48-2603. Petition for organization; notice;
bond
A. In order to propose the organization of a drainage district, a petition shall be
presented to the board of supervisors of the county in which the lands within the
proposed district, or the greater portion thereof, are located, signed by the required
number of holders of title or evidence of title to the lands within the proposed
district.
B. The petition shall set forth and particularly describe the proposed boundaries
of the district and shall pray that the lands therein be organized as a drainage district
under the provisions of this chapter. The petitioners shall accompany the petition with
a good and sufficient bond to be approved by the board of supervisors in the amount of
the probable cost necessary to be incurred by the board of supervisors in organizing the
district, conditioned that the obligors will pay all costs if the organization is not
effected.
C. The petition shall be presented at a regular or special meeting of the board of
supervisors. If the board of supervisors determines that the organization of the
drainage district is necessary and feasible, the board shall enter an order fixing a time
and place for hearing the petition and directing that the petition, together with a
notice of the hearing, be published for not less than six weeks in a newspaper published
in the county, or if any portion of the proposed district lies within another county or
counties, that the petition and notice be likewise published in a newspaper published in
each of such counties. When more than one newspaper is published in any such county, the
order shall require publication to be made in a newspaper which in the judgment of the
board will reach the greatest number of persons residing within the boundaries of the
proposed district.
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