42-727. Same; hearing on petition. - Kansas Statutes

42-727

Chapter 42.--IRRIGATION Article 7.--DISTRICTS

      42-727.   Same; hearing on petition.The board of directors, at the time and place stated in the notice, orupon an adjourned hearing thereof, shall proceed to hear the petition, andall objections thereto presented in writing by any person concerned. Thefailure of any person interested or concerned in the district or theproposed addition thereto or the proposed exclusion of lands therefrom, toshow cause of objections in writing, shall be deemed and taken as an assentto the change of the boundaries of the district as prayed for in thepetition, or such a change as will include a part or all of proposedadditional lands or will exclude a part or all of the lands proposed to beexcluded. The filing of the petition with the board of directors shall bedeemed and taken as an assent on the part of each and all of thepetitioners to such a change of the boundaries of the district as mayinclude the whole or any portion of the lands included in the petition orwill exclude the whole or any portion of the lands included in thepetition.

      History:   L. 1947, ch. 284, § 5; L. 1967, ch. 277, § 2; July 1.