intersection with the centerline of forty-third
26 avenue northeast, then west on forty-third avenue northeast until its intersection with
27 the centerline of north washington street, then north on north washington street until its
28 intersection with the centerline of fifty-seventh avenue northwest, then west on fifty-
29 seventh avenue northwest and an extended straight line until its intersection with the
30 centerline of river road, then north and west on river road until its intersection with the
31 centerline of the north segment of burnt creek loop, then west and south on burnt
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1 creek loop until its intersection with the centerline of a straight line extended east from
2 magnolia drive, then southwest on an extended straight line until its intersection with
3 olive tree drive, then west on olive tree drive and an extended straight line until its
4 intersection with the centerline of the Missouri River, then north and west on the
5 Missouri River to the point of beginning.
6 8. District 8 consists of all of Emmons County; the city of Wilton in Burliegh and McLean
7 Counties; Boyd, Burnt Creek-Riverview, Gibbs, Glenview, Logan, Long Lake,
8 Menoken, Morton, Naughton, Taft, Telfer, Themlan, Painted Woods, and Wild Rose
9 Townships in Burleigh County; that part of Ecklund Township bound by a line
10 commencing at the point where the northern boundary of Ecklund Township intersects
11 with the west boundary of Ecklund Township, then east, south, east, north, and east
12 on the north boundary of Ecklund Township until its intersection with the centerline of
13 twenty-sixth street northeast, then south on twenty-sixth street northeast until its
14 intersection with the south boundary of Ecklund Township, then east and north on the
15 south boundary of Ecklund Township to the point of beginning; that part of the city of
16 Bismarck in Burleigh County bound by a line commencing at the point where the
17 centerline of interstate highway 94 intersects with the centerline of business interstate
18 highway 94, also identified as centennial road, then east on interstate highway 94 until
19 its intersection with the west boundary of Gibbs Township and the Bismarck city limit,
20 then south on the west boundary of Gibbs Township until its intersection with the
21 centerline of seventeenth avenue northeast, then west on seventeenth avenue
22 northeast until its intersection with the centerline of fifty-sixth street northeast, then
23 north on fifty-sixth street northeast until its intersection with the extended centerline of
24 miriam avenue, then west on the extended centerline of miriam avenue and on miriam
25 avenue until its intersection with the centerline of business interstate highway 94, also
26 identified as centennial road, then north on business interstate highway 94 to the point
27 of beginning; that part of Apple Creek and Missouri Townships in Burleigh County
28 bound by a line commencing at the point where the west boundary of Apple Creek
29 Township intersects with the east boundary of the Bismarck city limit, then east and
30 south on the west boundary of Apple Creek Township until its intersection with the east
31 boundary of Missouri Township, then south and west on the east boundary of Missouri
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1 Township until its intersection with the centerline of the Missouri River, then north on
2 the centerline of the Missouri River until its intersection with an extended line from the
3 centerline of ninety-third street southeast, then north on a straight line extended from
4 ninety-third street southeast and on ninety-third street southeast until its intersection
5 with the centerline of seventy-sixth avenue southeast, then west on seventy-sixth
6 avenue southeast, also identified as the south boundary of Apple Creek Township,<