California

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• § 56327 — In Santa Clara County, the commission shall consist of five members, appointed as follows: (a) Two appointed by the board of supervisors from their own membership.
• § 56327.3 — In Santa Clara County, the commission shall be enlarged by two members if, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 56821), the commission orders representation of special dist
• § 56328 — (a) In San Diego County, the commission, which consists of seven members, augmented pursuant to Section 56332, shall be additionally augmented by the appointment of an eighth member and that member sh
• § 56328.5 — (a) In Kern County, the commission, which consists of seven members, augmented pursuant to Section 56332, shall be additionally augmented by the appointment of an eighth member and a ninth member.
• § 56329 — If there is no city in the county, the commission shall consist of five members, appointed as follows which may be further augmented pursuant to Sections 56332 and 56332.
• § 56331 — When appointing a public member pursuant to Sections 56325, 56326, 56326.
• § 56331.3 — If two or more members are absent or disqualify themselves from participating in a meeting of the commission, any alternate member who is authorized to serve and vote in the place of a member shall on
• § 56331.4 — While serving on the commission, all commission members shall exercise their independent judgment on behalf of the interests of residents, property owners, and the public as a whole in furthering the
• § 56332 — (a) The independent special district selection committee shall consist of the presiding officer of the legislative body of each independent special district.
• § 56332.5 — (a) If the commission does not have representation from independent special districts on or before January 1, 2001, the commission shall initiate proceedings for representation of independent special
• § 56333 — When a commission is enlarged to seven members as provided in Section 56332, the public members appointed pursuant to Sections 56325 and 56329 shall thereafter be appointed by members of the commissio
• § 56334 — The term of office of each member shall be four years and until the appointment and qualification of his or her successor.
• § 56335 — In each county containing two or more cities, regular and alternate city members to the commission shall be appointed by the city selection committee organized in the county pursuant to and in the man
• § 56336 — Each commission may adopt regulations with respect to disqualification of members or alternates from participating in the review of a proposal.
• § 56337 — A city, county, or district officer may serve as a member of the commission while holding office as a city, county, or district officer.
• § 56375 — The commission shall have all of the following powers and duties subject to any limitations upon its jurisdiction set forth in this part: (a) (1) To review and approve with or without amendment, wholl
• § 56375.1 — (a) A commission may initiate a proposal for the dissolution of a district that is eligible for the protest threshold under Section 57093 if both of the following conditions are satisfied: (1) At a pu
• § 56375.3 — (a) In addition to those powers enumerated in Section 56375, a commission shall approve, after notice and hearing, the change of organization or reorganization of a city, and waive protest proceedings
• § 56375.4 — The authority to initiate, conduct, and complete any proceeding pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 56375.
• § 56375.5 — Every determination made by a commission regarding the matters provided for by subdivisions (a), (m), and (n) of Section 56375 and by subdivision (a) of Section 56375.
• § 56377 — In reviewing and approving or disapproving proposals which could reasonably be expected to induce, facilitate, or lead to the conversion of existing open-space lands to uses other than open-space uses
• § 56378 — (a) In addition to its other powers, the commission shall initiate and make studies of existing governmental agencies.
• § 56379 — Any person may, prior to any meeting, request the commission to cause a stenographic or electromagnetic record to be made of a meeting.
• § 56380 — The commission shall make its own provision for necessary quarters, equipment, and supplies as well as personnel.
• § 56381 — (a) The commission shall adopt annually, following noticed public hearings, a proposed budget by May 1 and final budget by June 15.
• § 56381.6 — (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 56381, for counties whose membership on the commission is established pursuant to Sections 56326, 56326.
• § 56382 — The commission may authorize the destruction of any duplicate record, paper, or other document if the original or a photographic or electronic copy of the record, paper, or other document is retained
• § 56383 — (a) The commission may establish a schedule of fees and a schedule of service charges pursuant to this division, including, but not limited to, all of the following: (1) Filing and processing applicat
• § 56383.5 — (a) The commission may require, as a condition for processing a change of organization or reorganization, a sphere amendment or a sphere update, or any other action or determination requested from the
• § 56384 — (a) The commission shall appoint an executive officer who shall conduct and perform the day-to-day business of the commission.
