=== Section 12. ===

The lieutenant governor shall serve as president of the senate. If the
senate is equally divided on a question, the lieutenant governor may
vote on procedural matters and on substantive matters if the lieutenant
governor's vote would be decisive.

[ [[https://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/55-1997/ranch/SL7CNSTM.pdf#page=6|Amended Jun. 11, 1996]], effective Jul. 1, 1997]