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398.21 ENLARGEMENT OF DISTRICTS.
When conducive to the general welfare any territory adjacent and contiguous to an existing
park district, whether located within any county in which the district was created or not, may be
annexed to the district under the following procedure: A petition shall be filed with the board of
park district commissioners requesting such annexation, containing an accurate description of
the territory proposed to be annexed, accompanied by an accurate map or plat of the territory,
and signed either by one percent of the electors residing within the territory or authorized by
resolutions of a majority of the councils of the cities within the area to be annexed. The board
shall determine whether the petition is sufficient and whether it is advisable that the annexation
be made. If the board determines in favor of the annexation, it makes application to the county
board of the county in which the territory is located, setting forth the fact of the filing of the
petition and the reasons why it is advisable that the territory be annexed to the district. The
board may on its own motion file such petition with the county board. Upon the filing of such
petition, like proceedings shall be had as are provided in section 398.20 upon application for the
creation of a park district. The territory annexed may not include any city of the first class, a part
only of an existing town or municipal corporation and shall not include any territory situated in
any other park district activated pursuant to this chapter unless the park district board of such
district consents to the transfer of such territory.
In the event of the annexation to a park district of territory located in a county other than the
county or counties in which the district was created, the county board of the county in which the
annexed territory is located shall exercise, with reference to the annexed territory, the powers
conferred upon county boards by section 398.20 and the auditor and the treasurer of the county in
which the annexed territory is located shall exercise, with reference to taxes levied and collected
by the board of park district commissioners upon the annexed territory, the powers conferred upon
auditors and treasurers by sections 398.16 to 398.19.
History: 1955 c 806 s 21; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7
When conducive to the general welfare any territory adjacent and contiguous to an existing
park district, whether located within any county in which the district was created or not, may be
annexed to the district under the following procedure: A petition shall be filed with the board of
park district commissioners requesting such annexation, containing an accurate description of
the territory proposed to be annexed, accompanied by an accurate map or plat of the territory,
and signed either by one percent of the electors residing within the territory or authorized by
resolutions of a majority of the councils of the cities within the area to be annexed. The board
shall determine whether the petition is sufficient and whether it is advisable that the annexation
be made. If the board determines in favor of the annexation, it makes application to the county
board of the county in which the territory is located, setting forth the fact of the filing of the
petition and the reasons why it is advisable that the territory be annexed to the district. The
board may on its own motion file such petition with the county board. Upon the filing of such
petition, like proceedings shall be had as are provided in section 398.20 upon application for the
creation of a park district. The territory annexed may not include any city of the first class, a part
only of an existing town or municipal corporation and shall not include any territory situated in
any other park district activated pursuant to this chapter unless the park district board of such
district consents to the transfer of such territory.
In the event of the annexation to a park district of territory located in a county other than the
county or counties in which the district was created, the county board of the county in which the
annexed territory is located shall exercise, with reference to the annexed territory, the powers
conferred upon county boards by section 398.20 and the auditor and the treasurer of the county in
which the annexed territory is located shall exercise, with reference to taxes levied and collected
by the board of park district commissioners upon the annexed territory, the powers conferred upon
auditors and treasurers by sections 398.16 to 398.19.
History: 1955 c 806 s 21; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7
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