{"code":"WAT","codeName":"Water Code","section":"39777","citation":"Wat. Code, § 39777","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 14. CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW [39000. - 48401.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/water-code/division-14"},{"name":"PART 2. FORMATION [39400. - 40104.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/water-code/division-14/part-2"},{"name":"CHAPTER 3. Hearing on Formation [39750. - 39800.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/water-code/division-14/part-2/chapter-3"},{"name":"ARTICLE 2. Hearing on Petition [39775. - 39800.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/water-code/division-14/part-2/chapter-3/article-2"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.","effective":null,"html":"<p>The order on final hearing shall also divide the proposed district into five, seven, nine, or eleven divisions so as to segregate into separate divisions lands possessing the same general character of water rights or interests in the water of a common source. The divisions shall be numbered first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, or eleventh, according to the number of the division.</p>","text":"The order on final hearing shall also divide the proposed district into five, seven, nine, or eleven divisions so as to segregate into separate divisions lands possessing the same general character of water rights or interests in the water of a common source. The divisions shall be numbered first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, or eleventh, according to the number of the division.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/water-code/hearing-on-petition-39777","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}