KRS 262.100: Petition for district.

(1) Any twenty-five (25) owners of land lying within the limits of the territory proposed

to be organized into a district, and within counties that maintain a full -time county

agricultural extension agent, may file a petition with the commission asking that a

soil conservation district be organized to function in the territory described in the

petition. The petition shall set forth:

(a) The proposed name of the district;

(b) A statement that there is need, in the interest of the public health, safety and

welfare, for a district to function in the territory described in the petition;

(c) A description of the territory proposed to be organized as a district, which

description need not be given by metes and bounds or by legal subdivisions,

but shall be sufficient if generally accurate;

(d) A request that the commission define the boundaries for the district; that a

referendum be held within the defined territory on the question of the creation

of a district in that territory; and that the commission determine th at a district

be created.

(2) Where more than one petition is filed covering parts of the same territory, the

commission may consolidate all or any of those petitions.