§ 69‑25.1. Election tobe held upon petition of voters.
Upon the petition of thirty‑fivepercent (35%) of the resident freeholders living in an area lying outside thecorporate limits of any city or town, which area is described in the petitionand designated as "_________________________ Fire District," theboard of (Here insertname)
countycommissioners of the county shall call an election in said district for thepurpose of submitting to the qualified voters therein the question of levyingand collecting a special tax on all taxable property in said district, of notexceeding fifteen cents (15¢) on the one hundred dollars ($100.00) valuation ofproperty, for the purpose of providing fire protection in said district. Thecounty tax office shall be responsible for checking the freeholder status ofthose individuals signing the petition and confirming the location of theproperty owned by those individuals. Unless specifically excluded by other law,the provisions of Chapter 163 of the General Statutes concerning petitions forreferenda and elections shall apply. If the voters reject the special tax underthe first paragraph of this section, then no new election may be held under thefirst paragraph of this section within two years on the question of levying andcollecting a special tax under the first paragraph of this section in thatdistrict, or in any proposed district which includes a majority of the landwithin the district in which the tax was rejected.
Upon the petition of thirty‑fivepercent (35%) of the resident freeholders living in an area which haspreviously been established as a fire protection district and in which therehas been authorized by a vote of the people a special tax not exceeding ten cents(10¢) on the one hundred dollars ($100.00) valuation of property within thearea, the board of county commissioners shall call an election in said area forthe purpose of submitting to the qualified voters therein the question ofincreasing the allowable special tax for fire protection within said districtfrom ten cents (10¢) on the one hundred dollars ($100.00) valuation to fifteencents (15¢) on the one hundred dollars ($100.00) valuation on all taxableproperty within such district. Elections on the question of increasing theallowable tax rate for fire protection shall not be held within the samedistrict at intervals less than two years. (1951, c. 820, s. 1; 1953, c. 453, s. 1; 1959, c. 805,ss. 1, 2; 1983, c. 388, ss. 1, 1.1; 2002‑159, s. 55(g).)
§ 69‑25.1. Election tobe held upon petition of voters.
Upon the petition of thirty‑fivepercent (35%) of the resident freeholders living in an area lying outside thecorporate limits of any city or town, which area is described in the petitionand designated as "_________________________ Fire District," theboard of (Here insertname)
countycommissioners of the county shall call an election in said district for thepurpose of submitting to the qualified voters therein the question of levyingand collecting a special tax on all taxable property in said district, of notexceeding fifteen cents (15¢) on the one hundred dollars ($100.00) valuation ofproperty, for the purpose of providing fire protection in said district. Thecounty tax office shall be responsible for checking the freeholder status ofthose individuals signing the petition and confirming the location of theproperty owned by those individuals. Unless specifically excluded by other law,the provisions of Chapter 163 of the General Statutes concerning petitions forreferenda and elections shall apply. If the voters reject the special tax underthe first paragraph of this section, then no new election may be held under thefirst paragraph of this section within two years on the question of levying andcollecting a special tax under the first paragraph of this section in thatdistrict, or in any proposed district which includes a majority of the landwithin the district in which the tax was rejected.
Upon the petition of thirty‑fivepercent (35%) of the resident freeholders living in an area which haspreviously been established as a fire protection district and in which therehas been authorized by a vote of the people a special tax not exceeding ten cents(10¢) on the one hundred dollars ($100.00) valuation of property within thearea, the board of county commissioners shall call an election in said area forthe purpose of submitting to the qualified voters therein the question ofincreasing the allowable special tax for fire protection within said districtfrom ten cents (10¢) on the one hundred dollars ($100.00) valuation to fifteencents (15¢) on the one hundred dollars ($100.00) valuation on all taxableproperty within such district. Elections on the question of increasing theallowable tax rate for fire protection shall not be held within the samedistrict at intervals less than two years. (1951, c. 820, s. 1; 1953, c. 453, s. 1; 1959, c. 805,ss. 1, 2; 1983, c. 388, ss. 1, 1.1; 2002‑159, s. 55(g).)
§ 69‑25.1. Election tobe held upon petition of voters.
Upon the petition of thirty‑fivepercent (35%) of the resident freeholders living in an area lying outside thecorporate limits of any city or town, which area is described in the petitionand designated as "_________________________ Fire District," theboard of (Here insertname)
countycommissioners of the county shall call an election in said district for thepurpose of submitting to the qualified voters therein the question of levyingand collecting a special tax on all taxable property in said district, of notexceeding fifteen cents (15¢) on the one hundred dollars ($100.00) valuation ofproperty, for the purpose of providing fire protection in said district. Thecounty tax office shall be responsible for checking the freeholder status ofthose individuals signing the petition and confirming the location of theproperty owned by those individuals. Unless specifically excluded by other law,the provisions of Chapter 163 of the General Statutes concerning petitions forreferenda and elections shall apply. If the voters reject the special tax underthe first paragraph of this section, then no new election may be held under thefirst paragraph of this section within two years on the question of levying andcollecting a special tax under the first paragraph of this section in thatdistrict, or in any proposed district which includes a majority of the landwithin the district in which the tax was rejected.
Upon the petition of thirty‑fivepercent (35%) of the resident freeholders living in an area which haspreviously been established as a fire protection district and in which therehas been authorized by a vote of the people a special tax not exceeding ten cents(10¢) on the one hundred dollars ($100.00) valuation of property within thearea, the board of county commissioners shall call an election in said area forthe purpose of submitting to the qualified voters therein the question ofincreasing the allowable special tax for fire protection within said districtfrom ten cents (10¢) on the one hundred dollars ($100.00) valuation to fifteencents (15¢) on the one hundred dollars ($100.00) valuation on all taxableproperty within such district. Elections on the question of increasing theallowable tax rate for fire protection shall not be held within the samedistrict at intervals less than two years. (1951, c. 820, s. 1; 1953, c. 453, s. 1; 1959, c. 805,ss. 1, 2; 1983, c. 388, ss. 1, 1.1; 2002‑159, s. 55(g).)
