24-647. Disorganization of drainage district; petition; nature of hearing; resolution; board of trustees. Whenever the owners of a majority in interest of the acres of real estate within the boundaries of any drainage district organized under K.S.A. 24-601 to 24-640, which district has not constructed a drainage system, shall file their written petition with the secretary of the board of supervisors of such drainage district asking such board to disorganize and dissolve such drainage district, the board of supervisors of drainage district, upon finding such petition sufficient, shall within 30 days designate a time and place for a public meeting of such board of supervisors to be held within sixty days thereafter to consider such petition and give notice thereof to the owners of land within the drainage district in the same manner as required for an election meeting under K.S.A. 24-606. Said board of supervisors shall hold such meeting and all owners of real estate situated within the drainage district and all other parties interested may attend and shall be heard by the board of supervisors as to any reasons why such drainage district should or should not be disorganized and dissolved. After such hearing the board of supervisors shall have power to adopt a resolution providing that said drainage district (naming it) shall or shall not be disorganized and dissolved. Which resolution shall be sufficient if in substantially the following form: "Be it resolved by the board of supervisors of drainage district No. ____ of ________ county, Kansas, that said drainage district (naming it), (be) or (not be) disorganized and dissolved." A copy of such resolution, certified by the secretary to the board of supervisors as correct, shall be filed promptly with the secretary of state.

Upon adoption of a resolution to disorganize and dissolve such a drainage district it shall thereupon cease to exist and function as a corporation and the then board of supervisors shall become and continue a board of trustees with power to and shall conclude and finally terminate all the affairs of the drainage district. A copy of such resolution together with a statement of the names of the members of the board and the name of the secretary to such board shall be filed promptly and the names of their successors, if any, kept on file in the office of the clerk of the district court in which the decree incorporating the district was rendered, which papers together with all others pertaining thereto shall be docketed, filed and preserved by the clerk of such court under the title, "In re dissolution of drainage district No. ____ of ________ county, Kansas," (naming it).

History: L. 1929, ch. 175, § 1; May 28.