{"data":{"id":"us-ca/wat-50300","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"WAT § 50300","heading":"","body":"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:\n(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.\n(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.","path":["Water Code - WAT","DIVISION 15. RECLAMATION DISTRICTS [50000. - 53901.]","PART 2. FORMATION [50300. - 50442.]","CHAPTER 1. Petition [50300. - 50335.]","ARTICLE 1. Form and Publication [50300. - 50303.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"9ea9e7a72fd4758af084c516546df7c85f0763f93d4bf884e31745100f51575b","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/wat-50170","next":"us-ca/wat-50301"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}