Effective 28 Aug 1990

321.310. Exclusion of property from district on petition of property owners. — 1. Any owner of any real or personal property contained within the boundaries of the district may file with the board a petition praying that such property be excluded and taken from the district. Such petition shall describe the property which the petitioner desires to have excluded, and must be acknowledged in the same manner and form as required in case of a conveyance of land, and be accompanied by a deposit of money sufficient to pay all costs of the exclusion proceedings. The secretary of the board shall cause a notice of filing of such petition to be published in the county in which the property is located. The notice shall state the filing of such petition, the name of the petitioner, description of the property mentioned sought to be excluded and the prayer of the petitioner; and it shall notify all persons interested to appear at the office of the board at the time named in the notice, showing cause in writing, if any they have, why the petition should not be granted. The board at the time and place mentioned in the notice, or at the time or times at which the hearing of the petition may be adjourned, shall proceed to hear the petition and all objections thereto presented in writing by any person showing cause as aforesaid, why the prayer of the petition should not be granted. The filing of such petition shall be deemed and assent by the petitioner to the exclusion from the district of the property mentioned in the petition, or any part thereof.

2. The board, if it deems it not for the best interests of the district that the property mentioned in the petition, or any portion thereof, shall be excluded from the district, shall order that the petition be denied; but if it determines that the property mentioned in the petition, or any portion thereof, cannot as a practical matter be served by the district or if it deems it for the best interest of the district that the property mentioned in the petition, or some portion thereof, be excluded from the district, then the board may order the property mentioned in the petition, or some portion thereof, excluded from the district. Upon allowance of such petition, the board shall file a certified copy of the order of the board making such change with the circuit clerk. Upon order of the court, the property shall be excluded from the district, and a copy of the order of the board and the order of the court shall be filed with the county clerk in each county in which the district lies. The circuit court having jurisdiction over the district shall make any such order excluding property from the district as provided in the order of the board, unless the court shall find that such order of the board was not authorized by law, or that such order of the board was not supported by competent and substantial evidence. Any person aggrieved by any decision of the board made pursuant to the provisions of this section may appeal that decision to the circuit court within thirty days of the decision for a trial de novo.

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(L. 1947 V. I p. 432 § 32, A.L. 1975 H.B. 332, A.L. 1978 S.B. 628, A.L. 1990 S.B. 862)