{"code":"WAT","codeName":"Water Code","section":"20720","citation":"Wat. Code, § 20720","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 11. IRRIGATION DISTRICTS [20500. - 29978.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/water-code/division-11"},{"name":"PART 2. FORMATION [20700. - 20982.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/water-code/division-11/part-2"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1. Petition for Formation [20700. - 20742.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/water-code/division-11/part-2/chapter-1"},{"name":"ARTICLE 2. Petition [20720. - 20724.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/water-code/division-11/part-2/chapter-1/article-2"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.","effective":null,"html":"<p>A petition for the formation of a district shall contain:</p><p>(a) Generally, a description of the land.</p><p>(b) Generally, the sources, which may be in the alternative, from which the land is proposed to be irrigated.</p><p>(c) The name of a person to whom notice of the final hearing on the petition may be sent.</p><p>(d) A prayer that the land described be formed into a district.</p><p>(e) Signatures of the petitioners.</p>","text":"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.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/water-code/petition-20720","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}