N.D. Cent. Code § 54-55-01
The commission on uniform state laws consists of an individual engaged in the practice of law in this state, the dean or a full-time member of the faculty of the law school of the university of North Dakota, a law-trained judge of a court of record in this state, a member of the house of representatives and a member of the senate of the legislative assembly, and a member of the legislative council. The attorney general may appoint a member of the commission. The commission also consists of any residents of this state who, because of long service in the cause of uniformity of state legislation, have been elected life members of the national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws, and may also consist of any residents of this state who have been previously appointed to at least five years of service on the commission. Except for the member appointed by the attorney general, the members of the legislative assembly, the member of the legislative council, and life members, commissioners must be appointed by the governor for terms of four years each, commencing on the first day of September following each presidential election, and shall serve until their respective successors are appointed. Commissioners first appointed after July 21, 2011, must be residents of the state. The members of the legislative assembly on the commission must be appointed by the legislative management for a term not to exceed four years as prescribed by the legislative management, and the member of the legislative council must be appointed by the chairman of the legislative management. The term of the member appointed by the attorney general may not extend beyond the term of that attorney general.
N.D.C.C. § 54-55-01