2006 Kentucky Revised Statutes - .100   Petition for district.

262.100 Petition for district. (1) Any twenty-five (25) owners of land lying within the limits of the territory proposed to be organized into a district, and within counties that maintain a full-time county agricultural extension agent, may file a petition with the commission asking that a soil conservation district be organized to function in the territory described in the petition. The petition shall set forth: (a)  The proposed name of the district; (b)  A statement that there is need, in the interest of the public health, safety and welfare, for a district to function in the territory described in the petition; (c)  A description of the territory proposed to be organized as a district, which description need not be given by metes and bounds or by legal subdivisions, but shall be sufficient if generally accurate; (d)  A request that the commission define the boundaries for the district; that a referendum be held within the defined territory on the question of the creation of a district in that territory; and that the commission determine that a district be created. (2) Where more than one petition is filed covering parts of the same territory, the commission may consolidate all or any of those petitions. Effective: October 1, 1942 History: Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 42i-5.