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<section article="gen" article_name="Environment" number="9-614" title_number="9" title_name="Water, Ice, and Sanitary Facilities" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Sanitary Commissions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “amendment” means an amendment to the articles of incorporation of a district.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>In accordance with this section, a district may adopt amendments that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Can be included lawfully in original articles of incorporation; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Change the district’s:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Name;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Powers; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Purposes.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>To adopt amendments, the sanitary commission shall adopt a resolution that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Directs that the proposed amendment be submitted to each member county; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Discloses the text of the proposed amendment by printing:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The text of the entire articles of organization as the articles of organization would read after adoption of the proposed amendment;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The text of a provision in the articles of incorporation as that provision would read after adoption of the proposed amendment; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The material whose addition to or removal from the articles of incorporation is proposed.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>By ordinance or resolution, the governing body of each member county shall adopt or reject the proposed amendment.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If the governing body of each member county adopts the proposed articles of amendment, two authorized officers of the district shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Verify the facts set forth in the articles of amendment;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Put the district’s seal on the articles of amendment; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Sign the articles of amendment.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The articles of amendment shall include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The name and address of the principal office of the district;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A statement that the amendment was proposed by the sanitary commissioners;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>A statement that each member county adopted the amendment; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>The text of the amendment.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The district shall file the articles of amendment with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation.</text>
  </level>
</section>
