7-22-2403. Petition to create mosquito control district -- hearing required. (1) When a petition, signed by not less than 25% of the qualified electors of the proposed district or 25% of the owners of any property within the boundaries whose names appear as property owners upon the last-completed assessment roll of the county in which the proposed district is situated, is presented to the board of commissioners of the county asking for the creation of a mosquito control district, the commissioners shall set a day for a hearing on the petition and order notice of the hearing to be given to all persons interested.
     (2) The commissioners by resolution shall fix a time for a hearing upon the petition at not less than 2 or more than 4 weeks from the time of presentation of the petition unless additional time is needed to prepare a survey and study as authorized by this subsection. Before setting a time for a hearing, the commissioners may cause a survey and study of the area sought to be included in the district to be made by competent personnel and may submit a report of the study to the department of environmental quality for its review and recommendations.

     History: (1)En. Sec. 3, Ch. 183, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 226, L. 1955; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 337, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 399, L. 1975; Sec. 16-4203, R.C.M. 1947; (2)En. Secs. 4, 5, Ch. 183, L. 1953; amd. Secs. 3, 4, Ch. 337, L. 1973; amd. Secs. 2, 3, Ch. 399, L. 1975; Secs. 16-4204, 16-4205, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4203(1), 16-4204(1), 16-4205(part); amd. Sec. 18, Ch. 249, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 32, Ch. 418, L. 1995.