• § 56385 — The commission may contract for retirement benefits for the executive officer or staff personnel pursuant to the County Employees Retirement Law of 1937, Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 31450) of P
• § 56386 — (a) The officers and employees of a city, county, or special district, including any local agency, school district, community college district, and any regional agency, or state agency or department,
• § 56425 — (a) In order to carry out its purposes and responsibilities for planning and shaping the logical and orderly development and coordination of local governmental agencies subject to the jurisdiction of
• § 56425.5 — (a) A determination of a city’s sphere of influence, in any case where that sphere of influence includes any portion of the redevelopment project area referenced in subdivision (e) of Section 33492.
• § 56426 — The commission shall not approve or conditionally approve a change to the sphere of influence of a local government agency of territory that is subject to a farmland security zone contract pursuant to
• § 56426.5 — (a) Beginning January 1, 1990, at the time a commission approves a proposal for an incorporation or a reorganization which includes an incorporation, the commission may determine the sphere of influen
• § 56426.6 — (a) The commission shall not approve a change to the sphere of influence of a local government agency of territory that is subject to a contract entered into pursuant to the California Land Conservati
• § 56427 — The commission shall adopt, amend, or update spheres of influence after a public hearing called and held for that purpose.
• § 56428 — (a) Any person or local agency may file a written request with the executive officer requesting amendments to a sphere of influence or urban service area adopted by the commission.
• § 56429 — (a) Notwithstanding Sections 56425, 56427, and 56428, a petition for removal of territory from a sphere of influence determination may be brought pursuant to this section by landowners within the rede
• § 56430 — (a) In order to prepare and to update spheres of influence in accordance with Section 56425, the commission shall conduct a service review of the municipal services provided in the county or other app
• § 5650 — As used in this chapter, “public securities” means any issue of bonds, notes, warrants or other evidences of indebtedness and the interest coupons, if any, attached thereto, issued or proposed to be i
• § 5651 — As used in this chapter, “public body” means any county, city and county, city, municipal corporation, political subdivision, public district, public corporation or public authority, or any agency the
• § 5652 — No public body shall enter into any contract which provides that such public body shall be furnished any report relating to the financial feasibility of any public project or of the issuance or sale o
• § 56650 — Commission proceedings for a change of organization or a reorganization may be initiated by petition or by resolution of application in accordance with this chapter.
• § 56651 — Commission proceedings shall be deemed initiated on the date a petition or resolution of application is accepted for filing and a certificate of filing is issued by the executive officer of the commis
• § 56652 — Each application shall be in the form as the commission may prescribe and shall contain all of the following information: (a) A petition or resolution of application initiating the proposal.
• § 56653 — (a) If an application for a change of organization or reorganization is submitted pursuant to this part, the applicant shall submit a plan for providing services within the affected territory.
• § 56653.1 — In the case of a disincorporation or reorganization that includes a disincorporation, the plan for services required by subdivision (a) of Section 56653 shall include the following: (a) An enumeration
• § 56654 — (a) An application for a change of organization or a reorganization may be made by the adoption of a resolution of application by the legislative body of an affected local agency, except as provided i
• § 56655 — If two or more proposals pending before the commission conflict or in any way are inconsistent with each other, as determined by the commission, the commission may determine the relative priority for
• § 56657 — Notwithstanding Section 56655, the commission shall not approve a proposal for incorporation, consolidation of districts, dissolution, merger, or establishment of a subsidiary district, or a reorganiz
• § 56658 — (a) Any petitioner or legislative body desiring to initiate proceedings shall submit an application to the executive officer of the principal county.
• § 56660 — The executive officer shall give notice of any hearing by the commission by publication, as provided in Sections 56153 and 56154, and by posting, as provided in Sections 56158 and 56159.
• § 56661 — To the extent that the commission maintains an Internet Web site, notice of all public hearings shall be made available in electronic format on that site.
• § 56662 — (a) If a proposal for an annexation, a detachment, or a reorganization consisting solely of annexations or detachments, or both, or formation of a county service area meets all of the following criter
• § 56663 — For a change of organization consisting of an annexation or a detachment, or a reorganization consisting solely of annexations or detachments, or both, or the formation of a county service area that w
• § 56664 — Where the commission desires to provide for notice and hearing prior to making a determination on a matter which the commission is authorized, but not required, to determine without notice and hearing
• § 56665 — The executive officer shall review each application which is filed with the executive officer and shall prepare a report, including his or her recommendations, on the application.
