368.12 - DISMISSAL.

        368.12  DISMISSAL.         The board may dismiss a petition only if it finds that the      petition does not meet the requirements of this chapter, or that      substantially the same incorporation, discontinuance, or boundary      adjustment has been disapproved by a committee formed to consider the      proposal, or by the voters, within the two years prior to the date      the petition is filed with the board, or that the territory to be      annexed, or a portion of that territory, has been voluntarily annexed      under section 368.7.  The board shall file for record a statement of      each dismissal and the reason for it, and shall promptly notify the      parties to the proceeding of its decision.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [C75, 77, 79, 81, § 368.12] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         91 Acts, ch 250, §7         Referred to in § 368.3, 368.20