Water Code section 36540

At any time prior to incurring any indebtedness or obligation, or upon the full payment of all indebtedness or obligations of a distribution district a petition, signed and acknowledged by not less than the number of owners of land constituting the distribution district required to sign a petition to form the distribution district, may be filed with the board requesting that the distribution district be dissolved.

Source: Section 36540, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=WAT§ionNum=36540. (updated Jan. 1, 1957; accessed Oct. 27, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/water_code_section_36540

Original Source: Section 36540, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=WAT§ionNum=36540. (last accessed May 12, 2025).