Bills › 89th General Assembly
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 1, 2022
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 1, 2022
- Done: House committeeFebruary 9, 2022
- Skipped: Passes the HouseContinued as HF 2371
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Became HF 2371 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to HF 2371 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary People who own land in a drainage or levee district can petition to change how the district is managed. To switch management to a board of elected trustees, a petition must now be signed by a majority of landowners who also own more than half of the total land area in the district. This change makes the requirements for switching to trustees the same as the requirements for switching back to a board of supervisors.1
Read the official explanation
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). _____ 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.
Changed since by amendments S-5074, H-8103; see Amendments.
House subcommittee
Named February 1, 2022. On February 9, 2022 it recommended passage. Vote Total: 3-0.
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