69-27-55 - Adjustment of boundaries or withdrawal of lands from district; consolidation with another district; petition. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 69-27-55. Adjustment of boundaries or withdrawal of lands from district; consolidation with another district; petition.
 

Any twenty-five (25) owners of land lying within the limits of a portion of a soil and water conservation district organized under the provisions of this article may petition the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee asking that the described area be withdrawn from the present district, or that the district be dissolved, and consolidated with another district or segment of another district, and that the area withdraw or the composite area be designated as an individual soil and water conservation district, with all the powers and responsibilities designated to soil and water conservation districts by law. Such petition shall set forth: 
 

(a) The proposed name of such district. 

(b) That there is a need for adjustment of boundaries or reorganization of territory, to provide for a separate soil and water conservation district to function in the territory described in the petition, in the interest of public health, safety, and welfare. 

(c) A description of the territory proposed to be included in the adjusted boundaries, or the territory to be withdrawn from an existing district, and the total territory to be included in the new district. 

(d) A request that the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee duly define the boundaries for such district; that one or more public hearings be held to determine the feasibility and propriety of such changes; and that the committee determine that such adjustments be made or such district created. 

Where more than one petition is filed covering parts of the same territory, the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee may consolidate all or any such petitions. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1942, § 4954.5; Laws,  1968, ch. 246, § 12, eff from and after January 1, 1969.