Title GOV — California Gov. Code

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.

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 districts pursuant to the principal act or acts designated in the reorganization o…

(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 following conditions are met: (1) The commission is able to designate a successor …

(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 (commencing with Section 56650) without referring the proposal to a reorganization commi…

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 referred to a reorganization committee and set a time and place for that hearing.

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.

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) Each affected city and affected district. (b) The chief petitioners, if any. (c) E…

The hearing shall be held by the commission on the date and at the time and place specified in the notice. After the conclusion of the hearing, the commission shall adopt a resolution doing either of the following: (a) Disapproving the proposal of reorganization. (b) Ordering the…

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. Any affected county, affected city, or affected district may make contributions for that purpose. …

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 designate the subject districts (the description and designation may be by reference t…

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 recommendation of a reorganization committee. (b) Change the scope of the study by …

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 designated in the resolution.

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 upon a reorganization committee.

(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 committee. That legislative body may remove and replace any member previously appoin…

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.

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 request by the executive officer, does not appoint any members to the committee,…

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 changed to exclude representatives of each district or city for which a change …

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 are not required to be members of the committee, adopt the standards and procedu…

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. Each subject district shall be entitled to one vote at any reorganization committee meeting, which vote shall be determ…

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 one-half or more of the subject districts report to the commission that the commit…

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 committee.

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 members shall have all of the rights and powers of members representing a single su…

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 affect or pertain to the committee’s study, report, and recommendation and shall conf…

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 the nature and extent of the study of the committee. (b) A full and complete de…

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.

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. Upon filing that report and recommendation with the executive officer, the reorgan…

(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 districts or for the reorganization of all or any part of the districts into a …

(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 (commencing with Section 13800) of Division 12 of the Health and Safety Code, and …

(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 farmland security zone created pursuant to Article 7 (commencing with Section 51296) of…

(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 to a contract entered into pursuant to the California Land Conservation Act of 1…

(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 which annexation of territory is proposed, the executive officer shall place the pr…

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.

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 principal act under which the new district is proposed to be formed.

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.

(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. (b) Within 35 days after receiving the notice from the executive officer, the board o…

(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 the original proposal to form a subsidiary district for a period of 70 days. Duri…

(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 shall do one of the following: (1) Deny both the original proposal and the alternat…

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 percent of the registered voters within the affected territory. (2) Not less th…

(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. (b) If a proposal for reorganization includes a proposal for the formation of a new d…

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 that person had signed and requested each change of organization.

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 districts. (b) For landowner-voter districts, by landowner-voters within each of…

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 district, by either of the following: (1) Five percent of the registered voters of the…

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 10 percent of the registered voters within the district. (2) Not less than 10 p…

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 deemed to be a sufficient petition, if, in addition to the matters required by S…

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 Sections 56129 to 56131, inclusive, a certified copy of the report of the Public …

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 annexation or detachment shall be called, held, and conducted upon that question under ei…

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 assessed value of land within the district, or the number of registered voters residin…

(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 received by the Controller pursuant to Section 53891. The Controller shall publis…

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. That district shall not be subject to this article during that specified period of time.

This chapter may be cited as the Special Assessment and Bond Refunding Law of 1939.