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1 1 Section 1. Section 368.12, Code 1999, is amended to read
1 2 as follows:
1 3 368.12 DISMISSAL.
1 4 1. The board may dismiss a petition only if it finds that
1 5 the petition does not meet the requirements of this chapter,
1 6 or that substantially the same incorporation, discontinuance,
1 7 or boundary adjustment has been disapproved by a committee
1 8 formed to consider the proposal, or by the voters, within the
1 9 two years prior to the date the petition is filed with the
1 10 board, or that the territory to be annexed, or a portion of
1 11 that territory, has been voluntarily annexed under section
1 12 368.7.
1 13 2. The board shall dismiss a petition if the petition
1 14 includes territory located in a county adjoining the county in
1 15 which a majority of the incorporated land of the petitioner is
1 16 located and the board of supervisors of the adjoining county,
1 17 by a majority vote, adopt a resolution disapproving the
1 18 petition. The board of supervisors of the adjoining county
1 19 shall certify a copy of the resolution of disapproval within
1 20 fourteen days after the petitioner's public meeting held
1 21 pursuant to section 368.11, is adjourned.
1 22 3. The board shall file for record a statement of each
1 23 dismissal and the reason for it, and shall promptly notify the
1 24 parties to the proceeding of its decision.
1 25 EXPLANATION
1 26 This bill provides that if a petition for an involuntary
1 27 annexation includes territory which is located in a county
1 28 adjoining the county in which a majority of the incorporated
1 29 land of the petitioner is located and the board of supervisors
1 30 of the adjoining county, by majority vote, disapproves of the
1 31 petition, the city development board shall dismiss the
1 32 annexation petition. The board of supervisors of the
1 33 adjoining county must certify the resolution of disapproval to
1 34 the city development board within 14 days after the public
1 35 meeting called by the petitioner pursuant to Code section
2 1 368.11 is adjourned.
2 2 LSB 2689XS 78
2 3 tj/jw/5
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