The board of any district, by resolution, may initiate proceedings for the exclusion of territory from such district. Such resolution shall describe the boundaries of the area proposed to be excluded, shall state that neither the persons nor property within the area proposed to be excluded benefit directly or indirectly from the use of or right to use the ground water supplies within the district and the replenishment thereof, shall require all persons interested in the proposed exclusion to appear before the board and be heard as to why said area should not be so excluded, shall fix the time of the meeting of the board at which the persons so interested will be heard, and shall direct the secretary of the district to give notice thereof. The secretary thereupon shall cause the text of said resolution and a notice of the time and place of said hearing to be published in the district pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code. Publication shall be complete at least seven, but not more than 28, days before the time so fixed for the hearing.