(a) Whenever 1 or more of the owners of any lands desire their lagoons to be dredged or managed, they may present a petition for the formation of a tax lagoon to the Superior Court of the county in which all or the major portion of the area involved is located through the Division of Watershed Stewardship.
(b) The services of the Division of Watershed Stewardship shall be available to assist the landowners in the preparation of such petitions.
Structure Delaware Code
Chapter 43. DREDGING AND MANAGEMENT OF LAGOONS
Subchapter III. Formation of Tax Lagoon; Procedure
§ 4310. Nature of a tax lagoon.
§ 4311. Petition for formation of a tax lagoon; assistance by Division of Watershed Stewardship.
§ 4314. Deposit upon filing of petitions for tax lagoon.
§ 4315. Duties of the Division of Watershed Stewardship upon receipt of petition.
§ 4316. Investigation; hearing.
§ 4318. Determinations to be made by board of lagoon management commissioners.
§ 4319. Existing works of improvement; compensation for work done thereon.
§ 4320. Factors in determination of cost.
§ 4322. Proposed report of board of lagoon management commissioners.
§ 4323. Notice of hearing on establishment of tax lagoon.
§ 4324. Hearing; adoption of proposed report; right to adjourn hearing; referendum.
§ 4325. Contents of report; filing.
§ 4326. Signing of lagoon management commissioners' report; dissent.
§ 4327. Waiving of lagoon management commissioners' hearing and referendum.
§ 4328. Action by Superior Court; notice of final hearing.
§ 4329. Final hearing; lagoon order.
§ 4330. Right to jury trial; procedure.
§ 4331. Defense of contested lagoon orders; Attorney General.
§ 4332. Notice of final action on lagoon order.
§ 4333. Permanent court record.