• § 56666 — (a) The hearing shall be held by the commission upon the date and at the time and place specified.
• § 56667 — If the report filed pursuant to Section 56665 indicates that more than 50 percent of the land proposed for incorporation is owned by or dedicated to the use of a city or county and that the proposed i
• § 56668 — Factors to be considered in the review of a proposal shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following: (a) Population and population density; land area and land use; assessed valuation; topo
• § 56668.3 — (a) If the proposed change of organization or reorganization includes a city detachment or district annexation, except a special reorganization, and the proceeding has not been terminated based upon r
• § 56668.5 — The commission may, but is not required to, consider the regional growth goals and policies established by a collaboration of elected officials only, formally representing their local jurisdictions in
• § 56700 — (a) A proposal for a change of organization or a reorganization may be made by petition.
• § 56700.1 — Expenditures for political purposes related to a proposal for a change of organization or reorganization that will be submitted to a commission pursuant to this part, and contributions in support of o
• § 56700.4 — (a) Before circulating any petition for change of organization, the proponent shall file with the executive officer a notice of intention that shall include the name and mailing address of the propone
• § 56703 — A petition may consist of a single instrument or separate counterparts.
• § 56704 — (a) Each person signing a petition shall, at the time he or she signs the petition, affix after his or her signature the date upon which he or she signs the petition.
• § 56705 — (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), no petition shall be accepted for filing unless the signatures on the petition are secured within six months of the date on which the first signatu
• § 56706 — (a) Within 30 days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, after the date of receiving a petition, the executive officer shall cause the petition to be examined by, in the case of a registered vo
• § 56707 — If a petition is signed by registered voters, the executive officer shall cause the names of the signers on the petition to be compared with the voters’ register in the office of the county clerk or r
• § 56708 — If a petition is signed by owners of land, the executive officer shall cause the names of the signers on the petition to be compared with the names of the persons shown as owners of land on the most r
• § 56709 — If the petition, including any supplemental petition, is certified to be insufficient, it shall be filed with the executive officer as a public record, without prejudice to the filing of a new petitio
• § 56710 — For purposes of evaluating the sufficiency of any petition signed by owners of land: (a) The assessed value to be given land exempt from taxation or owned by a public agency shall be determined by the
• § 56711 — Any public or federal agency owning land within the territory which is the subject of the proposed change of organization or reorganization shall be deemed a landowner for the purpose of the signing a
• § 56720 — The commission shall not approve or conditionally approve any proposal that includes an incorporation, unless the commission finds, based on the entire record, that: (a) The proposed incorporation is
• § 56722 — If a petition is for incorporation of a new city, or consolidation of cities, the petition may propose a name for the new or consolidated city.
• § 56723 — If the petition is for incorporation, it may also include provisions for appointment of a city manager and appointment of elective city officials, except city council members.
• § 56724 — (a) If the commission approves a proposal that includes the incorporation of a city, the resolution making determinations shall, upon the incorporation applicant’s request, specify that the first elec
• § 56730 — Proceedings for a special reorganization shall be conducted in accordance with the procedures otherwise prescribed for incorporation of a city, including, but not limited to, the provisions specified
• § 56732 — If the commission approves a proposal for a special reorganization that includes the incorporation of a city with a population of more than 1,000,000, the commission shall do both of the following: (a
• § 56734 — (a) This section shall only apply to a special reorganization.
• § 56737 — When a change of organization or a reorganization includes the annexation of inhabited territory to a city and the assessed value of land within the territory equals one-half or more of the assessed v
• § 56738 — If the proposal would result in the annexation to a city of land that is subject to a contract executed pursuant to the Williamson Act (Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 51200) of Division 1), then t
• § 56740 — (a) No tidelands or submerged lands, as defined in subdivision (g), which are owned by the state or by its grantees in trust shall be incorporated into, or annexed to, a city, except lands which may b
• § 56741 — Territory may not be annexed to a city unless it is located in the same county.
• § 56742 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 56741, upon approval of the commission a city may annex noncontiguous territory not exceeding 300 acres if the territory meets all of the following requirements: (1) It is
• § 56742.5 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 56741, upon approval of the commission any city may annex noncontiguous territory which constitutes a state correctional facility or a state correctional training facility.
