548.520  Procedure for exclusion of land.

1.  Petitions to withdraw lands from a district may be filed with the State Conservation Commission at any time.

2.  The Commission shall prescribe the form of the petition, which shall be, as nearly as practicable, in the form prescribed in this chapter for petitions to organize a district.

3.  Where the total number of land occupiers in the area affected by a proposed withdrawal will be less than 25, the petition may be filed when signed by a majority of the occupiers of such area, and in such case no referendum need be held.

4.  In referenda upon petitions for withdrawal, all occupiers of land lying within the area affected by the proposed change in boundary shall be eligible to vote.

5.  The Commission shall determine whether or not such withdrawal shall be made.

[5.5:212:1937; added 1955, 154]—(NRS A 1960, 73; 1973, 763)