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Gov. Code, § 56864.1 · Article 4. Initiation by Petition

Gov. Code, § 56864.1

Verbatim from the official edition

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

(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 district, the petition shall comply with the signature requirements, if any, of a petition for formation of the district, as set forth in the principal act designated in the petition for formation, and if there are no such requirements, then the requirements of this part pertaining to dissolution.

(c) If a proposal for reorganization includes incorporation, the petition shall comply with the signature requirements for incorporation.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 761, Sec. 209. Effective January 1, 2001.

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=56864.1.
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