1. In any county of the first classification without a charter form of government having a population of at least one hundred fifty thousand and either containing a portion of a city with a population of at least three hundred fifty thousand or bordering a city not within a county, the county commission may, by resolution, submit the question of creating a road benefit district pursuant to sections 233.170 to 233.316, encompassing the unincorporated areas of such county to all of the qualified voters residing within such district at a general or special election called for that purpose. Such resolution shall set forth the name of the proposed road benefit district, its boundaries and a proposed road and bridge benefit district tax levy in an amount not to exceed twenty cents per one hundred dollars assessed valuation. The ballot upon which the question of creating a road benefit district is submitted to the qualified voters residing within the proposed district shall contain a question in substantially the following form:
2. If the ballot question is approved by a majority of the qualified voters residing within the boundaries of the proposed district, the governing body of the county shall be authorized to assess and collect a levy in an amount not to exceed the amount specified on the ballot, in which event the sums so collected shall be placed in a separate "road district benefit fund" and used only for the purposes specified on the ballot within the boundaries of the road benefit district.
3. Notwithstanding section 233.170, to the contrary, a district established pursuant to this section may contain less than six hundred forty acres and may contain territories that are not contiguous.