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<section article="glg" article_name="Local Government" number="25-203" title_number="25" title_name="Public Watershed Associations" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Petition to Establish Watershed Association">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The petition shall be accompanied by a report from the local soil conservation districts serving the area to be affected by the proposed watershed association.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The report shall state:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the size and location of the area to be affected by the proposed watershed association;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the nature of the problem to be addressed;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the type of treatment believed to be needed and the benefits anticipated;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>whether the proposed watershed association is feasible and is generally supported by the landowners in the area;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>whether the proposed watershed association will benefit the public and promote the public health, safety, and welfare;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>the name of the proposed watershed association, in the form of the “________ Public Watershed Association”; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>the number of directors, equaling not less than three, to serve as the board of directors.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The local soil conservation districts shall file with the report maps that show:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a general delineation of the area to be affected by the proposed watershed association; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the area’s location in each county in which the proposed watershed association lies.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
