TITLE 7. LOCAL GOVERNMENT

CHAPTER 13. UTILITY SERVICES

Part 22. County Water and/or Sewer Districts

Petition To Create Water And/or Sewer District

7-13-2204. Petition to create water and/or sewer district. (1) A petition, which may consist of any number of separate instruments, must be presented at a regular meeting of the board of county commissioners of the county in which the proposed district is located, signed by at least 10% of the qualified electors of the territory included in the proposed district.

(2) When the territory to be included in the proposed district lies in more than one county, a petition must be presented to the board of county commissioners of each county in which the territory lies. Each of the petitions must be signed by at least 10% of the qualified electors of the proposed district.

(3) A petition to create a water and/or sewer district must set forth and describe the proposed boundaries of the district and require that the district be incorporated under the provisions of part 23 and this part.

History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 242, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 167, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 263, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 296, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 16-4503(part); amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 341, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 119, Ch. 49, L. 2015.