(1) If the State Department of Agriculture determines after the hearing and after due consideration of the relevant facts that a soil and water conservation district in the territory is not administratively practicable or that there is no need for a soil and water conservation district to function in the territory considered at the hearing, the department shall make and record the determination and deny the petition.

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(2) After one year has expired from the date of the denial of the petition, subsequent petitions covering the same or substantially the same territory may be filed as provided in ORS § 568.300 and new hearings be held and determinations made. [Amended by 1981 c.92 § 10; 2009 c.220 § 7]

[Amended by 1981 c.92 § 11; repealed by 2009 c.220 § 34]