7-16-2442. Dissolution of county park district. (1) A county park district may be dissolved after an election on the question of dissolving the district. The process of dissolving the district may be initiated by a petition of 25% of the electorate of the district or by a resolution of intent to dissolve the district adopted by either the county park district commission or the county governing body.
     (2) Upon receipt of a petition that has been certified by the county clerk as sufficient under this section or upon the adoption of a resolution of intent, the county governing body shall call a public hearing on the question of dissolving the district and cause notice of the hearing to be published in the official county newspaper.
     (3) At the public hearing, the county governing body shall hear testimony of interested persons regarding the dissolution of the district. After the public hearing, the county governing body may either submit the question of dissolving the district to the electorate of the district or it may call for a public hearing on the question of altering the boundaries of the district. If the county governing body calls for a public hearing on the question of altering the boundaries of the district by withdrawal of territory, it shall publish notice of the hearing in the official county newspaper. The notice must state the boundaries of the area proposed to be withdrawn from the district. After hearing testimony at the hearing, the county governing body may submit the question of either dissolving the district or altering the district by withdrawal of specified territory from the district to the electorate of the district.
     (4) The question must be submitted by a resolution calling for an election on either dissolving the district or altering the boundaries of the district by withdrawal of land from the district. The county governing body shall schedule the election in conjunction with any other regularly scheduled election. The election on the question must be conducted as provided in Title 13.
     (5) The question of withdrawal of territory under this section must be voted on separately by the electorate of the territory to be withdrawn and the electorate of the balance of the territory of the district. The question fails unless a simple majority of those voting on the question in each of the two territories authorize altering the district boundary. If the question passes, the boundary alteration is effective the following January 1. If the question fails, the county governing body shall by resolution call for an election on the question of dissolving the district.

     History: En. Sec. 14, Ch. 377, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 57, Ch. 387, L. 1995.