A petition to organize an irrigation district shall be presented to the Board of Water and Natural Resources and signed by twenty–five percent of the electors of the proposed irrigation district. The petition shall include the legal description of all the lands proposed for inclusion in the district and shall request that the proposed district be organized under the provisions of this chapter.

Source: SDC 1939, § 61.0802; SL 1947, ch 417, § 2; SL 1963, ch 455, § 2; SDCL, § 46-12-3; SL 1984, ch 294, § 3.