17D-3-201. Commission authority to approve the creation, consolidation, division, and dissolution of conservation districts -- Notice and hearing requirements.
(1) As provided in this part, the commission may: pursuant to a petition under Section, approve the creation of a conservation district; or 17D-3-202 pursuant to a petition under Sectionor on its own motion, approve: 17D-3-202 the consolidation of two or more existing conservation districts; the division of an existing conservation district into two or more conservation districts; or the dissolution of an existing conservation district.
(2) Before taking an action authorized under Subsection, the commission shall: (1) cause notice of a hearing on the proposed creation, consolidation, division, or dissolution to be published: no more than 30 days after, as the case may be: the filing of a petition under Section, for a proposed creation, consolidation, division, or dissolution; or 17D-3-202 adoption of the commission's own motion, for a proposed consolidation, division, or dissolution; and within: for a proposed creation, the area of the proposed conservation district; for a proposed consolidation, the area of each conservation district proposed to be consolidated; and for a proposed division or dissolution, within the area of the conservation district proposed to be divided or dissolved; and hold a public hearing on the desirability and necessity of the creation, consolidation, division, or dissolution.