KRS 262.550: Commission to determine feasibility of continuance of district.

(1) The commission shall publish the result of the referendum and shall determine

whether the continued operation of the district within the defined boundaries is

administratively practicable and feasible. If the commission determines that the

continued operat ion of the district is administratively practicable and feasible, it

shall record the determination and deny the petition. If the commission determines

that the continued operation of the district is not administratively practicable and

feasible, it shall record that determination and shall certify that determination to the

board of the district. In making that determination the commission shall give regard

and weight to the attitudes of the owners and occupiers of lands lying within the

district, the numbe r of landowners eligible to vote in the referendum who have

voted, the proportion of the votes cast in the referendum in favor of the

discontinuance of the district to the total number of votes cast, the approximate

wealth and income of the landowners and occupiers of the district, the probable

expense of carrying on erosion -control operations within the district and such other

economic and social factors as are relevant to the determination.

(2) The commission shall not determine that the continued operat ion of the district is

administratively practicable and feasible unless at least a majority of the votes cast

in the referendum have been cast in favor of the continuance of the district.