California Code
TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES
DIVISION 3 - CORTESE-KNOX-HERTZBERG LOCAL GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION ACT OF 2000

PART 1 - GENERAL

CHAPTER 1 - Legislative Findings and Declarations

Section 56000. - 56000. This division shall be known and may be cited...

Section 56001. - 56001. The Legislature finds and declares that it is the...

CHAPTER 2 - Definitions

Section 56010. - 56010. Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, the definitions...

Section 56011. - 56011. “Affected city” means any city that contains or would...

Section 56012. - 56012. “Affected county” means any county that contains, or would...

Section 56013. - 56013. “Affected district” means any special district, as defined by...

Section 56014. - 56014. “Affected local agency” means any local agency that contains,...

Section 56015. - 56015. “Affected territory” means any territory for which a change...

Section 56016. - 56016. “Agricultural lands” means land currently used for the purpose...

Section 56017. - 56017. “Annexation” means the inclusion, attachment, or addition of territory...

Section 56017.1. - 56017.1. “Applicant” means a local agency or person or persons...

Section 56017.2. - 56017.2. “Application” means any of the following: (a) A resolution...

Section 56019. - 56019. “Board of directors” means the legislative body or governing...

Section 56020. - 56020. “Board of supervisors” means the legislative body or governing...

Section 56020.5. - 56020.5. “Certificate of completion” means the document prepared by the...

Section 56020.6. - 56020.6. “Certificate of filing” means the document issued by the...

Section 56020.7. - 56020.7. “Certificate of termination” or “certificate of termination of proceedings”...

Section 56021. - 56021. “Change of organization” means any of the following: (a)...

Section 56023. - 56023. “City” means any incorporated chartered or general law city,...

Section 56024. - 56024. “City council” means the legislative body or governing board...

Section 56025. - 56025. “City officer” means the mayor or a member of...

Section 56026. - 56026. “Clerk” means the clerk or secretary of a commission,...

Section 56027. - 56027. “Commission” means a local agency formation commission. (Repealed and...

Section 56028. - 56028. “Commission proceedings” means proceedings which are taken by a...

Section 56029. - 56029. “Conducting authority” means the commission of the principal county,...

Section 56030. - 56030. “Consolidation” means the uniting or joining of two or...

Section 56031. - 56031. (a) “Contiguous” means territory that abuts or shares a...

Section 56032. - 56032. “County officer” means a member of the board of...

Section 56032.5. - 56032.5. “Dependent special district” or “dependent district” includes any special...

Section 56033. - 56033. “Detachment” means the exclusion, deletion, or removal from a...

Section 56033.5. - 56033.5. “Disadvantaged unincorporated community” means inhabited territory, as defined by...

Section 56034. - 56034. “Disincorporation” means the dissolution, extinguishment, or termination of the...

Section 56035. - 56035. “Dissolution” means the disincorporation, extinguishment, or termination of the...

Section 56036. - 56036. (a) “District” or “special district” are synonymous and mean...

Section 56036.5. - 56036.5. (a) For the purposes of Chapter 1 (commencing with...

Section 56036.6. - 56036.6. (a) For the purposes of Chapter 1 (commencing with...

Section 56037.2. - 56037.2. “Divestiture of power” means the termination of the power...

Section 56037.5. - 56037.5. “Elections official” shall have the same meaning as in...

Section 56038. - 56038. “Executive officer” means the person appointed by a commission...

Section 56038.5. - 56038.5. “Feasible” means capable of being accomplished in a successful...

Section 56039. - 56039. “Formation” means the creation of a district. (Amended by...

Section 56040. - 56040. “Function” means any power granted by law to a...

Section 56041. - 56041. “Improvement district” means an area or zone formed for...

Section 56042. - 56042. “Inactive district” means a special district that meets all...

Section 56043. - 56043. “Incorporation” means the creation or establishment of a city....

Section 56044. - 56044. “Independent district” or “independent special district” includes any special...

Section 56045. - 56045. “Independent special district officer” means the presiding officer or...

Section 56045.5. - 56045.5. “Indirect cost” has the same meaning as used in...

Section 56046. - 56046. “Inhabited territory” means territory within which there reside 12...

Section 56047. - 56047. “Initiate” or “initiation” means the issuance of a certificate...

Section 56047.5. - 56047.5. “Interested agency” means each local agency which provides facilities...

Section 56047.7. - 56047.7. “Joint powers agency” or “joint powers authority” means an...

Section 56048. - 56048. “Landowner” or “owner of land” means any of the...