• § 56743 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 56741, upon approval of the commission a city may annex noncontiguous territory not exceeding 3,100 acres in area, which is located in the same county as that in which the
• § 56744 — Unless otherwise determined by the commission pursuant to subdivision (m) of Section 56375, territory shall not be incorporated into, or annexed to, a city pursuant to this division if, as a result of
• § 56748 — (a) As used in this section: (1) “Affected territory” means the main campus of the University of California, Merced and a road strip proposed for annexation to the City of Merced.
• § 56749 — (a) The commission shall not approve or conditionally approve a change of organization or reorganization that would result in the annexation to a city of territory that is within a farmland security z
• § 56750 — Notwithstanding Sections 56300 and 56301, the commission shall not disapprove a change of organization or reorganization where the reason for disapproval is that the farmland security zone is excluded
• § 56751 — (a) Upon receipt by the commission of a proposed change of organization or reorganization, except a special reorganization, that includes the detachment of territory from any city, the executive offic
• § 56752 — If the proposal would result in the annexation to a city of land that is subject to a contract executed pursuant to the Williamson Act (Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 51200) of Division 1), then t
• § 56753 — The executive officer shall give mailed notice of any hearing by the commission, as provided in Sections 56155 to 56157, inclusive, by mailing notice of the hearing to the Director of Conservation if
• § 56753.5 — Within 10 days after receiving a proposal that would result in the annexation to a city of land that is subject to a contract executed pursuant to the Williamson Act (Chapter 7 (commencing with Sectio
• § 56754 — If a change of organization or reorganization would result in the annexation to a city of land that is subject to a contract executed pursuant to the Williamson Act (Chapter 7 (commencing with Section
• § 56755 — Prior to submitting a resolution of application for the annexation of territory described in Section 56375.
• § 56756 — The clerk of the legislative body adopting a resolution of application shall file a certified copy of that resolution with the executive officer.
• § 56757 — (a) The commission shall not review an annexation or a reorganization proposal that includes an annexation to any city in Santa Clara County of unincorporated territory that is within the urban servic
• § 56759 — In any order approving a proposal subject to an election for an annexation or a reorganization that includes annexation of inhabited territory to a city when the assessed value of land within that ter
• § 56764 — A petition for the incorporation of a city shall be signed by either of the following: (a) Not less than 25 percent of the registered voters residing in the area to be incorporated, as determined by t
• § 56765 — A petition for the disincorporation of a city shall be signed by not less than 25 percent of the registered voters residing in the city proposed to be disincorporated as shown on the county register o
• § 56766 — A petition for the consolidation of two or more cities shall be signed by not less than 5 percent of the registered voters of each affected city as shown on the county register of voters.
• § 56767 — A petition for annexation of territory to a city shall be signed by either of the following: (a) Not less than 5 percent of the number of registered voters residing within the territory proposed to be
• § 56768 — A petition for detachment of territory from a city shall be signed by either of the following: (a) Not less than 25 percent of the registered voters residing within the territory proposed to be detach
• § 56770 — The commission shall not approve or conditionally approve any proposal that includes a disincorporation, unless, based on the entire record, the commission makes all of the following determinations: (
• § 56800 — For any proposal that includes an incorporation, the executive officer shall prepare, or cause to be prepared by contract, a comprehensive fiscal analysis.
• § 56801 — (a) For any proposal that includes an incorporation, the executive officer shall, at the request of an interested party, which request is submitted pursuant to subdivision (b), and prior to issuing hi
• § 56802 — (a) For any proposal for incorporation of the territory within the Mountain House Community Services District, San Joaquin County shall provide the required funds to those petitioners filing the incor
• § 56803 — If the commission approves a proposal which includes the incorporation of a city, the resolution making determinations shall accept or reject each of the findings and recommendations made in the execu
• § 56804 — For any proposal that includes a disincorporation, the executive officer shall prepare, or cause to be prepared by contract, a comprehensive fiscal analysis.
• § 56810 — (a) (1) If the proposal includes the incorporation of a city, as defined in Section 56043, the commission shall determine the amount of property tax revenue to be exchanged by the affected local agenc
• § 56811 — (a) If a proposal includes the formation of a new special district, the commission shall determine the appropriations limit of the district in accordance with Section 7902.
