The transfer to the commune of all or part of the property, rights and obligations of a section is pronounced by the representative of the State in the department at the joint request of the town council and the syndicate commission deciding by a majority of its members or, if the syndicate commission has not been formed, at the joint request of the town council and half of the members of the section.
Within two months of the transfer order, the representative of the State in the département shall bring this transfer to the attention of the public and notify the transfer order to the syndicate commission when it has been formed, as well as to the mayor of the commune for posting in the town hall for a period of two months.
Members of the section who so request receive compensation, payable by the commune, the calculation of which takes into account the benefits actually received in kind over the last ten years prior to the transfer decision and the costs of restoring the property transferred.
This request is made within one year of the transfer decision. In the absence of agreement between the parties, the decision is taken as in matters of expropriation for public utility.