Section 56049. - 56049. “Landowner-voter” means any person entitled to vote in a...

Section 56050. - 56050. “Landowner-voter district” means a district whose principal act provides...

Section 56050.5. - 56050.5. “Latent service or power” means those services, facilities, functions,...

Section 56051. - 56051. “Last equalized assessment roll” means the listing in use...

Section 56052. - 56052. “Legal representative” means an officer of a corporation, partnership,...

Section 56053. - 56053. “Legislative body” means the governing board of a city,...

Section 56054. - 56054. “Local agency” means a city, county, or district. (Amended...

Section 56055. - 56055. “Member district” means any district which is included, in...

Section 56056. - 56056. “Merger” means the termination of the existence of a...

Section 56057. - 56057. “Next equalized assessment roll” means the listing to be...

Section 56059. - 56059. “Open space” means any parcel or area of land...

Section 56060. - 56060. “Open-space use” means any use as defined in Section...

Section 56061. - 56061. “Overlap” or “overlapping territory” means territory which is included...

Section 56062. - 56062. “Parent district” means any district, a metropolitan water district,...

Section 56064. - 56064. “Prime agricultural land” means an area of land, whether...

Section 56065. - 56065. “Principal act” means, in the case of a district,...

Section 56066. - 56066. “Principal county” means the county having the greater portion...

Section 56067. - 56067. “Proceeding,” “proceeding for a change of organization,” or “proceeding...

Section 56069. - 56069. “Proposal” means a desired change of organization or reorganization...

Section 56069.5. - 56069.5. “Protest proceedings” means proceedings taken by a commission, or...

Section 56070. - 56070. “Public agency” means the state or any state agency,...

Section 56071. - 56071. “Registered voter” means any elector registered under, and pursuant...

Section 56072. - 56072. “Registered-voter district” means a district whose principal act provides...

Section 56073. - 56073. “Reorganization” means two or more changes of organization contained...

Section 56073.1. - 56073.1. “Resolution of application” means the document adopted by a...

Section 56074. - 56074. “Service” means a specific governmental activity established within, and...

Section 56074.5. - 56074.5. “Service review” means an analysis conducted by the commission...

Section 56075. - 56075. “Special assessment district” or “assessment district” means an area...

Section 56075.5. - 56075.5. “Special reorganization” means a reorganization that includes the detachment...

Section 56076. - 56076. “Sphere of influence” means a plan for the probable...

Section 56077. - 56077. “Subject agency” means each district or city for which...

Section 56078. - 56078. “Subsidiary district” means a district in which a city...

Section 56078.5. - 56078.5. “Successor Agency” means the local agency the commission designates...

Section 56079.5. - 56079.5. “Uninhabited territory” means territory within which there reside fewer...

Section 56080. - 56080. “Urban service area” means developed, undeveloped, or agricultural land,...

Section 56081. - 56081. “Voter” means a landowner-voter or a registered voter. (Repealed...

CHAPTER 3 - Introductory and General Provisions

Section 56100. - 56100. (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 56036.5 and...

Section 56100.1. - 56100.1. (a) Contributions and expenditures for political purposes related to...

Section 56102. - 56102. For the purpose of any action to determine or...

Section 56103. - 56103. An action to determine the validity of any change...

Section 56103.5. - 56103.5. Any action brought in the superior court relating to...

Section 56104. - 56104. If any provision of this division or the application...

Section 56105. - 56105. Any protest or objection pertaining to the regularity or...

Section 56106. - 56106. Any provisions in this division governing the time within...

Section 56107. - 56107. (a) This division shall be liberally construed to effectuate...

Section 56116. - 56116. The Legislature declares that the doctrine of automatic merger...

Section 56117. - 56117. A district may be either merged with, or established...

Section 56118. - 56118. Except for a proposal for the merger of a...

Section 56119. - 56119. It is not necessary for the principal act of...

Section 56120. - 56120. Where the principal act of any parent district provides...

Section 56121. - 56121. No change of organization or reorganization, or any term...

Section 56122. - 56122. Section 56886 and any term and condition provided by,...

Section 56123. - 56123. Except as otherwise provided in Section 56124, if a...

Section 56124. - 56124. If a proposed change of organization, reorganization, or determination...

Section 56125. - 56125. If any reorganization provides for the formation of any...

Section 56126. - 56126. Upon request by the executive officer or the clerk...

Section 56127. - 56127. If the legislative body of any of the districts,...

Section 56128. - 56128. (a) Upon presentation of any application filed pursuant to...