• § 56812 — (a) If a proposal includes the incorporation of a city, the commission shall determine the provisional appropriations limit of the city in accordance with Section 7902.
• § 56813 — (a) If the proposal includes the disincorporation of a city, as defined in Section 56034, the commission shall determine the amount of property tax revenue to be exchanged by the affected city and any
• § 56814 — If the proposal includes the disincorporation of a city, as defined in Section 56034, with the assignment of property tax revenues to a successor the commission shall make the following determinations
• § 56815 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that any proposal that includes an incorporation should result in a similar exchange of both revenue and responsibility for service delivery among the county, t
• § 56815.2 — By July 1, 2001, the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research, in consultation with the Controller, shall convene a task force composed of representatives of cities, counties, special districts, and
• § 56816 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that any proposal that includes the disincorporation of a city result in a determination that the debt or contractual obligations and responsibilities of the ci
• § 56821 — Either the commission or the legislative body of any independent special district within a county may adopt a resolution initiating proceedings as follows: (a) It may propose representation of special
• § 56821.1 — If the commission adopts a resolution pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 56821, the executive officer shall immediately call a meeting of the independent special district selection committee refer
• § 56821.3 — If an independent special district adopts a resolution pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 56821, it shall immediately forward a copy of the resolution to the executive officer.
• § 56821.5 — A certified copy of any resolution which has been adopted by an independent special district pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 56821 shall be filed with the executive officer.
• § 56822 — Whenever the commission, or the independent special districts, as the case may be, have complied with the applicable provisions of Sections 56821, 56821.
• § 56822.3 — If a hearing is called pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 56822, the executive officer shall give notice of the hearing by publication, as provided in Sections 56153 and 56154, by posting, as prov
• § 56822.5 — The hearing referred to in Section 56822.
• § 56823 — If the commission orders a proposal referred to a special district advisory committee for study, report, and recommendation, the appointment of, and proceedings by, the advisory committee shall be mad
• § 56824 — Where a special district advisory committee consists of voting members representing more than five independent special districts, the advisory committee may appoint an executive committee to undertake
• § 56824.1 — Not later than 35 days after the filing with the executive officer of the report and recommendation of a special district advisory committee, the commission shall take one of the following actions: (a
• § 56824.10 — Commission proceedings for the exercise of new or different functions or classes of services or divestiture of the power to provide particular functions or classes of services, within all or part of t
• § 56824.12 — (a) A proposal by a special district to provide a new or different function or class of services or divestiture of the power to provide particular functions or classes of services, within all or part
• § 56824.14 — (a) The commission shall review and approve with or without amendments, wholly, partially, or conditionally, or disapprove proposals for the establishment of new or different functions or class of ser
• § 56824.3 — The executive officer shall give notice of the hearing by publication, as provided in Sections 56153 and 56154, by posting, as provided in Sections 56158 and 56159, and by mailing to the clerk of the
• § 56824.5 — The hearing shall be held by the commission at the time and place specified or to which the hearing may be continued.
• § 56824.7 — Any resolution approving the report and recommendation of a special district advisory committee, either as filed or as changed by the commission, shall order both of the following: (a) The repeal of r
• § 56825 — The commission shall have the powers and duties set forth in Part 2 (commencing with Section 56300) and the additional powers and duties specified in this chapter.
• § 56826 — A reorganization or a plan of reorganization shall provide for one or more changes of organization of any type for each of the subject districts and may provide for the formation of one or more new di
• § 56826.5 — (a) A proposal for reorganization that includes the consolidation of two or more special districts not formed pursuant to the same principal act shall only be approved by the commission if both the fo
• § 56827 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), upon the presentation of any petition or applications making a proposal for a reorganization, the commission may take proceedings pursuant to Part 3 (commenc
• § 56828 — Before any proposal for reorganization is referred to any reorganization committee, the commission may provide for a public hearing on the question of whether the proposal should be disapproved or ref
• § 56829 — The executive officer shall give notice of that hearing by publication, as provided in Sections 56153 and 56154, and by posting, as provided in Sections 56158 and 56159.
