- (a) Resident owners may file a petition to include additional area within an existing district with the state board. The procedure for a petition to establish a district shall be followed on a petition to include additional area. The state board shall prescribe the form for the petition, which shall be as nearly as possible in the form for a petition to organize a district.
- (b) If the petition for an area proposed for inclusion is signed by a majority of the resident owners in the area, a referendum need not be held.
- (c) In a referendum to include additional area, all eligible voters within the proposed additional area may vote.
- (d) It is not necessary to obtain the consent of the fee owners within the district before the additional area is annexed to a district.