Section 56129. - 56129. (a) If a public utility has been granted a...

Section 56130. - 56130. Voter approval within the territory, as required by Section...

Section 56131. - 56131. The executive officer shall file with the Public Utilities...

Section 56131.5. - 56131.5. (a) Upon the filing of an application for the...

Section 56131.7. - 56131.7. Upon the filing of an application for the formation...

Section 56133. - 56133. (a) A city or district may provide new or...

Section 56133.5. - 56133.5. (a) A pilot program is hereby established for the...

Section 56133.6. - 56133.6. (a) As part of the pilot program established pursuant...

Section 56134. - 56134. (a) (1) For the purposes of this section, “fire...

CHAPTER 4 - Notice

Section 56150. - 56150. Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, whenever this...

Section 56151. - 56151. Notice authorized or required to be given by publication,...

Section 56152. - 56152. Whenever any notice is required to be given and...

Section 56153. - 56153. Notice required to be published shall be published pursuant...

Section 56154. - 56154. If the published notice is a notice of a...

Section 56155. - 56155. Except as otherwise provided in this division, mailed notice...

Section 56156. - 56156. If the mailed notice is notice of a hearing,...

Section 56157. - 56157. When mailed notice is required to be given to:...

Section 56158. - 56158. Notice required to be posted shall be posted on...

Section 56159. - 56159. Posted notice shall remain posted for not less than...

Section 56160. - 56160. The failure of any person or entity to receive...

PART 2 - LOCAL AGENCY FORMATION COMMISSION

CHAPTER 1 - General

Section 56300. - 56300. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that...

Section 56301. - 56301. Among the purposes of a commission are discouraging urban...

CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Commission and Selection of Commissioners

Section 56325. - 56325. There is hereby continued in existence in each county...

Section 56326. - 56326. In Los Angeles County, the commission shall consist of...

Section 56326.5. - 56326.5. In Sacramento County, the commission shall consist of seven...

Section 56327. - 56327. In Santa Clara County, the commission shall consist of...

Section 56327.3. - 56327.3. In Santa Clara County, the commission shall be enlarged...

Section 56328. - 56328. (a) In San Diego County, the commission, which consists...

Section 56328.5. - 56328.5. (a) In Kern County, the commission, which consists of...

Section 56329. - 56329. If there is no city in the county, the...

Section 56331. - 56331. When appointing a public member pursuant to Sections 56325,...

Section 56331.3. - 56331.3. If two or more members are absent or disqualify...

Section 56331.4. - 56331.4. While serving on the commission, all commission members shall...

Section 56332. - 56332. (a) The independent special district selection committee shall consist...

Section 56332.5. - 56332.5. (a) If the commission does not have representation from...

Section 56333. - 56333. When a commission is enlarged to seven members as...

Section 56334. - 56334. The term of office of each member shall be...

Section 56335. - 56335. In each county containing two or more cities, regular...

Section 56336. - 56336. Each commission may adopt regulations with respect to disqualification...

Section 56337. - 56337. A city, county, or district officer may serve as...

CHAPTER 3 - Powers

Section 56375. - 56375. The commission shall have all of the following powers...

Section 56375.1. - 56375.1. (a) A commission may initiate a proposal for the...

Section 56375.3. - 56375.3. (a) In addition to those powers enumerated in Section...

Section 56375.4. - 56375.4. The authority to initiate, conduct, and complete any proceeding...

Section 56375.5. - 56375.5. Every determination made by a commission regarding the matters...

Section 56377. - 56377. In reviewing and approving or disapproving proposals which could...

Section 56378. - 56378. (a) In addition to its other powers, the commission...

Section 56379. - 56379. Any person may, prior to any meeting, request the...

Section 56380. - 56380. The commission shall make its own provision for necessary...

Section 56381. - 56381. (a) The commission shall adopt annually, following noticed public...

Section 56381.6. - 56381.6. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 56381, for counties...

Section 56382. - 56382. The commission may authorize the destruction of any duplicate...

Section 56383. - 56383. (a) The commission may establish a schedule of fees...

Section 56384. - 56384. (a) The commission shall appoint an executive officer who...

Section 56385. - 56385. The commission may contract for retirement benefits for the...

Section 56386. - 56386. (a) The officers and employees of a city, county,...

CHAPTER 4 - Spheres of Influence

Section 56425. - 56425. (a) In order to carry out its purposes and...

Section 56425.5. - 56425.5. (a) A determination of a city’s sphere of influence,...

