(a) The board of county commissioners of any county having a cemetery district established pursuant to Kan. Stat. Ann. § 17-1330, may by resolution, enlarge the district to include adjoining territory in which there is located an abandoned cemetery.

(b) No order shall be made under the provisions of subsection (a) until a hearing is held. Notice of such hearing shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where such cemetery district is located, for two consecutive weeks, stating the time and place of such hearing and the action proposed, with the last publication thereof being at least five days before the date of the hearing.