§ 35-1-309 — Adjacent county without department becoming part of health district by agreement

(a) Generally.-Any county adjacent to a district
maintaining a district health department may become a part of
such district by agreement between its board of county
commissioners and the boards of county commissioners of the
counties comprising the district. Any such county upon being
accepted into the district, shall thereupon become subject to
all the provisions of this act as though it were originally a
part of the district.
(b) Withdrawing from districts.-Any county in a district
may withdraw from the district by resolution of its board of
county commissioners; provided, however, that no county may
withdraw from a district within the two (2) year period
following the establishment of the district or the county's
becoming a part of the district, and then only after ninety (90)
days written notice given to the department. In the event of
withdrawal of a county from a district, any funds which had been
appropriated by the county before withdrawal, to cover its
proportionate share of maintaining the district, shall not be
returned to the county withdrawing.