15-11b02. Community building district; petition; order; public corporation.
15-11b02
15-11b02. Community building district; petition; order; public corporation.
Upon the presentation to the board of county commissioners of the county
in which such city and surrounding area are located, of a petition setting
forth the boundaries of a proposed community building district and
requesting the formation of such district, signed by not less than 60%
of the qualified electors of the proposed
district, the
sufficiency of such petition to be determined by an enumeration taken and
verified for this purpose by the county election officer of the county,
it shall be the
duty of the board of county commissioners at
its next regular meeting to examine the petition.
If the board finds that the petition is sufficient and regular
and in due form and
as herein provided, the board shall enter an order establishing such
community building district and shall thereupon declare the territory
described in the petition a public corporation and the inhabitants within
the district to be incorporated as a community building district under the
name "__________ community building district of __________ county, Kansas"
(inserting the name of the district and of the proper county) and
henceforth, the territory and the inhabitants residing therein and
their successors shall constitute a body politic and corporate under the
corporate name; shall have perpetual succession; shall have a seal, and may
sue and be sued in its corporate name.
History: L. 1959, ch. 114, § 2; L. 1984, ch. 82, § 1; July 1.