43-14-209 - Determination of administrative practicability and feasibility Referendum. - Tennessee Statutes

43-14-209. Determination of administrative practicability and feasibility Referendum.

(a)  After the committee has made and recorded a determination that there is need, in the interest of the public health, safety and welfare, for the organization of a district in a particular territory and has defined the boundaries of the district, it shall consider the question whether the operation of a district within those boundaries, with the powers conferred upon soil conservation districts in this part, is administratively practicable and feasible.

(b)  To assist the committee in the determination of administrative practicability and feasibility, it is the duty of the committee, within a reasonable time after entry of the finding that there is need for the organization of the proposed district and the determination of the boundaries thereof, to hold a referendum within the proposed district upon the proposition of the creation of the district, and to cause due notice of the referendum to be given. All owners of lands lying within the boundaries of the territory, as determined by the state soil conservation committee, shall be eligible to vote in the referendum. Only such landowners shall be eligible to vote.

[Acts 1939, ch. 197, § 5; C. Supp. 1950, § 552.5 (Williams, § 552.35); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 43-1509.]