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161A.14 PETITION TO FORM.
When the landowners in a proposed subdistrict desire that a
subdistrict be organized, they shall file a petition with the
commissioners of the soil and water conservation district. The area
must be contiguous and in the same watershed but it shall not include
any area located within the boundaries of an incorporated city. The
petition shall set forth an intelligible description by congressional
subdivision, or otherwise, of the land suggested for inclusion in the
subdistrict and shall state whether the special annual tax or special
benefit assessments will be used, or whether the use of both is
contemplated. The petition shall contain a brief statement giving
the reasons for organization, and requesting that the proposed area
be organized as a subdistrict, and must be signed by sixty- five
percent of the landowners in the proposed subdistrict. Land already
in one subdistrict cannot be included in another. The soil and water
conservation district commissioners shall review the petition and if
it is found adequate shall arrange for a hearing on it. Section History: Early Form
[C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 467A.14] Section History: Recent Form
87 Acts, ch 23, § 23
C93, § 161A.14
