468.8 - PETITION.

        468.8  PETITION.         The petition shall set forth:         1.  An intelligible description, by congressional subdivision or      otherwise, of the lands suggested for inclusion in the district.         2.  That said lands are subject to overflow or are too wet for      cultivation or subject to erosion or flood danger.         3.  That the public benefit, utility, health, convenience, or      welfare will be promoted by the suggested improvements.         4.  The suggested starting point, route, terminus and lateral      branches of the proposed improvements.         5.  In the event the petitioners request a classification before      the establishment of the district, the petition shall include a      request that the district be classified as provided in sections      468.38 through 468.44 after the board has approved the report of the      engineer as a tentative plan but before the district is finally      established.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [S13, § 1989-a2, -a23; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 7429; C46, 50,      54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 455.9] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         89 Acts, ch 126, § 2         CS89, § 468.8         Referred to in § 468.6