The order on final hearing shall also divide the proposed district into five, seven, nine, or eleven divisions so as to segregate into separate divisions lands possessing the same general character of water rights or interests in the water of a common source. The divisions shall be numbered first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, or eleventh, according to the number of the division.
Cal. Water Code § 39777
Hearing on Petition
Known as the California Water Storage District Law
The act spans §§ 39000–48401 (681 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 342 F. Supp. 144 - Salyer Land Co. v. Tulare Lake Basin Water Storage District (1972)
Most recently applied in 342 F. Supp. 144 - Salyer Land Co. v. Tulare Lake Basin Water Storage District (June 1972)
Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.
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