Wat. Code, § 20720 · Article 2. Petition
Wat. Code, § 20720
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Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
A petition for the formation of a district shall contain:
(a) Generally, a description of the land.
(b) Generally, the sources, which may be in the alternative, from which the land is proposed to be irrigated.
(c) The name of a person to whom notice of the final hearing on the petition may be sent.
(d) A prayer that the land described be formed into a district.
(e) Signatures of the petitioners.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.
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