Gov. Code, § 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 city being disincorporated shall be the responsibility of that same territory for repayment. To ascertain this information, the city shall provide a written statement that determines and certifies all of the following to the commission prior to the issuance of a certificate of filing for a disincorporation proposal, pursuant to Sections 56651 and 56658:

(1) The indebtedness of the city.

(2) The amount of money in the city’s treasury.

(3) The amount of any tax levy, assessment, or other obligation due to the city that is unpaid or has not been collected.

(4) The amount of current and future liabilities, both internal debt owed to other special or restricted funds or enterprise funds within the agency and external debt owed to other public agencies or outside lenders or that results from contractual obligations, which may include contracts for goods or services, retirement obligations, actuarially determined unfunded pension liability of all classes in a public retirement system, including any documentation related to the termination of public retirement contract provisions, and the liability for other postemployment benefits. The information required by this paragraph shall include any associated revenue stream for financing that may be or has been committed to that liability, including employee contributions.

(b) The city shall provide a written statement identifying the successor agency to the city’s former redevelopment agency, if any, pursuant to Section 34173 of the Health and Safety Code.