Section 56426. - 56426. The commission shall not approve or conditionally approve a...

Section 56426.5. - 56426.5. (a) Beginning January 1, 1990, at the time a...

Section 56426.6. - 56426.6. (a) The commission shall not approve a change to...

Section 56427. - 56427. The commission shall adopt, amend, or update spheres of...

Section 56428. - 56428. (a) Any person or local agency may file a...

Section 56429. - 56429. (a) Notwithstanding Sections 56425, 56427, and 56428, a petition...

Section 56430. - 56430. (a) In order to prepare and to update spheres...

PART 3 - COMMISSION PROCEEDINGS FOR A CHANGE OF ORGANIZATION OR REORGANIZATION

CHAPTER 1 - General

Section 56650. - 56650. Commission proceedings for a change of organization or a...

Section 56651. - 56651. Commission proceedings shall be deemed initiated on the date...

Section 56652. - 56652. Each application shall be in the form as the...

Section 56653. - 56653. (a) If an application for a change of organization...

Section 56653. - 56653. (a) If an application for a change of organization...

Section 56653.1. - 56653.1. In the case of a disincorporation or reorganization that...

Section 56654. - 56654. (a) An application for a change of organization or...

Section 56655. - 56655. If two or more proposals pending before the commission...

Section 56657. - 56657. Notwithstanding Section 56655, the commission shall not approve a...

Section 56658. - 56658. (a) Any petitioner or legislative body desiring to initiate...

Section 56660. - 56660. The executive officer shall give notice of any hearing...

Section 56661. - 56661. To the extent that the commission maintains an Internet...

Section 56662. - 56662. (a) If a proposal for an annexation, a detachment,...

Section 56663. - 56663. For a change of organization consisting of an annexation...

Section 56664. - 56664. Where the commission desires to provide for notice and...

Section 56665. - 56665. The executive officer shall review each application which is...

Section 56666. - 56666. (a) The hearing shall be held by the commission...

Section 56667. - 56667. If the report filed pursuant to Section 56665 indicates...

Section 56668. - 56668. Factors to be considered in the review of a...

Section 56668.3. - 56668.3. (a) If the proposed change of organization or reorganization...

Section 56668.5. - 56668.5. The commission may, but is not required to, consider...

CHAPTER 2 - Form, Filing, and Certification of Petition

Section 56700. - 56700. (a) A proposal for a change of organization or...

Section 56700.1. - 56700.1. Expenditures for political purposes related to a proposal for...

Section 56700.4. - 56700.4. (a) Before circulating any petition for change of organization,...

Section 56703. - 56703. A petition may consist of a single instrument or...

Section 56704. - 56704. (a) Each person signing a petition shall, at the...

Section 56705. - 56705. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), no...

Section 56706. - 56706. (a) Within 30 days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays,...

Section 56707. - 56707. If a petition is signed by registered voters, the...

Section 56708. - 56708. If a petition is signed by owners of land,...

Section 56709. - 56709. If the petition, including any supplemental petition, is certified...

Section 56710. - 56710. For purposes of evaluating the sufficiency of any petition...

Section 56711. - 56711. Any public or federal agency owning land within the...

CHAPTER 3 - Proceedings for Cities

ARTICLE 1 - Incorporation

Section 56720. - 56720. The commission shall not approve or conditionally approve any...

Section 56722. - 56722. If a petition is for incorporation of a new...

Section 56723. - 56723. If the petition is for incorporation, it may also...

Section 56724. - 56724. (a) If the commission approves a proposal that includes...

ARTICLE 2 - Special Reorganization

Section 56730. - 56730. Proceedings for a special reorganization shall be conducted in...

Section 56732. - 56732. If the commission approves a proposal for a special...

Section 56734. - 56734. (a) This section shall only apply to a special...

ARTICLE 3 - Annexation and Other Changes of Organization

Section 56737. - 56737. When a change of organization or a reorganization includes...

Section 56738. - 56738. If the proposal would result in the annexation to...

Section 56740. - 56740. (a) No tidelands or submerged lands, as defined in...

Section 56741. - 56741. Territory may not be annexed to a city unless...

Section 56742. - 56742. (a) Notwithstanding Section 56741, upon approval of the commission...

Section 56742.5. - 56742.5. (a) Notwithstanding Section 56741, upon approval of the commission...

Section 56743. - 56743. (a) Notwithstanding Section 56741, upon approval of the commission...

Section 56744. - 56744. Unless otherwise determined by the commission pursuant to subdivision...

