SECTIONS 20720-20724 - California Statutes

WATER CODE

SECTION 20720-20724

20720. 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.

20721. A petition for the formation of a district may request any
of the following:
(a) Three divisions in the proposed district.
(b) Election of the directors of the proposed district by the
district at large.
(c) Consolidation of any offices allowed to be consolidated.

20722. The petition may consist of any number of separate
instruments, which shall be duplicates except as to signatures.

20723. The petition shall be accompanied by a sufficient
undertaking, to be approved by the board of supervisors, in double
the amount of the probable cost of forming the district, conditioned
that the sureties shall pay all of the costs in case the formation is
not effected.

20724. Signatures to the petition may be withdrawn at any time
before its publication is commenced, by filing a declaration, signed
and acknowledged by the petitioner, with the board of supervisors of
the principal county, stating that it is the intention of the
petitioner to withdraw therefrom.