19-2786b. Same; resolution of proposed consolidation; publication; election; resolution of consolidation.
19-2786b
19-2786b. Same; resolution of proposed consolidation; publication;
election; resolution of consolidation.
Following such joint meeting the board of county commissioners shall
adopt a resolution, which resolution shall set forth the terms of such
proposed consolidation, the effective date of such consolidation, the name
of the proposed consolidated improvement district and all other matters
related to such proposed consolidation, and shall also state a time and a
place or places where an election is to be held in each of such improvement
districts to determine upon such consolidation. Such resolution shall be
published once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in the official
county newspaper, the first publication to be not less than twenty-one (21)
days prior to the date of such election. Such election shall be conducted
in all respects as provided by law, but the board of county commissioners
shall name the judges and clerks of such election, shall prescribe the form
of the ballot, shall canvass the result of such an election, and such
consolidation shall not be declared effective unless a majority of the
qualified electors voting thereon in each of said improvement districts
shall vote in favor of such consolidation.
Following such election the board of county commissioners shall again
meet in joint meeting with the boards of directors of said two improvement
districts, and following such meeting the board of county commissioners
shall adopt a resolution declaring such consolidation to be effected, shall
furnish a certified copy of such resolution to the president of each of the
improvement districts concerned and shall publish said resolution once in
the official county newspaper.
History: L. 1959, ch. 139, § 7; June 30.