Section 56748. - 56748. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Affected territory”...

Section 56749. - 56749. (a) The commission shall not approve or conditionally approve...

Section 56750. - 56750. Notwithstanding Sections 56300 and 56301, the commission shall not...

Section 56751. - 56751. (a) Upon receipt by the commission of a proposed...

Section 56752. - 56752. If the proposal would result in the annexation to...

Section 56753. - 56753. The executive officer shall give mailed notice of any...

Section 56753.5. - 56753.5. Within 10 days after receiving a proposal that would...

Section 56754. - 56754. If a change of organization or reorganization would result...

Section 56755. - 56755. Prior to submitting a resolution of application for the...

Section 56756. - 56756. The clerk of the legislative body adopting a resolution...

Section 56757. - 56757. (a) The commission shall not review an annexation or...

Section 56759. - 56759. In any order approving a proposal subject to an...

ARTICLE 4 - Initiation by Petition

Section 56764. - 56764. A petition for the incorporation of a city shall...

Section 56765. - 56765. A petition for the disincorporation of a city shall...

Section 56766. - 56766. A petition for the consolidation of two or more...

Section 56767. - 56767. A petition for annexation of territory to a city...

Section 56768. - 56768. A petition for detachment of territory from a city...

Section 56770. - 56770. The commission shall not approve or conditionally approve any...

CHAPTER 4 - Fiscal Provisions

ARTICLE 1 - Comprehensive Fiscal Analysis

Section 56800. - 56800. For any proposal that includes an incorporation, the executive...

Section 56801. - 56801. (a) For any proposal that includes an incorporation, the...

Section 56802. - 56802. (a) For any proposal for incorporation of the territory...

Section 56803. - 56803. If the commission approves a proposal which includes the...

Section 56804. - 56804. For any proposal that includes a disincorporation, the executive...

ARTICLE 2 - Property Tax Exchange

Section 56810. - 56810. (a) (1) If the proposal includes the incorporation of...

Section 56811. - 56811. (a) If a proposal includes the formation of a...

Section 56812. - 56812. (a) If a proposal includes the incorporation of a...

Section 56813. - 56813. (a) If the proposal includes the disincorporation of a...

Section 56814. - 56814. If the proposal includes the disincorporation of a city,...

ARTICLE 3 - Revenue Neutrality

Section 56815. - 56815. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that...

Section 56815.2. - 56815.2. By July 1, 2001, the Governor’s Office of Planning...

Section 56816. - 56816. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that...

CHAPTER 5 - Proceedings for Special Districts

ARTICLE 1 - Representation and Functions

Section 56821. - 56821. Either the commission or the legislative body of any...

Section 56821.1. - 56821.1. If the commission adopts a resolution pursuant to subdivision...

Section 56821.3. - 56821.3. If an independent special district adopts a resolution pursuant...

Section 56821.5. - 56821.5. A certified copy of any resolution which has been...

Section 56822. - 56822. Whenever the commission, or the independent special districts, as...

Section 56822.3. - 56822.3. If a hearing is called pursuant to subdivision (b)...

Section 56822.5. - 56822.5. The hearing referred to in Section 56822.3 shall be...

Section 56823. - 56823. If the commission orders a proposal referred to a...

Section 56824. - 56824. Where a special district advisory committee consists of voting...

Section 56824.1. - 56824.1. Not later than 35 days after the filing with...

Section 56824.3. - 56824.3. The executive officer shall give notice of the hearing...

Section 56824.5. - 56824.5. The hearing shall be held by the commission at...

Section 56824.7. - 56824.7. Any resolution approving the report and recommendation of a...

ARTICLE 1.5 - New or Different Services

Section 56824.10. - 56824.10. Commission proceedings for the exercise of new or different...

Section 56824.12. - 56824.12. (a) A proposal by a special district to provide...

Section 56824.14. - 56824.14. (a) The commission shall review and approve with or...

ARTICLE 2 - Reorganization

Section 56825. - 56825. The commission shall have the powers and duties set...

Section 56826. - 56826. A reorganization or a plan of reorganization shall provide...

Section 56826.5. - 56826.5. (a) A proposal for reorganization that includes the consolidation...

Section 56827. - 56827. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), upon the...

Section 56828. - 56828. Before any proposal for reorganization is referred to any...

Section 56829. - 56829. The executive officer shall give notice of that hearing...

Section 56830. - 56830. The executive officer shall also give mailed notice of...

Section 56831. - 56831. The hearing shall be held by the commission on...

