17-61-305. Effect on precincts and school districts -- Pending criminal proceedings.

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Effective 11/6/2025

(1)The precincts and school districts in the annexed territory:

(a)continue;

(b)become precincts and school districts in the annexing county; and

(c)remain as then organized until changed in the manner provided by law.

(2)The officers of those precincts and school districts hold their respective offices until the expiration of their terms.

(3)If a precinct or school district is divided because of a county annexation under this part:

(a)the precinct or school district is disorganized, and the property and territory embraced in the precinct or school district is subject to the action of the county legislative body of the respective counties; and

(b)any bonded or other indebtedness of a school district attaches to and becomes the obligation of the district that is created out of the territory that retains the buildings and other property of the original district.

(4)All criminal proceedings and actions pending in the annexed territory as of the consolidation effective date shall be prosecuted to judgment and execution in the annexed territory as part of the annexing county.

(5)All offenses committed in the annexed territory before annexation that have not been prosecuted may be prosecuted to judgment and execution in the annexed territory or any part of the annexing county.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 13 , 2025 Special Session 1