Relating to petitions to change the form of management of a drainage or levee district to a board of trustees

BACKGROUND. This bill provides for a petition to change the form of management of a drainage or levee district (district).1). A district may also be established and managed by a joint board of supervisors if the district crosses county lines (Code chapter 468, subchapter II).322).327). In order for a board of trustees to assume management of the district, the landowners in the district must submit a petition with the county auditor, or county auditors in the case of an intercounty district, to call for a special election to elect trustees from the membership of the landowners in the district. 501).owning land” in the district and submitted to the county auditor or auditors of the respective counties. However, in that case a separate condition is attached.533).535). BILL’S PROVISION. The bill adds a qualification upon a petition to change the district’s management to a board of trustees based on the same qualification for a petition requesting that a district be placed back under the management of a board of supervisors or joint board of supervisors.owning land” in the district, the persons signing the petition must in the aggregate own a majority of the acreage of such lands.