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§ 69-25.1 CH. 69. FIRE pROTECTION § 69-25.1~. <br /> ARTICLE 3A. <br /> Rural Fire Protection Districts. <br /> <br />§ 69-25,1. Election to be held upon petition of <br /> voters. -. <br /> Upon the petition of thirty-five percent (35~) of the resident fxee~ <br />holders living in an area lying out~ide the corporate limits of any <br />city or town, which area is described in the petition and designated <br /> <br /> (Here insert name) <br />Fire Districtf the board of county commissioners of the county <br />shall call an election in said district for the purpose of submitting to <br />the qualified voters therein the question of levying and collecting a <br />special tax on all taxable property in said district, of not exceeding <br />fifteen cents (15¢) on the one hundred dollars {$100.00} valuation of <br />property, for the purpose of providing fire protection in said district. <br />If the voters reject the special tax under the first paragraph of this <br />section, then no new election may be held under the first paragraph <br />of this section within two years on the question of levying and <br />collecting a special tax under the first paragraph of this section in <br />that district, or in an)' proposed district which includes a majority <br />ofthe land within the district in which the tax was rejected. <br /> Upon the petition of thirty-five percent {35r~) of the resident free- <br />holders living in an area which has previously been established as a <br />fire protection district and in which there has been authorized by e <br />vote of the people a special tax not exceeding ten cents (10¢) on the <br />one hundred dollars ($100.00} valuation of property within the <br />area, the board of county commissioners shall call an election in <br />said area for the purpose of submitting to the qualified voters <br />therein the question of increasing the allowable special tax for fire <br />protection within said district from ten con~s i10¢1 on the one hun- <br />dred dollars ($100.00l valuation to fifteen cents {15el on the one <br />hundred dollars {$100.00l valuation on all taxable property within <br />such district. Elections on the question of increasing the allowable <br />tax rate for fire protection shall not be held within the same district <br />at intervals less than two years. {1951, c. 820, s. 1; 19~3, c. 453, s. 1; <br />1959, c. 805, as. 1, 2; 1933, c. 388, ss. 1, 1.1.) <br /> <br /> Lo. al ~lodific~tion. -- Guilford:~ion Laws IgC. c. 388. which sub- <br /> <br /> 14 <br /> <br /> II <br /> <br /> <br />