Attachment of adjoining land to water district; procedure; notice and hearing upon petition

Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 19-270, and amendments thereto, the county clerk shall give notice to the county commissioners of the filing of the petition for attachment. The board of county commissioners shall fix a time and place, within 30 days from the date of the filing of the petition, for a hearing on the same. The county clerk, at least seven days before the date fixed for the hearing, shall send by first class mail to each owner of land within the area sought to be attached a copy of the petition for attachment, and a copy of the notice fixing the time and place of hearing on the petition. The owners of land within the area sought to be attached shall be determined by an enumeration of landowners taken from the tax rolls of the county in which the land is located. If the petition for attachment is accompanied by a verified statement by one of the owners of land within the area sought to be attached, or the attorney for the petitioner, that the owners of all of the land within the area sought to be attached have signed the petition for attachment, a copy of the petition for attachment shall not be sent to the owners of land sought to be attached. The clerk shall send by first class mail a copy of the petition for attachment and a copy of the notice fixing the time and place of hearing on the petition to the office of the water district to which attachment is sought. The clerk also shall transmit to the chief engineer a copy of the petition for attachment and a copy of the notice fixing the time and place of hearing thereon.