If the organization of the proposed district is defeated at the special election or if the petition is disapproved by the chief engineer, the board of directors or steering committee named in the petition shall continue to function in a limited capacity for the purposes hereinafter set forth in this section. Said board or steering committee shall determine the amount of money necessary to pay all of the costs and expenses incurred in the preparation and filing of the petition and in the conduct of the special election and shall certify a statement of such amount to the county clerk of each county in which the proposed district was to be located. Said county clerks shall thereupon ascertain the total assessed valuation of all taxable tangible property in their respective counties within the proposed district and certify same to the county clerk of the county in which the acting chairman of the board or steering committee of the proposed district resides.

Said county clerk shall determine the levy necessary to be spread against the taxable tangible property in the entire proposed district in order to raise funds sufficient to pay the amount set forth in said statement and shall certify said levy to the county clerk of the other counties in which a portion of said district is located. Each of the county clerks shall then cause said levy to be extended against the taxable tangible property lying within the boundaries of said proposed district and within his county. The county treasurers of the respective counties involved shall remit the funds raised by such levy in their counties to the county treasurer of the county in which the acting chairman of the board or steering committee resides who shall hold said funds and shall honor warrants drawn upon said funds by the acting chairman of the board or steering committee and countersigned by the acting secretary of the board or steering committee in payment of the costs and expenses incurred in the proposed organization of the district and shown on the aforementioned statement of expenses.