548.185 - Contents of petition for organization of district.
548.185 Contents of petition for organization of district.
1. Any 10 occupiers of land lying within the limits of the territory proposed to be organized into a district may file a petition with the State Conservation Commission asking that a conservation district be organized to function in the territory described in the petition.
2. The petition shall set forth:
(a) The proposed name of the district.
(b) That there is need, in the interest of public health, safety and welfare, for a conservation district to function in the territory described in the petition.
(c) A description of the territory proposed to be organized as a district, which shall consist of one or more townships created pursuant to chapter 257 of NRS.
(d) A request that a referendum be held within the territory so defined on the question of the creation of a conservation district in such territory, and that the Commission determine that such a district be created.
3. Where more than one petition is filed covering parts of the same territory, the State Conservation Commission may consolidate all or any such petitions.
[Part 5:212:1937; A 1947, 431; 1951, 190]—(NRS A 1973, 745; 1975, 900)