15-117.   Same; duties of county clerks; hearing.The county clerk shall examine the petition, if such a petition is required,signatures and attachedmatter as prescribed by K.S.A. 15-116, as amended, and if it appears the petition is inproper form, that the inhabitants of the territory number 300 or more orthat the territory contains300 or moreplatted lots each served by water and sewer lines owned by a nonprofitcorporation, and that 50 or more electors of the territory havesigned the petition, or that the territory has been designated as a nationallandmark, the county clerk shall so report to the board ofcounty commissioners at its next regular meeting and it shall designatea time and place for a hearing on the petition, such time to be not lessthan 30 nor more than 90 days from the date the petition was filed. Theplace of the hearing shall be at a placeconvenient for most of the inhabitants of the territory.

      History:   L. 1963, ch. 509, § 3; L. 1967, ch. 113, § 2; L. 1981,ch. 86, § 2; July 1.