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<section article="glg" article_name="Local Government" number="25-202" title_number="25" title_name="Public Watershed Associations" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Petition to Establish Watershed Association">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The petition shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>clearly describe the area’s location, boundaries, and problems to be addressed by the establishment of a watershed association;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>describe the public benefit or the public health, safety, or welfare that would be promoted by establishing a watershed project for watershed protection, flood prevention, recreation, soil conservation, drainage, or the conservation, development, storage, use, and disposal of water for any beneficial purpose; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>request the establishment of a watershed association for the purposes listed in item (2) of this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A petition is valid only if signed by at least one–third of the landowners or the owners of at least one–third of the land in a watershed or subwatershed area.</text>
  </level>
</section>
