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CHAPTER 262 SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION
262.780 Petition for annexation of lands -- Requirements -- Parties -- Hearing -- Determination -- Referendum.
Download pdfboundaries of the land desired to be annexed, the number of acres of land involved,
and other information pertinent to such proposal. When the boundary described
embraces lands of others than the petitioners, the petition shall so state and shall be
signed by twenty-five (25) or more of the landowners in the territory described, if
fifty (50) or more such owners are involved, or by a majority if less than fifty (50)
landowners are involved. (2) Within thirty (30) days after such petition is filed, the board shall cause due notice to be given, as provided in KRS 262.010(4), of a hearing on such petition. All
interested parties shall have a right to attend such hearing and be heard. The board
shall determine whether the lands described in the petition or any portion thereof
shall be included in the district. If all the landowners in the territory involved are
not petitioners, a referendum shall be held within such territory as provided in KRS
262.725, 262.730 and 262.735, before making a final determination. If it is
determined that such land should be added, this fact shall be certified by the board
of supervisors to the county clerk in the county or counties involved. After
recording, the certification shall be filed with the State Soil Conservation
Commission. Effective: July 13, 1984
History: Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 218, sec. 7, effective July 13, 1984. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 384, sec. 389, effective June 17, 1978. -- Created 1956 Ky. Acts
ch. 203, sec. 17, effective May 18, 1956. Legislative Research Commission Note. This section was amended by 1984 Acts Chapter 100, sec. 24, and 1984 Acts Chapter 218, sec. 7, which conflict and cannot
be compiled together. Pursuant to KRS 446.250, the amendment in Chapter 218,
sec. 7 prevails as the later enactment.
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