Section 4.1-20-18 - Supervisors - Terms of office - Vacancies - Removal - Compensation - Expenses1. At each general election, one district supervisor must be elected for a term of six years, or until the successor is duly elected and qualified, to each expiring or vacant term. The county auditor of the county or counties in which the district lies shall return to the secretary of state before four p.m. on the tenth day following any general election a certified abstract of the votes cast in the county at the election for each candidate for district supervisor. The secretary of state shall canvass the returns and issue certificates of election under chapter 16.1-15.2. To be eligible for election to the office of district supervisor, candidates must be land occupiers and physically living in the district. Candidates must be elected on a nonpartisan ballot. If the office of any supervisor becomes vacant, the remaining members of the board of supervisors, with the advice and consent of the committee, shall fill the vacancy by appointment. If vacancies occur in the office of two supervisors, the remaining supervisor and the committee shall fill the vacancy. If the offices of all supervisors of a district become vacant, the committee shall fill the vacancies by appointment. A supervisor appointed to fill a vacancy holds office until the next general election. A supervisor elected to fill a vacancy serves the balance of the unexpired term in which the vacancy occurred.3. Upon resolution of the three elected supervisors, a soil conservation district, may appoint two additional supervisors who shall serve for a term of one year from the date of appointment. Those supervisors must be appointed by a majority of the three elected supervisors and have all the powers, voting privileges, duties, and responsibilities of elected supervisors, except that the expense allowances of the appointed supervisors must be paid by the local soil conservation district concerned. As far as possible, the appointed supervisors shall represent interests within the district which are not represented by the elected supervisors.4. After notice given and hearing held in accordance with chapter 28-32, a supervisor of a soil conservation district may be removed from office by the committee.5.a. Upon a majority vote of the supervisors, while performing duties as a member, the soil conservation district board shall provide to each member: (1) Compensation of at least seventy-five dollars per day but not more than the rate set for a member of the legislative assembly under section 54-03-20;(2) An allowance for meals and lodging at the rate set in section 44-08-04; and(3) Mileage and travel expenses at the rate set in section 54-06-09.b. All compensation and expenses under this subsection must be paid from district funds.Amended by S.L. 2023 , ch. 81( SB 2246 ), § 1, eff. 8/1/2023.Added by S.L. 2017 , ch. 65( SB 2029 ), § 2, eff. 7/1/2017.