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This bill modifies the existing legal process for dissolving a public water supply district by establishing more detailed requirements for petitioning and approving such a dissolution. The bill requires a petition to be filed with the circuit court describing the district's boundaries and alleging that continued operation is not in the best interest of inhabitants, including a detailed plan for paying all district debts. The petition must be signed by at least one-fifth of registered voters from each subdistrict (or fifty voters, whichever is less) and requires a $50 filing fee. The court must then publish a notice of the dissolution petition in local newspapers and hold a hearing, during which voters and landowners can file exceptions. A key change is reducing the voter approval threshold for dissolution from two-thirds to four-sevenths of voters, making dissolution slightly easier to achieve. The bill maintains important safeguards, such as requiring that all district debts be paid before dissolution and mandating that the court provide for the disposition of district property. If approved, the dissolution decree must be filed with the secretary of state, county recorder of deeds, and county commission clerks, ensuring proper legal documentation of the district's dissolution.

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