In September of each year the board of joint control shall prepare a budget of its estimated expenses and outlay for the ensuing calendar year and the apportionment thereof chargeable against the several irrigation entities coming within the jurisdiction of the board and shall fix a time and place when the budget shall be considered and adopted by the board. Notice of the hearing of the budget signed by the secretary of the board shall be published in at least two weekly issues of a newspaper of general circulation in each county in which any lands chargeable with the expense and outlay of the board are situated. The date of the first publication of the notice shall be not less than ten days prior to the day of the hearing.
[1996 c 320 § 12; 1949 c 56 § 13; Rem. Supp. 1949 § 7505-32.]