(1) Immediately after the filing of such petition, the court wherein the petition is filed shall by order fix a place and time, not less than sixty-three days nor more than ninety-one days after the petition is filed, for hearing thereon, and the clerk of the court shall cause notice by publication (Schedule Form I) to be made of the pendency of the petition and of the time and place of the hearing thereon. The clerk of the court shall also forthwith cause a copy of said notice to be sent by United States first-class mail or by electronic service using the e-filing system of the judicial department to the board of county commissioners of each of the counties having territory within the proposed district. (2) The district court in and for the county in which the petition for the organization of a conservancy district has been filed shall thereafter, for all purposes of articles 1 to 8 of this title, except as otherwise provided in said articles, maintain and have original and exclusive jurisdiction coextensive with the boundaries of said conservancy district and of lands and other property proposed to be included in said district or affected by said district, without regard to the usual limits of its jurisdiction. (3) No judge of such court wherein such petition is filed shall be disqualified to perform any duty imposed by articles 1 to 8 of this title by reason of ownership of property within any conservancy district or proposed conservancy district or by reason of ownership of any property that may be benefited, taxed, or assessed therein.
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