7-25A-44. Factors for consideration by commission.
The county commission after conducting a hearing pursuant to this chapter, shall consider the following:
(1)Whether all statements contained within the petition have been found to be true and correct;
(2)Whether all the debts will be paid or assumed prior to termination;
(3)Whether fifty percent of the owners have consented to the termination or contraction;
(4)Whether, in the sound discretion of the county commissioners, there is good cause for termination or contraction of the district;
(5)Whether, in a proposed expansion, the expansion of the district is consistent with any applicable comprehensive plan or effective local government plan;
(6)Whether, in a proposed expansion, the affected area is sufficiently contiguous to the existing district to be developable with the existing district as one functional interrelated community; and
(7)Whether, in a proposed expansion, the probable beneficial impact of the expansion of the district outweighs any probable adverse socioeconomic impact of the proposed expansion of the district.
Source: SL 1989, ch 59, §44; SL 1990, ch 52, §9.