19-3603. Same; petition; contents; resolution; adoption and publication, when.
19-3603
19-3603. Same; petition; contents; resolution; adoption and
publication, when.
The board of county commissioners shall consider the advisability of
organizing any fire district or districts within the county upon the
filing of a petition with the county clerk, signed by the residents of
the county owning more than sixty percent (60%) of the area of the lands
situated within the boundaries of the proposed district. Each such
petition shall describe the boundaries of any proposed district as
provided in K.S.A. 19-3602 and shall be accompanied by
an outline map showing the proposed district and the tracts thereof held
by the signers of said petition. Each signer shall, after his name,
enter the place of his residence with respect to some city or township
within the county, the legal description of his land within the proposed
district and his supposed estate therein and if a corporation, the name
and home office of the corporation and the title of the officers signing
the petition. The board of county commissioners shall determine the
sufficiency of any such petition by reference to the records of the
county pertaining to any interest in real property. If any such petition
shall be found sufficient, said board may adopt and publish a resolution
organizing and naming said district and declaring the boundaries thereof
as provided in K.S.A. 19-3602: Provided, That
nothing herein shall deny the authority of the board to organize a fire
district under K.S.A. 19-3602.
History: L. 1953, ch. 161, § 3; April 13.