Gov. Code, § 56654 · Chapter 1. General
Gov. Code, § 56654
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(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 in subdivision (b).
(b) Notwithstanding Section 56700, an application for a change of organization that involves the exercise of new or different functions or classes of services, or the divestiture of the power to provide particular functions or classes of services, within all or part of the jurisdictional boundaries of a special district, shall only be initiated by the legislative body of that special district in accordance with Sections 56824.10, 56824.12, and 56824.14.
(c) At least 21 days before the adoption of the resolution, the legislative body may give mailed notice of its intention to adopt a resolution of application to the commission and to each interested agency and each subject agency. The notice shall generally describe the application and the affected territory.
(d) Except for the provisions regarding signers and signatures, a resolution of application shall contain all of the matters specified for a petition in Section 56700 and shall be submitted with a plan for services prepared pursuant to Section 56653.
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History
Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 37, Sec. 6. (AB 2957) Effective January 1, 2023.
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Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Government Code
- Gov. Code, § 56653Printed as Section 56653
- Gov. Code, § 56700Printed as Section 56700
- Gov. Code, § 56824.10Printed as Sections 56824.10, 56824.12, and 56824.14
- Gov. Code, § 56824.12Printed as Sections 56824.10, 56824.12, and 56824.14
- Gov. Code, § 56824.14Printed as Sections 56824.10, 56824.12, and 56824.14
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Government Code
- Gov. Code, § 56073.1Printed as Section 56654
- Gov. Code, § 56157Printed as Section 56654
- Gov. Code, § 56658Printed as Section 56654
- Gov. Code, § 56708Printed as Section 56654
- Gov. Code, § 56710Printed as Section 56654
- Gov. Code, § 56824.10Printed as Section 56654
- Gov. Code, § 56824.12Printed as Section 56654
- Gov. Code, § 60353Printed as Sections 56383 and 56654
- Gov. Code, § 61250Printed as Section 56654
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