§ 14-125-406 - Application for completion. - Arkansas Statutes

14-125-406. Application for completion.

(a) Upon receiving the property, assets, and rights to which they shall be entitled under the division or combination decided upon in the above manner, the directors of each resulting district shall file an application, duly verified, with the Secretary of State, for the completion of the division or combination, which application shall set forth, and such application need contain no detail other than the mere recitals that:

(1) A petition for the division or combination of the district was filed with the Arkansas Soil and Water Conservation Commission pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and that the proceedings specified in this chapter were taken pursuant to petition;

(2) The application is being filed in order to complete the division or combination of the old district or districts as governmental subdivisions and public bodies, corporate and politic, under this chapter;

(3) They have been appointed and elected, respectively, as directors; and

(4) The application shall also set forth with respect to the resulting district or districts the matters required in 14-125-206.

(b) The application shall:

(1) Be executed and sworn to as provided in 14-125-206; and

(2) Be accompanied by a statement by the Arkansas Soil and Water Conservation Commission, which shall certify, and such a statement need contain no detail other than the mere recitals, that:

(A) A petition was filed, notice given, and a referendum held on the question of dividing or combining the named districts;

(B) The commission did duly determine that the division or combination was administratively practicable and feasible; and

(C) The division or combination of the property, assets, and rights was decided upon and carried out in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

(3) The statement shall set forth the boundaries of the district as they have been described in the petition or further defined by the commission.