If a protest against the inclusion of lands, signed by not less than 3 percent of the holders of title or evidence of title to lands within the district who hold the title or evidence of title to not less than 3 percent in value of the lands within the district according to the last equalized assessment roll of the county within which such lands are situated, is presented to the board and upon the hearing of the matter such protest is not withdrawn, or after the withdrawal therefrom of any signatures it is still signed by not less than 3 percent of the holders of title or evidence of title to lands within the district who hold the title or evidence of title to not less than 3 percent in value of the lands within the district according to the last equalized assessment roll of the county within which such lands are situated, or if the board deems it not for the best interests of the district to include therein the lands described in the petition for inclusion, or any of them, the board shall adopt a resolution stating the facts and describing the boundaries of the tract of land proposed to be included in the district.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)