Current through Chapter 519 of the 2024 Legislative Session and Chapter 2 of the 2024 First Extraordinary Session
Section 31-25-606 - Notice of hearing(1) Except as provided in section 31-25-607 (3.5), as soon as possible after the filing of such petition, the governing body shall fix by order a place and time, not less than twenty days nor more than forty days after the petition is filed, for a hearing thereon. Thereupon the clerk of the governing body shall cause notice by publication to be made of the pendency of the petition, of the purposes and boundaries of the proposed district, and of the time and place of hearing thereon. The clerk shall also cause a copy of said notice to be mailed to each elector of the district at the elector's last-known address, as disclosed by the tax and official voter registration records of the counties in which said district is proposed to be located.(2) No member of a governing body shall be disqualified to perform any duty imposed by this part 6 by reason of ownership of property within any proposed district.(3) The notice of hearing on the petition shall set forth the fact that all the property in the district is subject to the lien of the indebtedness, if any, and shall set forth the amount of the proposed indebtedness, if any.L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1203, § 1, effective July 1. L. 84: (1) amended, p. 840, § 5, effective March 29. L. 99: (1) and (3) amended, p. 520, § 21, effective April 30.This section is similar to former § 31-25-606 as it existed prior to 1975.