7-2-2213. Resolution of board of county commissioners. The board of county commissioners, on the final hearing of the petition or petitions, shall, by a resolution entered on its minutes, determine:
(1) the boundaries of the proposed new county, and the boundaries determined by the board must be the boundaries of the proposed new county if it is created as provided in this part;
(2) whether the petition contains the genuine signatures of at least 50% of the registered electors of the proposed new county as required in this part or, in cases where separate petitions are presented from portions of two or more existing counties as required in this part, whether each petition is signed by at least 50% of the registered electors of that portion of each of the existing counties that is proposed to be taken into the proposed new county;
(3) whether any line of the proposed new county passes within 15 miles of the courthouse situated at the county seat of any county proposed to be divided, except as otherwise provided;
(4) whether the proposed new county and affected existing counties meet the limitations contained in 7-2-2202;
(5) the name of the proposed new county as stated in the petition; and
(6) whether the area embraced within the proposed new county will be reasonably compact.
History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 226, L. 1919; re-en. Sec. 4393, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 4393, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 406, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 16-504(4); amd. Sec. 267, Ch. 571, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 16, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 128, L. 2011.
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