Any sanitary district heretofore or hereafter created in any county under theprovisions of the preceding sections of this article, may be abolished by anorder entered by the circuit court of such county, or the judge thereof invacation, upon the petition of the governing body of the county and of noless than 50 qualified voters residing within the boundaries of the districtdesired to be abolished, or if the district contains less than 100 qualifiedvoters upon petition of the governing body of the county and fifty percent ofthe qualified voters residing within the boundaries of such district.
Upon filing of the petition, the court shall fix a day for a hearing on thequestion of abolishing the sanitary district which hearing shall embrace aconsideration of whether the property in the sanitary district will or willnot be benefited by the abolition thereof and the court shall be fullyinformed as to the obligations and functions of the sanitary district. Noticeof such hearing shall be given by publication once a week for threeconsecutive weeks in some newspaper of general circulation within the countyto be designated by the court or the judge thereof in vacation. At least tendays shall intervene between the completion of the publication and the dateset for hearing, and such publication shall be considered complete on thetwenty-first day after the first publication and no such district shall beabolished until the notice has been given and the hearing had.
Any interested parties may appear and be heard on any matters pertaining tothe subject of the hearing.
Upon the hearing, such order shall be made and entered as to the court orjudge may seem equitable and proper, concerning the abolition of the districtand as to the funds on hand to the credit of the district. Provided, however,that no such order shall be made abolishing the sanitary district unless anybonds of the sanitary district which have theretofore been issued have beenredeemed and the purposes for which the sanitary district was created havebeen completed, or, unless all obligations and functions of the sanitarydistrict have been taken over by the county as a whole, or, unless thepurposes for which the sanitary district was created are impractical orimpossible of accomplishment and no obligations have been incurred by saidsanitary district.
Any sanitary district heretofore or hereafter created in any county under theprovisions of the preceding sections of this article, may be abolished by anorder entered by the circuit court of such county, or the judge thereof invacation, upon the petition of the governing body of the county and of noless than 50 qualified voters residing within the boundaries of the districtdesired to be abolished, or if the district contains less than 100 qualifiedvoters upon petition of the governing body of the county and fifty percent ofthe qualified voters residing within the boundaries of such district.
Upon filing of the petition, the court shall fix a day for a hearing on thequestion of abolishing the sanitary district which hearing shall embrace aconsideration of whether the property in the sanitary district will or willnot be benefited by the abolition thereof and the court shall be fullyinformed as to the obligations and functions of the sanitary district. Noticeof such hearing shall be given by publication once a week for threeconsecutive weeks in some newspaper of general circulation within the countyto be designated by the court or the judge thereof in vacation. At least tendays shall intervene between the completion of the publication and the dateset for hearing, and such publication shall be considered complete on thetwenty-first day after the first publication and no such district shall beabolished until the notice has been given and the hearing had.
Any interested parties may appear and be heard on any matters pertaining tothe subject of the hearing.
Upon the hearing, such order shall be made and entered as to the court orjudge may seem equitable and proper, concerning the abolition of the districtand as to the funds on hand to the credit of the district. Provided, however,that no such order shall be made abolishing the sanitary district unless anybonds of the sanitary district which have theretofore been issued have beenredeemed and the purposes for which the sanitary district was created havebeen completed, or, unless all obligations and functions of the sanitarydistrict have been taken over by the county as a whole, or, unless thepurposes for which the sanitary district was created are impractical orimpossible of accomplishment and no obligations have been incurred by saidsanitary district.
Any sanitary district heretofore or hereafter created in any county under theprovisions of the preceding sections of this article, may be abolished by anorder entered by the circuit court of such county, or the judge thereof invacation, upon the petition of the governing body of the county and of noless than 50 qualified voters residing within the boundaries of the districtdesired to be abolished, or if the district contains less than 100 qualifiedvoters upon petition of the governing body of the county and fifty percent ofthe qualified voters residing within the boundaries of such district.
Upon filing of the petition, the court shall fix a day for a hearing on thequestion of abolishing the sanitary district which hearing shall embrace aconsideration of whether the property in the sanitary district will or willnot be benefited by the abolition thereof and the court shall be fullyinformed as to the obligations and functions of the sanitary district. Noticeof such hearing shall be given by publication once a week for threeconsecutive weeks in some newspaper of general circulation within the countyto be designated by the court or the judge thereof in vacation. At least tendays shall intervene between the completion of the publication and the dateset for hearing, and such publication shall be considered complete on thetwenty-first day after the first publication and no such district shall beabolished until the notice has been given and the hearing had.
Any interested parties may appear and be heard on any matters pertaining tothe subject of the hearing.
Upon the hearing, such order shall be made and entered as to the court orjudge may seem equitable and proper, concerning the abolition of the districtand as to the funds on hand to the credit of the district. Provided, however,that no such order shall be made abolishing the sanitary district unless anybonds of the sanitary district which have theretofore been issued have beenredeemed and the purposes for which the sanitary district was created havebeen completed, or, unless all obligations and functions of the sanitarydistrict have been taken over by the county as a whole, or, unless thepurposes for which the sanitary district was created are impractical orimpossible of accomplishment and no obligations have been incurred by saidsanitary district.
