(12 members)

2372 § 1 Study the feasibility and desirability of establishing an organization or ombudsman to support and coordinate federal, tribal, state, including institutions of higher education, and local government and private efforts to discourage destructive behavior, including alcohol and drug abuse and tobacco use

Study local government structure, fiscal and other powers and functions of local governments, relationships between and among local governments and the state or any other government, allocation of state and local resources, and interstate issues involving local governments (NDCC § 54-35.2-02)

Receive report from the North Dakota Association of Counties before April 1 of each even-numbered year regarding how each county has used the county’s document preservation fund during the preceding two fiscal years (NDCC § 11-18-22.1, effective until August 1, 2009)