Section 50300 Of Article 1. Form And Publication From California Water Code >> Division 15. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 1.
50300
. 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.