2.__Election to consider formation; question; termination of counties.__When the Secretary of State receives notice of an authorizing vote by the county commissioners pursuant to subsection 1, paragraph A or verifies that the petitions submitted pursuant to subsection 1, paragraph B contain the required number of valid signatures calling for the approval of a district county, the Secretary of State shall prepare the ballots and have the question of approval placed on the ballot at the next general election.__The question put to the voters must be: "Shall (list the included counties) form a new county district?"__ If a majority of the voters in the proposed county district vote in favor of the formation of the county district, those counties cease to exist as separate governmental entities on the July 1st following approval.

3.__Transition.__If the formation of a county district is approved pursuant to subsection 2, the county commissioners from each of the counties contained in the county district shall convene the January immediately following the vote to appoint a charter commission.__The charter commission must include at least 5 registered voters from each of the counties contained in the county district.__If the vote to approve the county district was initiated pursuant to subsection 1, paragraph B, at least 1/3 of those appointed to the charter commission must be chosen from the voters who actively circulated the petitions to approve the county district.__The charter commission shall develop a proposed charter and put it before the voters of the county district in the next general or statewide election.__If the charter is not approved, the charter commission shall make necessary changes and put the revised charter to vote at the next general or statewide election until the charter is approved. Upon approval of the charter, the county district may levy fees and receive state assistance available to counties that combine their services.

4.__Governance of county district.__The county commissioners of the counties forming the county district approved pursuant to subsection 2 shall govern the county district until the Legislature creates 3 voting districts in the county district.__ New county district commissioners must be elected in the statewide or general election following formation of the voting districts, with one county district commissioner elected from each voting district.__County district commissioners serve for a term of office of 3 years except for the county district