Section 56832. - 56832. The commission may accept contributions from any source for...

Section 56833. - 56833. Any resolution adopted by the commission ordering a proposal...

Section 56834. - 56834. From time to time during the course of study...

Section 56835. - 56835. At least 15 days before the date of the...

Section 56836. - 56836. Any person, including, but not limited to, a member...

Section 56837. - 56837. (a) The legislative body of each affected district shall...

Section 56838. - 56838. The clerk of a subject district shall give immediate...

Section 56839. - 56839. At any time after the date fixed for the...

Section 56840. - 56840. If, during the course of study upon a proposed...

Section 56841. - 56841. Subject to any standards and procedures adopted by regulation...

Section 56842. - 56842. A quorum shall be deemed to be present at...

Section 56843. - 56843. If a reorganization committee does not complete and submit...

Section 56844. - 56844. If the commission orders the discharge of a reorganization...

Section 56845. - 56845. If the commission appoints additional members to the reorganization...

Section 56846. - 56846. Every officer of any affected county, affected city, or...

Section 56847. - 56847. Upon completion of the study of a reorganization committee,...

Section 56848. - 56848. Approval by a reorganization committee of the report and...

Section 56849. - 56849. The reorganization committee shall file the original of its...

Section 56853. - 56853. (a) If a majority of the members of each...

Section 56855. - 56855. (a) This section shall apply to any proposal which...

Section 56856. - 56856. (a) The commission shall not approve or conditionally approve...

Section 56856.5. - 56856.5. (a) The commission shall not approve or conditionally approve...

Section 56857. - 56857. (a) Upon receipt by the commission of a proposed...

ARTICLE 3 - Formation

Section 56859. - 56859. Proceedings for the formation of a district shall be...

Section 56860. - 56860. If a proposal for formation of a new district...

Section 56860.5. - 56860.5. If a petition is for consolidation of districts or...

Section 56861. - 56861. (a) Within 10 days after receiving a proposal to...

Section 56862. - 56862. (a) If a district files a resolution of intention...

Section 56863. - 56863. (a) Within 35 days following the conclusion of a...

ARTICLE 4 - Initiation by Petition

Section 56864. - 56864. Petitions for the annexation of territory to, or detachment...

Section 56864.1. - 56864.1. (a) A petition for reorganization shall be signed so...

Section 56864.3. - 56864.3. If a person is qualified to sign for two...

Section 56865. - 56865. Petitions for the consolidation of two or more districts...

Section 56866. - 56866. Petitions for a merger of a district which overlaps...

Section 56870. - 56870. Except as otherwise provided in Section 56871, petitions for...

Section 56871. - 56871. A petition for the dissolution of a registered voter...

ARTICLE 5 - Miscellaneous

Section 56875. - 56875. If any sufficient petition or resolution of application shall...

Section 56876. - 56876. In any order approving a proposal for an annexation...

Section 56877. - 56877. When a change of organization or a reorganization includes...

ARTICLE 6 - Inactive Special Districts

Section 56879. - 56879. (a) On or before November 1, 2018, and every...

Section 56879.5. - 56879.5. This article shall not apply to a special district...

CHAPTER 6 - Commission Decision

ARTICLE 1 - Determinations

Section 56880. - 56880. At any time not later than 35 days after...

Section 56881. - 56881. The resolution making determinations shall also do all of...

Section 56882. - 56882. The executive officer shall mail a copy of the...

Section 56883. - 56883. The executive officer may, before the completion of a...

Section 56884. - 56884. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), if...

ARTICLE 2 - Terms and Conditions

Section 56885. - 56885. The commission may, at any time, authorize any legislative...

Section 56885.5. - 56885.5. (a) In any commission order giving approval to any...

Section 56886. - 56886. Any change of organization or reorganization may provide for,...

Section 56886.1. - 56886.1. When applicable, the terms and conditions of any change...

Section 56886.3. - 56886.3. If the terms and conditions of any change of...

Section 56886.5. - 56886.5. (a) If a proposal includes the formation of a...

Section 56886.6. - 56886.6. The commission shall not impose a condition for the...

Section 56886.7. - 56886.7. (a) The commission shall not impose any condition on...

Section 56887. - 56887. Any change of organization or reorganization may be conditionally...

Section 56887.5. - 56887.5. If any change of organization or reorganization pertains to...

Section 56889. - 56889. If any commission order approving or conditionally approving a...

Section 56890. - 56890. Any of the terms and conditions authorized by Section...

