At the time and place set for the hearing and consideration of the petition, it shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners to determine:

1. Whether proper notice of the hearing has been given as required by Section 1324.5 of this title;

2. Whether the rural residents of the area described in the petition are without an adequate water supply, sewage facilities, gas distribution facilities or solid waste management system to meet their needs;

3. Whether the construction, installation, improvement, maintenance and operation of all or a combination of water works, sewage facilities and solid waste management systems are necessary to provide an adequate water supply, sewage facilities, gas distribution facilities or solid waste management system to serve rural residents of the district;

4. Whether such improvements or works will be conducive to and will tend to promote the public health, convenience and welfare;

5. The area which should be included in the district; and

6. Whether there is sufficient water available for purchase or available for appropriation by the Oklahoma Water Resources Board. If, upon such consideration, it shall be found that such petition is in conformity with the requirements of this act, and that such a district should be created the board of county commissioners shall thereupon immediately declare the land described in the petition or any part thereof to be incorporated as a district under the name of "Rural Water and/or Sewer and/or Gas and/or Solid Waste Management District No. _______, _______________ County, Oklahoma" (inserting number in order of incorporation and name of county) and thereupon the district shall be a body politic and corporate and an agency and legally constituted authority of the State of Oklahoma for the public purposes set forth in this act. The board of county commissioners shall thereupon enter upon its records full minutes of such hearing, together with its order creating the rural district under said corporate name for the purposes of this act. Such districts shall not be political corporations or subdivisions of the state within the meaning of any constitutional debt limitations, nor shall said districts have any power or authority to levy any taxes whatsoever or make any assessments on property, real or personal.

Added by Laws 1972, c. 254, § 6. Amended by Laws 1975, c. 170, § 6, emerg. eff. May 21, 1975.