2-131f. Ellis county; acquisition of land for fairground expansion; petition; election.
2-131f
2-131f. Ellis county; acquisition of land for fairground expansion;
petition; election.
The board of county commissioners of Ellis county, upon request of the officially
recognized county fair association in Ellis county, and upon making a determination
that it is in the best interest of the county to expand its fairground by
the acquisition of additional land which is adjacent to the fairground,
may adopt a resolution to acquire such land. The resolution shall be published
once each week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation
in the county. After publication, the board of county commissioners may
acquire such land for expansion of the fairground unless a petition requesting
an election upon the proposition signed by electors equal in number to not
less than 5% of the electors who voted at the last preceding regular county
election, as shown by the poll books, is filed with the county election
officer within 60 days following the date of the last publication of the
resolution. In the event a valid petition is filed, no such land shall
be acquired without such proposition having been submitted to and having
been approved by a majority of the electors voting at an election called
and held thereon. The election shall be called and held in the manner prescribed
for the calling and holding of elections upon the question of the issuance
of bonds under the general bond law.
History: L. 1981, ch. 110, § 1; April 18.