12-3913. Same; procedure; resolution, publication; election, when; effective date; initial mill levy of new district.
12-3913
12-3913. Same; procedure; resolution, publication;
election, when; effective date; initial mill levy of new district.
(a) The resolution creating a consolidated fire district as provided
by this act, shall be published at least once each week for two consecutive
weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the area subject to the proposed
consolidation. If within 60 days following the last publication of the
resolution, a petition in opposition thereto, signed by not less than 5% of the
registered voters residing within each of the two or more areas proposed for
consolidation is filed with the county election officer, the board shall order
an election to be called and held within the areas proposed to be consolidated
within 90 days after the filing of such petition in the manner provided for the
calling and holding of elections under the general bond law. If a majority of
the electors voting at such election shall approve the consolidation of such
areas the board of county commissioners, by resolution, shall provide for the
consolidation of such areas and define the boundaries of the area as
consolidated. Any such consolidation shall be made prior to July 1 of any year
to take effect on January 1 of the succeeding year.
(b) Any resolution creating a consolidated fire district shall provide for
the dissolution or disorganization of the fire districts as they existed prior
to the effective date of the creation of a consolidated fire district. The
resolution creating a consolidated fire district also shall fix the amount of
tax, not to exceed 15 mills, that may be levied by the governing body of the
consolidated fire district.
History: L. 1996, ch. 226, § 4;
L. 2008, ch. 163, § 17; July 1.