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REFERENCE TITLE: agricultural districts; public notice; website |
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State of Arizona Senate Fifty-first Legislature First Regular Session 2013
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SB 1107 |
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Introduced by Senator Shooter
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AN ACT
amending section 48‑2304, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to agricultural improvement districts.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 48-2304, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
48-2304. Petition for organization; notice; bond
A. In order to propose the organization of an agricultural improvement district, a petition shall be presented to the board of supervisors of the county in which the lands within the proposed district, or the greater portion thereof, are located, signed by the required number of holders of title or evidence of title to the lands within such the proposed district.
B. The petition shall set forth and particularly describe the proposed boundaries of such the district, or if the lands proposed to be included in the district are not contiguous, may set forth the description by legal subdivisions of the several tracts of land proposed to be included in the district, and shall pray that the lands be organized as an agricultural improvement district under the provisions of this chapter, under such the name as the petition designates. The petitioners shall accompany the petition with a good and sufficient bond to be approved by the board of supervisors in the amount of the probable cost necessary to be incurred by the board of supervisors in organizing the district, conditioned that the obligors will pay all such the costs if the organization is not effected.
C. The petition shall be presented at a regular or special meeting of the board of supervisors and the board shall thereupon enter an order fixing a time, not less than at least three nor but not more than six weeks after the date of the order, at which a hearing on the petition will be held by the board, and directing that the petition, together with the notice of hearing be published not less than at least two nor but not more than four weeks prior to the date of the hearing in a newspaper designated by the board, published in the county, or the board may post the notice on its website. If any portion of the proposed district lies within another county or counties, the order shall further direct that the petition and notice shall be likewise published in a newspaper designated in the order, printed and published in each of such these counties.
D. The place for the hearing on the petition shall be at the office of the board of supervisors to which the petition is presented.