(a) Petitions for including additional territory within an existing district may be filed with the Arkansas Soil and Water Conservation Commission, and the proceedings herein provided for in the case of petitions to organize a district shall be observed in the case of petitions for inclusion.
(b) The commission shall prescribe the form for such petitions, which shall be as nearly as may be in the form prescribed in this chapter for petitions to organize a district.
(c) Where the total number of landowners in the area proposed for inclusion shall be less than twenty-five (25), the petition may be filed when signed by two-thirds (2/3) of the owners of such areas, and in such case no referendum need be held.
(d) In referenda upon petitions for such inclusion, all owners of land lying within the proposed additional area shall be eligible to vote.
Structure Arkansas Code
Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts
Chapter 125 - Conservation Districts Law
Subchapter 2 - District Organization
§ 14-125-201. Petition for district organization
§ 14-125-202. Hearings — Determination of necessity and boundaries for district
§ 14-125-203. Administrative practicability and feasibility generally — Holding referendum
§ 14-125-204. Expenses and conduct of hearings and referenda
§ 14-125-205. Results of referendum — Final determination by commission
§ 14-125-206. Appointment of directors — Proceedings for organization
§ 14-125-207. Subsequent petitions for district organization