41-9-302. Contents of petition.

(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.