Whether the legislature can dissolve a special district depends on the type law under which the district operates. Special districts can operate under special acts or the general statutes. Districts operating under special acts were created by the legislature, often at the request of residents in a section of a town. Districts operating under the statutes were created by the residents under a statutory procedure. Both districts can dissolve or terminate themselves.
Districts operating under special acts have potentially three options.
2. ask the legislature to dissolve the district, or 3. follow the procedure used by districts operating under the statutes. The legislature may resist enacting special legislation to terminate these districts since the third option allows them to terminate on their own. The statutory procedure for terminating districts allows district officers or the voters to trigger the process. The officers must begin to terminate the district if two-thirds of the voters at the meeting or in the referendum approve. These districts are special districts organized under special acts.