Whenever the commission of a joint system and the governing body of each of its members shall by resolution or ordinance determine that the purposes for which the joint system was formed have been substantially fulfilled and that all bonds issued and all other obligations incurred by the joint system have been fully paid or satisfied, the commission and members may declare the joint system to be dissolved. On the effective date of the resolution or ordinance, the title to all funds and other income and property owned by the joint system at the time of dissolution must be disbursed to the voting members of the joint system according to its bylaws.

In the discretion of the members of a joint system for the proper and efficient operation of any joint system, an existing joint system may be reconstituted by following the procedures for the creation of a new joint system, mutatis mutandis. In the event of a reconstitution, any former member may elect to withdraw from the joint system prior to the effective date of the reconstitution by submitting a petition to the joint system, which shall be filed with the new application under Section 6-25-50. No withdrawal for reconstitution shall be permitted unless and until either (i) all contractual rights and obligations, including bond payment obligations, of the withdrawing member have been fulfilled to the satisfaction of the remaining members, as certified in a resolution or ordinance of the remaining members filed with the application; or (ii) the withdrawing member remains obligated on any contract right or obligation as contemplated in Section 6-25-70(B). Upon any reconstitution withdrawal, the withdrawing member's capacity rights in the project shall immediately terminate.

HISTORY: 1983 Act No. 82, SECTION 2; 1999 Act No. 113, SECTION 11; 2007 Act No. 59, SECTION 1, eff June 6, 2007; 2026 Act No. 175 (S.829), SECTION 5, eff May 18, 2026.

Effect of Amendment

The 2007 amendment reprinted this section with no apparent change.

2026 Act No. 175, SECTION 5, added the second paragraph.