The proponents of the formation of the district may, within 30 days of the receipt by the board of supervisors of the register of cottongrowers from the agricultural commissioner, file with the board of supervisors a petition for the establishment of the district signed by not less than 50 percent of the cottongrowers who grow not less than 65 percent of the cotton within the proposed district or not less than 65 percent of the cottongrowers who grow not less than 50 percent of the cotton grown within the proposed district.
The petition presented to the board of supervisors pursuant to Section 6052 shall satisfy the requirements of this section if it contains the number of signatures required by this section.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 191, Sec. 2. Effective May 3, 1982.)