(1) Within forty days following the adoption of the authorizing resolution, the applicant shall proceed to incorporate the district by filing for record in the office of the Secretary of State a certificate of incorporation which shall comply with the requirements of this article and must be in the form and executed in the manner provided in this article.
(2) In addition to any other provisions required by this article, the certificate of incorporation of the district shall state:
(a) all information ordinarily included in the application for incorporation of corporations incorporated in this State;
(b) the name of each authorizing subdivision together with the date on which the governing body of the subdivision adopted the authorizing resolutions;
(c) the method by which the district may be dissolved and provisions relating to the vesting of title to its assets and properties upon its dissolution;
(d) any matters relating to the district that the incorporators may choose to insert that are not inconsistent with this article or with the laws of this State.
(3) The certificate of incorporation must be signed and acknowledged by each of the incorporators before a notary public.
(4) When the certificate of incorporation is filed for record, there must be attached to it:
(a) a certified copy of each authorizing resolution;
(b) a certificate by the Secretary of State that the name of the district is not identical to that of any other corporation organized under the laws of the State or so nearly similar thereto as to lead to confusion or uncertainty.
(5) Upon filing for record the certificate of incorporation and, the documents required by subsection (4), the district is incorporated and constitutes a public corporation under the name set forth in its certificate of incorporation. The Secretary of State shall record the certificate of incorporation in an appropriate manner.
(6) The Secretary of State, subject to the requirements of this article, shall prescribe the exact form of the certificate of incorporation.
HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 512, Part II, Section 35D.
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