61-04.1-28. Procedure for abolishment of weather modification authority and all its powers by recall initiated petition

61-04.1-28. Procedure for abolishment of weather modification authority and all its powers by recall initiated petition. After fifty-one percent of the qualified electors of a county, as determined by the vote cast for the office of governor at the last preceding gubernatorial election, shall petition the board of county commissioners of their county to recall the commissioners of a weather modification authority as created by section 61-04.1-23 and to abolish the county weather modification authority, the board of county commissioners shall adopt a resolution recalling all commissioners of such weather modification authority and abolishing their appointed offices and the weather modification authority, until such time as a weather modification authority is created by petition in accordance with section 61-04.1-23. Before adopting such a resolution, the county commissioners must find that the petition meets the requirements as to the number of qualified electors as required in this chapter. If the board of county commissioners adopts a resolution recalling all commissioners of a weather modification authority and abolishing the authority, all unexpended funds remaining in the name of the authority, after all proper bills and expenses have been paid, shall be transferred to the county general fund by the weather modification authority commissioners on the effective date of the resolution. In the event there are outstanding valid bills unpaid after that date, the board of county commissioners is hereby authorized to pay such obligations from moneys in the county general fund. A recall petition shall have a title with the heading: "Recall Petition for the Abolishment of (insert name of county) Weather Modification Authority". The recall petition shall incorporate a paragraph stating its purpose in clear language and shall comply with all requirements prescribed in subsections 4, 5, and 6 of section 61-04.1-24, relating to petition contents, committee for petitioners, petition details, affidavits, and persons circulating such petitions.