§180-15  Discontinuance of districts. 
At any time after five years after the organization of a district under this
chapter, any occupiers of land representing twenty-five or more votes lying
within the district may petition the department of land and natural resources
to terminate the existence of the district.  The department may conduct such
meetings and hearings upon the petition as may be necessary and, within sixty
days after the filing of such a petition, shall hold a referendum upon the
proposal.  All occupiers of lands within the district shall be eligible to vote
in the referendum.



After such referendum the department shall
determine whether the continued operation of the district is necessary or
practicable and feasible.  The department shall not have authority to determine
in favor of the continued operation of the district unless a majority of the
votes cast in the referendum were in favor of the continued operation.  If the
department determines in favor of the discontinuance of the district, it shall
certify such determination to the district directors and to the lieutenant
governor.  The lieutenant governor shall issue to the directors a certificate
of dissolution and record a copy of the certificate in the lieutenant
governor's office.  Upon receipt of the certificate the directors shall
terminate the affairs of the district.  The directors shall dispose of all
property belonging to the district at public auction and pay over the proceeds
into the state treasury, and render to the department, a full accounting of the
properties and proceeds of the sale.  All contracts theretofore entered into,
to which the district is a party, shall remain in force and effect for the
period provided in the contracts.  The department shall be substituted for the
district as party to the contracts.  The department shall not entertain
petitions for the discontinuance of any district more often than once in five
years. [L 1947, c 191, §9; RL 1955, §28-18; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §§9, 22; am L
1961, c 132, §2; am L 1967, c 145, §§1, 2; HRS §180-15; gen ch 1985]