24-1233.Districts established prior to July 1, 1961; confirmation andvalidation; procedure.Whenever any watershed district has heretofore been created andestablished under the watershed district act and all amendments thereto,the chief engineer shall fix a time for a hearing upon the question ofwhether the lands within the district so created and established, or a partthereof, are subject to erosion, floodwater or sediment damage or would bebenefited by the construction of works for the conservation, development,utilization or disposal of water, and shall give notice thereof at theexpense of the district for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper ornewspapers of general circulation within the district, the last publicationto be at least five days before the day fixed for the hearing.
Such notice need not describe the boundaries of the district aspreviously created and established but shall state the name or generallocation thereof and shall state that a hearing will be held by the chiefengineer on whether or not the lands within the district so created andestablished, or a part thereof, are subject to erosion, floodwater orsediment damage or would be benefited by the construction of works for theconservation, development, utilization or disposal of water, shall statethe day and hour of the hearing, and that all persons may appear before thechief engineer at such hearing and be heard. If, after such hearing, thechief engineer determines that the lands within the district so created andestablished, or a part thereof, are subject to erosion, floodwater orsediment damage or would be benefited by the construction of works for theconservation, development, utilization or disposal of water, the publicnecessity of such district is hereby declared, and the creation andestablishment of such district shall be and is hereby ratified, validatedand confirmed.
24-1233.Districts established prior to July 1, 1961; confirmation andvalidation; procedure.Whenever any watershed district has heretofore been created andestablished under the watershed district act and all amendments thereto,the chief engineer shall fix a time for a hearing upon the question ofwhether the lands within the district so created and established, or a partthereof, are subject to erosion, floodwater or sediment damage or would bebenefited by the construction of works for the conservation, development,utilization or disposal of water, and shall give notice thereof at theexpense of the district for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper ornewspapers of general circulation within the district, the last publicationto be at least five days before the day fixed for the hearing.
Such notice need not describe the boundaries of the district aspreviously created and established but shall state the name or generallocation thereof and shall state that a hearing will be held by the chiefengineer on whether or not the lands within the district so created andestablished, or a part thereof, are subject to erosion, floodwater orsediment damage or would be benefited by the construction of works for theconservation, development, utilization or disposal of water, shall statethe day and hour of the hearing, and that all persons may appear before thechief engineer at such hearing and be heard. If, after such hearing, thechief engineer determines that the lands within the district so created andestablished, or a part thereof, are subject to erosion, floodwater orsediment damage or would be benefited by the construction of works for theconservation, development, utilization or disposal of water, the publicnecessity of such district is hereby declared, and the creation andestablishment of such district shall be and is hereby ratified, validatedand confirmed.
24-1233.Districts established prior to July 1, 1961; confirmation andvalidation; procedure.Whenever any watershed district has heretofore been created andestablished under the watershed district act and all amendments thereto,the chief engineer shall fix a time for a hearing upon the question ofwhether the lands within the district so created and established, or a partthereof, are subject to erosion, floodwater or sediment damage or would bebenefited by the construction of works for the conservation, development,utilization or disposal of water, and shall give notice thereof at theexpense of the district for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper ornewspapers of general circulation within the district, the last publicationto be at least five days before the day fixed for the hearing.
Such notice need not describe the boundaries of the district aspreviously created and established but shall state the name or generallocation thereof and shall state that a hearing will be held by the chiefengineer on whether or not the lands within the district so created andestablished, or a part thereof, are subject to erosion, floodwater orsediment damage or would be benefited by the construction of works for theconservation, development, utilization or disposal of water, shall statethe day and hour of the hearing, and that all persons may appear before thechief engineer at such hearing and be heard. If, after such hearing, thechief engineer determines that the lands within the district so created andestablished, or a part thereof, are subject to erosion, floodwater orsediment damage or would be benefited by the construction of works for theconservation, development, utilization or disposal of water, the publicnecessity of such district is hereby declared, and the creation andestablishment of such district shall be and is hereby ratified, validatedand confirmed.
