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<section article="glg" article_name="Local Government" number="26-403" title_number="26" title_name="Public Drainage Associations" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Plan">
  <level label="a">
    <text>On completion of the plan, or on the acceptance of a previously completed plan, the board of managers shall call a meeting of the landowners to vote on the adoption of the plan for submission to the county commissioners or county council.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>At least 10 days before the meeting, the board of managers shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>post a notice of the meeting in four public places in the area or vicinity of the area of the drainage association; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>mail a notice to each landowner.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The notice shall state the time, place, and purpose of the meeting.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>At the meeting required under subsection (a) of this section:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>each landowner is entitled to one vote; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>any landowner may vote by proxy if the proxy is dated, signed by the individual entitled to vote, and witnessed by at least one individual.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The board of managers shall determine whether to submit the plan to the county commissioners or county council for review and approval.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In making the determination, the board of managers shall consider:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the vote of each landowner;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the probable apportionment of benefits to each landowner based on acreage;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the location of the drainage project; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>the extent of the benefits to the voter’s land by the drainage project.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
