11-28.1-04. Protest against establishing service district - Hearing to determine sufficiency - When protest a bar to proceeding

11-28.1-04. Protest against establishing service district - Hearing to determine sufficiency - When protest a bar to proceeding. If, within thirty days after the hearing provided for in section 11-28.1-03, written protests signed by the owners of more than half of the area of the property included within the service district are filed in the offices of the county auditor, the protests shall be a bar against proceeding further with the project described in the specifications. The board of county park commissioners, at its next meeting after the expiration of the time for filing such protests, shall consider and determine the sufficiency of any protests filed. If no protests are filed or the protests are found to be insufficient or invalid, the board of county park commissioners may initiate and carry on the project.