ARTICLE 3 - Reconsideration

Section 56895. - 56895. (a) When a commission has adopted a resolution making...

ARTICLE 4 - Amendment

Section 56897. - 56897. If pursuant to Section 56895, the commission approves any...

Section 56898. - 56898. Whenever the executive officer is required by law to...

PART 4 - CONDUCTING AUTHORITY PROCEEDINGS FOR CHANGES OF ORGANIZATION OR REORGANIZATION

CHAPTER 1 - General

Section 57000. - 57000. (a) After adoption of a resolution making determinations by...

Section 57001. - 57001. If a certificate of completion for a change of...

Section 57002. - 57002. (a) Within 35 days following the adoption of the...

Section 57003. - 57003. Once notice is given by the executive officer of...

Section 57007. - 57007. Protest proceedings for a district formation shall be conducted...

Section 57008. - 57008. For any proposal initiated by the commission pursuant to...

Section 57009. - 57009. Expenditures for political purposes related to proceedings for a...

CHAPTER 2 - Notice of Hearing

Section 57025. - 57025. (a) The executive officer of the commission shall give...

Section 57026. - 57026. The notice required to be given by Section 57025...

CHAPTER 3 - Conduct of Hearing

Section 57050. - 57050. (a) The protest hearing on the proposal shall be...

Section 57051. - 57051. At any time prior to the conclusion of the...

Section 57052. - 57052. Upon conclusion of the protest hearing, the commission shall...

CHAPTER 4 - Resolution of Conducting Authority

Section 57075. - 57075. Where a change of organization or reorganization consists solely...

Section 57077. - 57077. If a change of organization consists of an incorporation,...

Section 57077.1. - 57077.1. (a) If a change of organization consists of a...

Section 57077.2. - 57077.2. (a) If the change of organization consists of a...

Section 57077.3. - 57077.3. (a) If a proposal consists of a reorganization not...

Section 57077.4. - 57077.4. (a) If a reorganization consists of the dissolution of...

Section 57077.5. - 57077.5. (a) In any resolution ordering a merger or establishment...

Section 57077.6. - 57077.6. Notwithstanding Section 57102, 57108, or 57111, both of the...

Section 57078. - 57078. In the case of any reorganization or change of...

Section 57078.5. - 57078.5. If the affected territory with respect to a proposed...

Section 57087.3. - 57087.3. The merger of a subsidiary district with a city,...

Section 57090. - 57090. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), if...

CHAPTER 4.5 - Protest Thresholds

Section 57091. - 57091. (a) For purposes of Section 57075, relating to annexations,...

Section 57092. - 57092. For purposes of Sections 57077.1, relating to dissolution, 57077.2,...

Section 57093. - 57093. For proposals not initiated by the commission and where...

Section 57094. - 57094. For purposes of Section 57077.6, relating to proposals initiated...

CHAPTER 5 - Resolution for Order Subject to Election

Section 57100. - 57100. Any commission resolution ordering a change of organization or...

Section 57101. - 57101. With respect to any proceeding that would result in...

Section 57102. - 57102. (a) In any resolution ordering a dissolution, the commission...

Section 57103. - 57103. Any order in any resolution adopted by the commission...

Section 57104. - 57104. Any order of merger may be adopted for a...

Section 57105. - 57105. An order establishing a district as a subsidiary district...

Section 57106. - 57106. For the purposes of Sections 57104 and 57105, the...

Section 57108. - 57108. At any time prior to the conclusion of the...

Section 57109. - 57109. At any time prior to the completion of the...

Section 57110. - 57110. In any resolution approving, subject to the confirmation of...

Section 57111. - 57111. In any reorganization proceeding where the component changes of...

Section 57112. - 57112. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), if...

Section 57115. - 57115. Any resolution of the commission forwarding a change of...

Section 57116. - 57116. In addition to any other requirements, any resolution of...

Section 57117. - 57117. In addition to any other requirements, any resolution of...

Section 57118. - 57118. In any resolution ordering a change of organization or...

Section 57119. - 57119. Notwithstanding Section 57118, any resolution ordering a special reorganization...

Section 57120. - 57120. In addition to any other requirements, any resolution of...

CHAPTER 6 - Elections

Section 57125. - 57125. (a) Special elections called within all or any part...

Section 57126. - 57126. (a) Special elections called within all or any part...

Section 57127. - 57127. If the board of supervisors calls any special election...

Section 57127.5. - 57127.5. If special elections are called upon the same question...

Section 57128. - 57128. Where any special election or elections are called upon...