• § 56830 — The executive officer shall also give mailed notice of any hearing, as provided in Sections 56155 to 56157, inclusive, by mailing notice of hearing to all of the following persons and entities: (a) Ea
• § 56831 — The hearing shall be held by the commission on the date and at the time and place specified in the notice.
• § 56832 — The commission may accept contributions from any source for the purpose of paying the expenses of a reorganization committee in the conduct of its study, report, and recommendation.
• § 56833 — Any resolution adopted by the commission ordering a proposal of reorganization referred to a reorganization committee shall do all of the following: (a) Describe the proposed reorganization and design
• § 56834 — From time to time during the course of study upon a proposed plan of reorganization, the commission may do any of the following: (a) Extend the time for completion and submission of the report and rec
• § 56835 — At least 15 days before the date of the first meeting of a reorganization committee, the executive officer shall mail a copy of the resolution adopted by the commission to each subject district design
• § 56836 — Any person, including, but not limited to, a member of the legislative body of a subject district and an officer or employee of the district, may be appointed as a member to represent the district upo
• § 56837 — (a) The legislative body of each affected district shall appoint one or more members, not to exceed the maximum number specified by the commission, to represent the district on the reorganization comm
• § 56838 — The clerk of a subject district shall give immediate notice to the executive officer of all appointments and removals made by the legislative body to a reorganization committee.
• § 56839 — At any time after the date fixed for the first meeting of a reorganization committee or during the course of the study by the committee, if the legislative body of any subject district, after written
• § 56840 — If, during the course of study upon a proposed plan of reorganization, the commission authorizes a change in the scope of the study, the membership of the reorganization committee shall be immediately
• § 56841 — Subject to any standards and procedures adopted by regulation by the commission, a reorganization committee shall provide for the selection of a presiding officer and secretary either of whom may but
• § 56842 — A quorum shall be deemed to be present at a meeting of a reorganization committee if members representing one-half or more of the subject districts are present.
• § 56843 — If a reorganization committee does not complete and submit its report and recommendation before the date specified by the commission or, prior to that date, if members of the committee representing on
• § 56844 — If the commission orders the discharge of a reorganization committee, the commission may make a study, report, and recommendation upon a plan of reorganization in the place of the reorganization commi
• § 56845 — If the commission appoints additional members to the reorganization committee to represent the public and orders the reorganization committee, as so enlarged, to continue its study, the additional mem
• § 56846 — Every officer of any affected county, affected city, or affected district shall make available to a reorganization committee any records, reports, maps, data, or other documents which in any way affec
• § 56847 — Upon completion of the study of a reorganization committee, the committee shall prepare and submit to the commission a report and recommendation containing all of the following: (a) A brief summary of
• § 56848 — Approval by a reorganization committee of the report and recommendation shall require the affirmative vote of more than one-half of the subject districts represented on the reorganization committee.
• § 56849 — The reorganization committee shall file the original of its report and recommendation with the executive officer and a copy of the report and recommendation with the clerk of each subject district.
• § 56853 — (a) If a majority of the members of each of the legislative bodies of two or more local agencies adopt substantially similar resolutions of application making proposals either for the consolidation of
• § 56855 — (a) This section shall apply to any proposal which contains the annexation of territory to a fire protection district which is organized pursuant to the Fire Protection District Law of 1987, Part 3 (c
• § 56856 — (a) The commission shall not approve or conditionally approve a change of organization or reorganization that would result in the annexation to a special district of territory that is within a farmlan
• § 56856.5 — (a) The commission shall not approve or conditionally approve a change of organization or reorganization that would result in the annexation to a city or special district of territory that is subject
• § 56857 — (a) Upon receipt by the commission of a proposed change of organization or reorganization that includes the annexation of territory to any district, if the proposal is not filed by the district to whi
• § 56859 — Proceedings for the formation of a district shall be conducted as authorized in the principal act of the district proposed to be formed and Section 56100.
• § 56860 — If a proposal for formation of a new district is made by petition, the petition shall comply with the signature requirements and content of a petition for formation of the district as set forth in the
• § 56860.5 — If a petition is for consolidation of districts or formation of a new district, the petition may propose a name for the new or consolidated district.
• § 56861 — (a) Within 10 days after receiving a proposal to form a subsidiary district, the executive officer shall notify by certified mail the district or districts which are the subject of the proposal.
