§ 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.

Legislative History

SL 1989, ch 59, § 44; SL 1990, ch 52, § 9.