North Dakota Code § 21-04-01

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In this chapter, unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires:
1. "Board" means the governing board of any public corporation, including the board of 
county commissioners, the city council, the board of city commissioners, the school 
board, the board of township supervisors, and the park board.
2. "Clerk" means the person who performs for any public corporation the duties ordinarily 
performed by a clerk, including the county auditor, the city auditor, the township clerk, 
and the business manager of the school district.
3. "Financial institutions" includes state and national banks insured by the federal deposit 
insurance corporation, state -chartered or federally chartered savings and loans 
insured by the federal savings and loan insurance corporation, and state -chartered or 
federally chartered credit unions insured by the national credit union administration.
4. "Public corporation" includes a county, city, township, school district, and any body 
corporate except a private corporation.
5. "Public funds" includes all funds derived from taxation, fees, penalties, sale of bonds, 
or from any other source, which belong to and are the property of a public corporation 
or of the state, and all sinking funds of such public corporation or of the state, and all 
funds from whatever source derived and for whatever purpose to be expended of 
which a public corporation or the state have legal custody. The term includes funds of 
which any board, bureau, commission, or individual, created or authorized by law, is 
authorized to have control as the legal custodian for any purpose whatsoever whether 
such funds were derived from general or special taxation or the assessment of 
persons or corporations for a specific purpose. The term does not include funds of 
students or student organizations deposited in a student financial institution approved 
by and under the control of the school board.
6. "State" includes the state of North Dakota and any institution, industry, enterprise, or 
agency of the state.

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