(a) Any district created hereunder may be abolished in the manner provided for by this section; provided, however, that no district shall be abolished when it has any indebtedness. All assets and equipment shall go to the Geneva County Volunteer Firefighters Association.
(b) Upon the petition for abolition of a district, conforming to the requirements set forth below, being filed with the judge of probate, he or she shall order an election on abolition of the district within the time provided, at which the qualified electors residing within the district shall be entitled to vote. The petition shall be signed by at least 100 qualified electors of the district. It shall contain a recital that the district is not indebted and it shall request the judge of probate to order an election on whether the district shall be abolished. Upon the officers canvassing the returns of the election certifying that abolition of the district was approved by a majority of the votes cast at the election, the district shall be abolished.
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