2010 Idaho Code
TITLE 40 HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES
CHAPTER 15 CONSOLIDATION OF HIGHWAY DISTRICTS
40-1511 COUNT OF VOTES -- CANVASS -- ORDER FOR CONSOLIDATION.

TITLE 40

HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES

CHAPTER 15

CONSOLIDATION OF HIGHWAY DISTRICTS

40-1511. Count of votes -- Return of election -- Canvass -- Order for consolidation. [effective until january 1, 2011] Immediately following the close of the polls the boards of election shall compute the result of the election making the count in public view, and upon completion shall make a return of the election to the clerk of the commissioners of their respective counties, upon forms to be supplied by the clerk, and shall transmit with the returns all ballots cast at the election, whether or not the ballots were counted by the election board or rejected by them. At the earliest possible date thereafter, the commissioners shall meet separately at their respective county seats, and canvass the returns of the election boards within their counties. Within fifteen (15) days after the canvass, the commissioners shall meet in joint session at a location as shall be agreed upon by them and compile the total votes cast in their respective counties for or against the proposal to consolidate the highway districts concerned. If the proposal carried in each of the highway districts concerned, the county commissioners in the joint meeting shall make and enter an order declaring the districts consolidated in one (1) highway district of a name or designation as may be ordered by them, and at that time the consolidation shall be effective. The highway districts having been consolidated shall remain in operation, with all legal authority of a highway district, until the newly appointed highway commissioners of the consolidated highway district meet and organize as provided in this chapter.

40-1511. Count of votes -- Canvass -- Order for consolidation. [effective january 1, 2011] Immediately following the close of the polls, the votes shall be counted in accordance with the provisions of title 34, Idaho Code. The board of county commissioners shall meet separately at their respective county seats and pursuant to chapter 12, title 34, Idaho Code, canvass the returns within each county. Within fifteen (15) days after the canvass, the commissioners shall meet in joint session at a location as shall be agreed upon by them and compile the total votes cast in their respective counties for or against the proposal to consolidate the highway districts concerned. If the proposal carried in each of the highway districts concerned, the county commissioners in the joint meeting shall make and enter an order declaring the districts consolidated in one (1) highway district of a name or designation as may be ordered by them, and at that time the consolidation shall be effective. The highway districts having been consolidated shall remain in operation, with all legal authority of a highway district, until the newly appointed highway commissioners of the consolidated highway district meet and organize as provided in this chapter.