{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-48-9-520","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 48-9-520","heading":"Content of petition.","body":"Any such petition shall set forth:\n(1) The proposed name of the district;\n(2) 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(3) A description of the territory proposed to be organized as a district, which shall not be required to be given by metes and bounds or by legal subdivisions but shall be deemed sufficient if generally accurate; and\n(4) Requests\n(a) that the department duly define the boundaries for the district,\n(b) that a referendum be held within the territory so defined on the question of the creation of a soil and water conservation district in such territory and\n(c) that the department determine that such a district be created.","path":["Title 48 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION","CHAPTER 9 Soil and Water Conservation Districts Law","ARTICLE 5 Creation of Soil and Water Conservation Districts"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t48c009.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:42:14Z","sha256":"772e1407d115066b29dadff9ba0f87f64c91d5ee207b8fbb90e8e58a0fd85030","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-48-9-510","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-48-9-530"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}