Whenever a petition as provided in the preceding section is filed with the county clerk, the county clerk shall thereupon give notice to the county commissioners of the filing and pendency of such petition and the county commissioners shall forthwith fix a time within 30 days from date of filing of the petition, for a hearing of the same and the county clerk shall at least seven days before date fixed for such hearing, give or send by mail, written notice thereof to each of the petitioners, and shall transmit to the chief engineer of the division of water resources, Kansas department of agriculture, one copy of the petition and notice of the date set for its consideration.
K.S.A. 82a-603