Wyoming § 41-9-306 - Court order; creation of new district as corporate entity; apportionment of indebtedness; proration of maintenance expenses of existing works in both districts.
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§ 41-9-306. Court order; creation of new district as corporate entity; apportionment of indebtedness; proration of maintenance expenses of existing works in both districts.
If it shall appear to the court upon said hearing that the requisite number of signers appear on said petition, as required herein; that due and proper service has been had upon all parties interested as herein provided; and that the best interests of all parties interested will be served by the proposed division, he shall so find, and enter an order creating said new district, appointing commissioners therefor, apportioning the indebtedness of the original district as between the remaining portion of the original district and the proposed new district organized therefrom based upon the assessments for benefits last confirmed by the court against the lands embraced in each, and determining the proportionate amount, if any, of the annual operation and maintenance expense the new district shall bear of and for maintaining the drainage system constructed by the original district, and thereupon such new drainage district shall be, and thereby declared to be organized as an independent drainage district by the name fixed by court, with the boundaries as therein fixed, and with the indebtedness as apportioned to it, to be a body corporate, with the right to sue and be sued, adopt a corporate seal, and have perpetual succession the same as if organized as an original drainage district under the statute in such case provided; provided, however, that no such order shall be effective for the apportionment of indebtedness as herein provided unless and until the owners and holders of the evidences of indebtedness against the original district, whether bonds or otherwise, shall have filed in said court a written consent and approval of the apportionment thereof, as made by the court.
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Section 41-9-306 ("Court order; creation of new district as corporate entity; apportionment of indebtedness; proration of maintenance expenses of existing works in both districts.") is part of the Wyoming Statutes Annotated, the codified statutory law of Wyoming. 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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