California Government Code CHAPTER 3 - Introductory and General Provisions

  • Section 56100.
    (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 56036.5 and subdivision (b) of Section 56036.6, this division provides the sole and exclusive authority and procedure for the...
  • Section 56100.1.
    (a) Contributions and expenditures for political purposes related to a proposal or proceeding shall be disclosed and reported pursuant to Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 84250)...
  • Section 56102.
    For the purpose of any action to determine or contest the validity of any change of organization or reorganization, the change of organization or reorganization...
  • Section 56103.
    An action to determine the validity of any change of organization, reorganization, or sphere of influence determination completed pursuant to this division shall be brought...
  • Section 56103.5.
    Any action brought in the superior court relating to this division may be subject to a mediation proceeding conducted pursuant to Chapter 9.3 (commencing with...
  • Section 56104.
    If any provision of this division or the application of any provision of this division in any circumstance or to any person, city, county, district,...
  • Section 56105.
    Any protest or objection pertaining to the regularity or sufficiency of any proceedings or commission proceedings shall be in writing, clearly specify the defect, error,...
  • Section 56106.
    Any provisions in this division governing the time within which an official or the commission is to act shall in all instances, except for notice...
  • Section 56107.
    (a) This division shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purposes. No change of organization or reorganization ordered under this division and no resolution adopted by...
  • Section 56116.
    The Legislature declares that the doctrine of automatic merger of a district with a city or the merger by operation of law of a district...
  • Section 56117.
    A district may be either merged with, or established as, a subsidiary district of a city in the manner provided in this division.A mutual service...
  • Section 56118.
    Except for a proposal for the merger of a then existing subsidiary district, any proposal for a merger or establishment of a subsidiary district authorized...
  • Section 56119.
    It is not necessary for the principal act of any district to adopt or incorporate this division by reference and any change of organization or...
  • Section 56120.
    Where the principal act of any parent district provides that the boundaries of the parent district shall be automatically changed in the event of a...
  • Section 56121.
    No change of organization or reorganization, or any term or condition of a change of organization or reorganization, shall impair the rights of any bondholder...
  • Section 56122.
    Section 56886 and any term and condition provided by, or made pursuant to, that section shall be enforceable by, between, among, and against any public...
  • Section 56123.
    Except as otherwise provided in Section 56124, if a proposed change of organization or a reorganization applies to two or more affected counties, for the...
  • Section 56124.
    If a proposed change of organization or a reorganization applies to two or more affected counties, for purposes of this division, exclusive jurisdiction may be...
  • Section 56125.
    If any reorganization provides for the formation of any new district or districts, the district or districts shall be deemed to have been formed upon...
  • Section 56126.
    Upon request by the executive officer or the clerk of any county or district, the assessor of any city, county, or district shall furnish estimated...
  • Section 56127.
    If the legislative body of any of the districts, agencies, or authorities enumerated in subdivision (a) of Section 56036.6 desires a determination by the commission...
  • Section 56128.
    (a) Upon presentation of any application filed pursuant to Section 56127, the commission shall determine that the applicant district, agency, or authority is not a district...
  • Section 56129.
    (a) If a public utility has been granted a certificate of public convenience and necessity authorizing and requiring it to furnish gas or electric service within...
  • Section 56130.
    Voter approval within the territory, as required by Section 56129, shall be given at an election. The question submitted at the election shall identify the...
  • Section 56131.
    The executive officer shall file with the Public Utilities Commission a certified copy of any proposal for a change of organization or a reorganization which...
  • Section 56131.5.
    (a) Upon the filing of an application for the formation of, annexation to, detachment from, consolidation of, or dissolution of a local health care district created...
  • Section 56131.7.
    Upon the filing of an application for the formation of, consolidation of, or dissolution of a recreation and park district formed pursuant to the Recreation...
  • Section 56133.
    (a) A city or district may provide new or extended services by contract or agreement outside its jurisdictional boundary only if it first requests and receives...
  • Section 56133.5.
    (a) A pilot program is hereby established for the Napa and San Bernardino commissions. If consistent with adopted policy, the Napa and San Bernardino commissions may...
  • Section 56134.
    (a) (1) For the purposes of this section, “fire protection contract” means a contract or agreement for the exercise of new or extended fire protection services outside...

Last modified: October 22, 2018