Gov. Code, § 56031 · Chapter 2. Definitions

Gov. Code, § 56031

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)

(a) “Contiguous” means territory that abuts or shares a common boundary with territory within a local agency.

(b) Territory is not contiguous if the only contiguity is based upon a strip of land more than 300 feet long and less than 200 feet wide at its narrowest width, that width to be exclusive of highways.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 353, Sec. 1. (AB 1725) Effective January 1, 2018.

Source of truth

Edition: As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Official file: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=GOV&sectionNum=56031.
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