12-1617c.   Dissolution of certain inoperative sewer districts locatedwholly within cities.Whenever the county clerk shall petition the board of countycommissioners to disorganize and dissolve a sewer district located whollywithin a city in the county, and it shall appear from said petition thatsaid sewer district has no property of any kind, the district has noofficers or funds, has no outstanding indebtedness, has ceased to functionfor more than one (1) year and will continue to be inoperative, the boardof county commissioners shall, within thirty (30) days after receipt of thepetition, designate a time and place for a hearing to consider thedissolution of the district, and shall give notice thereof by one (1)publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the city wherein thedistrict is located, said publication to be not less than ten (10) daysprior to the date set for the hearing.

      On the date set for the hearing, the commissioners shall hear anyreasons why the district should not be dissolved. After the date of thehearing, the commissioners are authorized to adopt a resolution providingthat the specified sewer district shall or shall not be disorganized anddissolved. Upon the adoption of such a resolution, the commissioners shallgive notice thereof by publishing the resolution adopted once in anewspaper of general circulation in the city wherein the sewer district isto be dissolved. A certified copy of such resolution with proof ofpublication shall be filed with the county clerk. The effective date of thedissolution shall be the date of publication in the newspaper of generalcirculation in the city, unless the board of county commissioners shallspecify a later date.

      History:   L. 1961, ch. 165, § 1; June 30.