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Conservation District Act
Section 201
Commission authority to approve the creation, consolidation, division, and dissolution of conservation districts -- Notice and hearing requirements.
     17D-3-201.   Commission authority to approve the creation, consolidation, division, and dissolution of conservation districts -- Notice and hearing requirements.
     (1) As provided in this part, the commission may:
     (a) pursuant to a petition under Section 17D-3-202, approve the creation of a conservation district; or
     (b) pursuant to a petition under Section 17D-3-202 or on its own motion, approve:
     (i) the consolidation of two or more existing conservation districts;
     (ii) the division of an existing conservation district into two or more conservation districts; or
     (iii) the dissolution of an existing conservation district.
     (2) Before taking an action authorized under Subsection (1), the commission shall:
     (a) cause notice of a hearing on the proposed creation, consolidation, division, or dissolution to be published:
     (i) no more than 30 days after, as the case may be:
     (A) the filing of a petition under Section 17D-3-202, for a proposed creation, consolidation, division, or dissolution; or
     (B) adoption of the commission's own motion, for a proposed consolidation, division, or dissolution; and
     (ii) within:
     (A) for a proposed creation, the area of the proposed conservation district;
     (B) for a proposed consolidation, the area of each conservation district proposed to be consolidated; and
     (C) for a proposed division or dissolution, within the area of the conservation district proposed to be divided or dissolved; and
     (b) hold a public hearing on the desirability and necessity of the creation, consolidation, division, or dissolution.

Enacted by Chapter 360, 2008 General Session
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