This part 7 shall relate to towns only and shall not be construed to affect the disconnection of area from cities. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1102, § 1, effective July 1. Editor’s note: This section is similar to former § 31-8-501 as it existed prior to 1975.
When a tract or two or more contiguous tracts of agricultural or farm land aggregating twenty or more acres in area are embraced within the corporate limits of any town, the outer boundary of which acreage is adjacent to or upon the border of said town, the owners of said tracts of land may petition […]
The petition shall contain the following: An allegation that such tracts of land contain in the aggregate an area of twenty or more acres of agricultural or farm land upon or adjacent to the border of said town; An allegation that the petitioners are the owners thereof; The description of the land; An allegation that […]
Upon the filing of such petition in the district court, the judge shall set a date for a hearing, not less than forty days nor more than sixty days thereafter. The clerk of the court shall serve a copy of the petition and a notice of the date and the time set for such hearing […]
The land so disconnected shall not be exempt from the payment of any taxes lawfully assessed against it for the purpose of paying any indebtedness lawfully contracted by the governing body of said town while said land was within the limits thereof and which remains unpaid and for the payment of which said land could […]
When the governing body of such town levies a tax upon the property within such town for the purpose of paying such indebtedness or any part thereof and interest thereon, such governing body shall have the authority to levy a tax at the same rate and for the same purpose on the land so disconnected. […]
Two copies of the order or decree of said district court disconnecting any land described in said petition from any town, certified by the clerk of said district court, shall be filed for record in the office of the county clerk and recorder of the county in which such disconnected land is situated. The county […]
