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SB 867 - Currently, ten or more voters residing in any general or special road district must petition the county commission to have a question submitted to the voters of the district. This act allows for any combination of ten or more voters residing in or owners of land in any special road district to petition the county. This act also changes the qualification to serve as a commissioner on a special road district by also allowing any registered voter in the county in which the district is located who is also a land owner in the district to serve as a commissioner. This act also allows a county commission or similar authority to combine two or more road districts upon request by a petition signed by a majority of the commissioners in each of the road districts seeking to be combined. The county commission shall hold a public hearing after publishing notice for a period of four weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county. The county may issue an order to consolidate the districts if it finds, after the public hearing, that the consolidation is in the public good. The act further designates the procedure for appointing commissioners to the new consolidated district and transferring of assets, liabilities, and tax levies. The provisions for consolidation do not apply to road districts located in two counties. Provisions in this act are similar to SB 637 (2016). MEGHAN LUECKE
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