{"code":"WAT","codeName":"Water Code","section":"50300","citation":"Wat. Code, § 50300","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 15. RECLAMATION DISTRICTS [50000. - 53901.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/water-code/division-15"},{"name":"PART 2. FORMATION [50300. - 50442.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/water-code/division-15/part-2"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1. Petition [50300. - 50335.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/water-code/division-15/part-2/chapter-1"},{"name":"ARTICLE 1. Form and Publication [50300. - 50303.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/water-code/division-15/part-2/chapter-1/article-1"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.","effective":null,"html":"<p>A petition for the formation of a district, verified by the affidavit of one of the petitioners, may be presented to the board of supervisors at a regular meeting thereof by:</p><p>(a) The owners of one-half or more of any body of swamp and overflowed, salt-marsh, or tidelands, or other lands subject to flood or overflow, susceptible of one mode of reclamation who desire to reclaim the land.</p><p>(b) The owners of one-half or more of any body of swamp and overflowed, salt-marsh, or tidelands susceptible of one mode of reclamation, and already reclaimed, or in progress of reclamation, and not included in any district, who desire to form a district for the maintenance, protection, or repair of the reclamation works, in, upon, or appertaining to such body of lands, or for the completion of the reclamation thereof.</p>","text":"A petition for the formation of a district, verified by the affidavit of one of the petitioners, may be presented to the board of supervisors at a regular meeting thereof by: (a) The owners of one-half or more of any body of swamp and overflowed, salt-marsh, or tidelands, or other lands subject to flood or overflow, susceptible of one mode of reclamation who desire to reclaim the land. (b) The owners of one-half or more of any body of swamp and overflowed, salt-marsh, or tidelands susceptible of one mode of reclamation, and already reclaimed, or in progress of reclamation, and not included in any district, who desire to form a district for the maintenance, protection, or repair of the reclamation works, in, upon, or appertaining to such body of lands, or for the completion of the reclamation thereof.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/water-code/form-and-publication-50300","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}