• § 56862 — (a) If a district files a resolution of intention to file an alternative proposal pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 56861, the executive officer shall take no further action on t
• § 56863 — (a) Within 35 days following the conclusion of a hearing on an original and an alternative proposal to form a subsidiary district, the commission shall adopt its resolution of determination, which sha
• § 56864 — Petitions for the annexation of territory to, or detachment of territory from, a district shall be signed as follows: (a) For a registered voter district, by any of the following: (1) Not less than 25
• § 56864.1 — (a) A petition for reorganization shall be signed so as to comply with the applicable signature requirements of this article with respect to each of the various changes proposed in the petition.
• § 56864.3 — If a person is qualified to sign for two or more of the changes of organization proposed by the petition, that person need sign the petition only once and his or her signature shall be counted as if t
• § 56865 — Petitions for the consolidation of two or more districts shall be signed as follows: (a) For registered voter districts, by not less than 5 percent of the registered voters within each of the several
• § 56866 — Petitions for a merger of a district which overlaps a city, or for the establishment of the district as a subsidiary district of the city, shall be signed as follows: (a) For a registered voter distri
• § 56870 — Except as otherwise provided in Section 56871, petitions for the dissolution of a district shall be signed as follows: (a) For registered voter districts, by either of the following: (1) Not less than
• § 56871 — A petition for the dissolution of a registered voter district, signed by three or more registered voters within the district or by three or more landowners within a landowner-voter district, shall be
• § 56875 — If any sufficient petition or resolution of application shall propose, as a part of the petition or resolution of application, that the district shall furnish gas or electric service, as provided in S
• § 56876 — In any order approving a proposal for an annexation to, or detachment from, a district, the commission may determine that any election called upon the question of confirming an order for the annexatio
• § 56877 — When a change of organization or a reorganization includes the annexation of inhabited territory to a district and the assessed value of land within the territory equals one-half or more of the assess
• § 56879 — (a) On or before November 1, 2018, and every year thereafter, the Controller shall create a list of special districts that are inactive, as defined in Section 56042, based upon the financial reports r
• § 56879.5 — This article shall not apply to a special district formed by special legislation that is required by its enabling statute to obtain funding within a specified period of time or be dissolved.
• § 56880 — At any time not later than 35 days after the conclusion of the hearing, the commission shall adopt a resolution making determinations approving or disapproving the proposal, with or without conditions
• § 56881 — The resolution making determinations shall also do all of the following: (a) Make any of the findings or determinations authorized or required pursuant to Section 56375.
• § 56882 — (a) The executive officer shall transmit a copy of the resolution adopted by the commission making determinations addressed to each of the following persons or entities: (1) The proponents, if any, wh
• § 56883 — The executive officer may, before the completion of a proceeding, on good cause being shown, correct clerical errors or mistakes made through inadvertence, surprise, or excusable neglect that may be c
• § 56884 — (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), if the commission wholly disapproves any proposal: (1) No further proceedings shall be taken on that proposal.
• § 56885 — The commission may, at any time, authorize any legislative body holding a hearing pursuant to this division, to continue the hearing to a date or dates extending beyond the dates specified in this div
• § 56885.5 — (a) In any commission order giving approval to any change of organization or reorganization, the commission may make that approval conditional upon any of the following factors: (1) Any of the conditi
• § 56886 — Any change of organization or reorganization may provide for, or be made subject to one or more of, the following terms and conditions.
• § 56886.1 — When applicable, the terms and conditions of any change of organization or reorganization shall provide public utilities, as defined in Section 216 of the Public Utilities Code, 90 days following the
• § 56886.3 — If the terms and conditions of any change of organization provide for the formation of a new improvement district, or the annexation or detachment of territory to, or from, an existing improvement dis
• § 56886.5 — (a) If a proposal includes the formation of a district or the incorporation of a city, the commission shall determine whether existing agencies can feasibly provide the needed service or services in a
• § 56886.6 — The commission shall not impose a condition for the provision of services by the annexing city to an area which has not been placed within that city’s adopted sphere of influence, as defined in Sectio
• § 56886.7 — (a) The commission shall not impose any condition on an annexing local agency with respect to the standards or frequency of maintenance of any existing street or road within the annexed territory.