Wyoming § 41-9-302 Contents of petition

Wyoming Statutes

§ 41-9-302 — Contents of petition

Wyoming § 41-9-302

Title 41Water

Ch. 9DRAINAGE DISTRICTS

Art. 3DIVISION

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Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 41-9-302 (2026).

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(a)Whenever a majority of the adult owners of lands within any portion of an organized drainage district, who shall represent more than one-half in area of the lands within said portion which it is proposed shall be cut off and divided from the drainage district as organized, desire to effect such division, they may file in the district court of the county having jurisdiction over the original district, a petition setting forth:

(i)The proposed name of the new drainage district to be formed by such division;

(ii)The necessity of the proposed work, if any, and the necessity and reasons for division, describing the same;

(iii)A general description of the proposed starting points, routes and termini of the proposed drains, ditches and laterals;

(iv)A general description of the lands prop

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(a) Whenever a majority of the adult owners of lands
within any portion of an organized drainage district, who shall
represent more than one-half in area of the lands within said
portion which it is proposed shall be cut off and divided from
the drainage district as organized, desire to effect such
division, they may file in the district court of the county
having jurisdiction over the original district, a petition
setting forth:
(i) The proposed name of the new drainage district to
be formed by such division;
(ii) The necessity of the proposed work, if any, and
the necessity and reasons for division, describing the same;
(iii) A general description of the proposed starting
points, routes and termini of the proposed drains, ditches and
laterals;
(iv) A general description of the lands proposed to
be included in said district;
(v) The names of the owners of all lands in said
proposed district, when known;
(vi) The names of the owners of all other lands in
the district proposed to be divided, when known;
(vii) A detailed statement of the existing
indebtedness of the original drainage district and the proposed
apportionment of said indebtedness as between the remaining
portion of the original district and the proposed new district
based upon the assessments for benefits against the lands
contained therein, as last confirmed by the court.
(b) If the purpose of said petition, in addition to a
division of the district, is the enlargement, repair and
maintenance of a ditch, or other work heretofore constructed
under any law of the state, said petition shall give the general
description of the same, with such particulars as may be deemed
important.
(c) Said petition shall pray for the organization of a
drainage district by name, and with the boundaries proposed, and
for the appointment of commissioners for the execution of any
proposed work according to the general provisions of chapter 76,
Wyoming Compiled Statutes, 1920, as amended.