{"data":{"id":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-69-27-15","jurisdiction":"us-ms","citation":"Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-15","heading":"Miss. Code Ann. § 69-27-15","body":"Any twenty-five (25) owners of land lying within the limits of the territory proposed to be organized into a district may file a petition with the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee asking that a soil and water conservation district be organized to function in the territory described in the petition. Such petition shall set forth:\n\n(a) The proposed name of said district.\n\n(b) That there is need, in the interest of the public health, safety, and welfare, for a soil and water conservation district to function in the territory described in the petition.\n\n(c) A description of the territory proposed to be organized as a district, which description shall not be required to be given by metes and bounds or by legal subdivisions, but shall be deemed sufficient if generally accurate.\n\n(d) A request that the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee duly define the boundaries for such district; that a referendum be held within the territory so defined on the question of the creation of a soil conservation district in such territory; and that the committee determine that such a district be created.\n\nWhere more than one petition is filed covering parts of the same territory, the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee may consolidate all or any such petitions.","path":["MS Code","Title 69"],"source_url":"https://legislature.ms.gov/","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:17Z","sha256":"88ed317acbe5ec2fc9e9c1c7d892550f6c1eb73f6e72683beb2116513fd11ffb","source_id":"us-ms","stale":false,"prev":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-69-27-14","next":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-69-27-17"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}