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<section article="gen" article_name="Environment" number="9-648" title_number="9" title_name="Water, Ice, and Sanitary Facilities" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Sanitary Commissions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Each sanitary commission may adopt a resolution that proposes to create a service area or to change the boundaries of an existing service area. The resolution shall refer to a plat of the member counties that clearly shows the boundary lines of the proposed service area.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The governing body of each member county shall hold a public hearing to consider the proposed service area or boundary change.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>At least 10 days before the hearing required under this subsection, notice of the hearing shall be published in each member county in at least 1 newspaper of general circulation in the member county.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If the governing body of each member county approves the proposed creation of a service area or the proposed boundary change, a copy of the plat and the resolution required under subsection (a) of this section shall be recorded among the land records of each member county.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The sanitary commission shall give each service area to be created under this section a distinctive name.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A service area is created when the requirements of this section have been met.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>Each service area created under this section is a separate taxing district.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>A change in the boundaries of an existing service area does not affect any outstanding bond issued with respect to the existing service area.</text>
  </level>
</section>
