Hawaii § 180-4 - Creation of soil and water conservation districts; petition.
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§ 180-4. Creation of soil and water conservation districts; petition.
Occupiers of land representing a total of twenty-five or more votes lying within an area proposed to be organized into a district may file a petition with the department of land and natural resources asking that the district be organized. The department shall prescribe the form of the petitions, which shall state: (1) The proposed name of the district, and (2) A general description of the area proposed to be organized as a district. Where more than one petition is filed covering parts of the same territory, the department may consolidate the petitions. The area of a district need not be contiguous but shall not include any of the area of any other district. [L 1947, c 191, pt of §5; RL 1955, §28-7; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §22; am L 1961, c 53, §1 and c 132, §2; am L 1967, c 145, §§1, 2; HRS §180-4] Previous Vol03_Ch0121-0200D Next
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Section 180-4 ("Creation of soil and water conservation districts; petition.") is part of the Hawaii Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Hawaii. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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