278.170. Subdistrict, petition to form, requirements. - Missouri Statutes

Subdistrict, petition to form, requirements.

278.170. When the landowners in a proposed subdistrictdesire that a subdistrict be organized, they shall file apetition with the board of soil and water conservation districtsupervisors requesting a hearing and a referendum thereon. Thearea must be contiguous and shall include the entire hydrologicarea on which a proposed plan of work is to be developed. Thepetition shall set forth a legal description by congressionalsubdivision, or otherwise, of the land suggested for inclusion inthe subdistrict. The petition shall contain a brief statementgiving the reason for organization, requesting that the proposedarea be organized as a subdistrict and must be signed by one ormore owners of fifty percent of the lands in the proposedsubdistrict. Land already in one subdistrict cannot be includedin another. The supervisors shall review the petition and iffound adequate shall arrange for a hearing thereon.

(L. 1957 p. 4, A.L. 1963 p. 405, A.L. 1967 p. 376, A.L. 1969 S.B. 184, A.L. 1972 H.B. 920)