48-1413. Dissolution of district
A. When a petition signed by twenty-five electors within a special road district is
presented to the board of supervisors of the county in which the special road district is
located, requesting the dissolution of the district, the board, within twenty days, shall
call an election of the electors within the special road district to vote for or against
the dissolution of the district. An election may be called and a special road district
may dissolve only if there is another governmental entity which will accept dedication of
the roads in that special road district. The petition shall state its purpose clearly
and concisely and shall be in the form and signed and verified as generally provided for
initiative petitions.
B. Notice of the time, place and purpose of the election shall be posted, the
election officers shall be appointed, the election shall be conducted, returned and
canvassed, and the ballots shall be similar in form, as prescribed by this article for
bond elections of a district, except that the date requirements that apply to bond
elections do not apply to an election on the dissolution of the district.
C. The board of trustees of a special road district by a vote of a majority of the
board of trustees, or if a joint special road district, by a vote of a majority of its
joint board, also may request the dissolution of the district.
D. If a majority of the votes cast at the election favors the dissolution, or if
the board of trustees of the district requests it, the board of supervisors shall enter
in its records an order declaring the dissolution of the district, and from that time the
district ceases to exist, except that all real property and mobile homes in the district
remain subject to taxation for all the bonds outstanding at the time of dissolution.
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