Section 57129. - 57129. Where any records of a city or a district...

Section 57130. - 57130. The elections official shall cause notice of each change...

Section 57131. - 57131. The notice of election required to be given by...

Section 57132. - 57132. The election on the question of the change of...

Section 57132.5. - 57132.5. Notwithstanding Section 57132, the election on the question of...

Section 57133. - 57133. The question or questions to be submitted at any...

Section 57134. - 57134. If the change of organization or reorganization has been...

Section 57135. - 57135. (a) If any of the terms and conditions have...

Section 57136. - 57136. This section shall apply only to changes of organization...

Section 57137. - 57137. On the ballot opposite each question and to its...

Section 57138. - 57138. If the commission orders both a merger and the...

Section 57139. - 57139. If a special election or elections is called upon...

Section 57140. - 57140. Where a special election is called upon the question...

Section 57141. - 57141. Where a special election or elections are called upon...

Section 57142. - 57142. Where a special election is called upon the question...

Section 57143. - 57143. In any special election or elections called upon the...

Section 57144. - 57144. Within five days after a special election is called...

Section 57145. - 57145. (a) The legislative body of any affected agency, or...

Section 57146. - 57146. (a) On the basis of the time reasonably necessary...

Section 57147. - 57147. Section 9167 of the Elections Code applies to the...

Section 57148. - 57148. (a) The elections official shall cause a ballot pamphlet...

Section 57149. - 57149. The canvass of ballots cast at any election held...

Section 57150. - 57150. All proper expenses incurred in conducting elections for a...

CHAPTER 7 - Confirmation of Election Results

Section 57176. - 57176. The commission shall execute, within 30 days of the...

Section 57176.1. - 57176.1. Notwithstanding Section 57176, the commission shall execute, within 30...

Section 57177. - 57177. The commission shall execute a certificate of completion confirming...

Section 57177.5. - 57177.5. In the case of elections on an order of...

Section 57178. - 57178. In addition to any other requirements, the certificate of...

Section 57179. - 57179. The commission shall execute a certificate of termination of...

CHAPTER 8 - Completion and Effective Date of Change of Organization or Reorganization

Section 57200. - 57200. (a) The executive officer shall prepare and execute a...

Section 57201. - 57201. The certificate of completion prepared and executed by the...

Section 57202. - 57202. (a) If an effective date is fixed in the...

Section 57203. - 57203. The executive officer shall record, no later than 90...

Section 57204. - 57204. (a) The executive officer shall file the statement of...

PART 5 - TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND EFFECT OF A CHANGE OF ORGANIZATION OR REORGANIZATION

CHAPTER 1 - General

Section 57300. - 57300. Any proceeding completed pursuant to this division shall not...

Section 57301. - 57301. If at any time between each decennial federal census,...

Section 57302. - 57302. The general provisions of this part shall apply only...

Section 57303. - 57303. If no determination is made pursuant to subdivision (d)...

CHAPTER 2 - Effect of Annexation

Section 57325. - 57325. On and after the effective date of an annexation,...

Section 57326. - 57326. As an alternative to any procedure prescribed by law...

Section 57327. - 57327. No payment for the use, or right of use,...

Section 57328. - 57328. Any territory annexed to a city or district shall...

Section 57329. - 57329. (a) If unincorporated territory was, or is hereafter, annexed...

Section 57330. - 57330. Any territory annexed to a city or district shall...

Section 57330.5. - 57330.5. (a) If a city annexes land that is subject...

CHAPTER 3 - Effect of Detachment

Section 57350. - 57350. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, on and...

Section 57351. - 57351. Unless otherwise provided in the terms and conditions of...

Section 57352. - 57352. At any time, the detached territory may tender to...

Section 57353. - 57353. No inhabitant, property owner, taxpayer, consumer, or user within...

Section 57354. - 57354. Any territory detached from a city or district shall...

CHAPTER 4 - Effect of Incorporation

Section 57375. - 57375. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, on and...

Section 57376. - 57376. (a) If the newly incorporated city comprises territory formerly...

Section 57377. - 57377. Officers, except members of the city council, shall hold...

Section 57378. - 57378. If the voters in the incorporation election determine that...

Section 57379. - 57379. If the first general municipal election following an incorporation...

Section 57380. - 57380. Courts shall take judicial notice of the organization and...

Section 57381. - 57381. Immediately upon qualification of the elected officers, all persons...

Section 57382. - 57382. All officers, boards, and persons holding any property in...

Section 57384. - 57384. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), whenever a...

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