42-5269. DISSOLUTION WITHOUT ELECTION — PETITION — CONDITIONS. (1) A ground water district may be dissolved without the holding of the election provided for in this chapter upon complaint or petition of parties holding and owning fifty percent (50%) or more, measured on the basis of cubic feet per second, of all the ground water rights within the district.
(2) It must be made to appear to the satisfaction of the court, by such complaint or petition, that any one (1) or more of the following conditions exist in or as to said district:
(a) The district has been abandoned, or for two (2) or more years last past has ceased to function, and there is little or no probability that it ever will or can function in the future;
(b) No useful purpose exists for the further continuance of the organization of the district; or
(c) There are insufficient members to pay for the costs of operating the district.
History:
[42-5269, added 1995, ch. 290, sec. 1, p. 1010.]