California Government Code CHAPTER 2 - Form, Filing, and Certification of Petition

  • Section 56700.
    (a) A proposal for a change of organization or a reorganization may be made by petition. The petition shall do all of the following:(1) State that the...
  • Section 56700.1.
    Expenditures for political purposes related to a proposal for a change of organization or reorganization that will be submitted to a commission pursuant to this...
  • Section 56700.4.
    (a) Before circulating any petition for change of organization, the proponent shall file with the executive officer a notice of intention that shall include the name...
  • Section 56703.
    A petition may consist of a single instrument or separate counterparts. All petitions shall be filed with the executive officer. All counterparts of a petition...
  • Section 56704.
    (a) Each person signing a petition shall, at the time he or she signs the petition, affix after his or her signature the date upon which...
  • Section 56705.
    (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), no petition shall be accepted for filing unless the signatures on the petition are secured within six months...
  • Section 56706.
    (a) Within 30 days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, after the date of receiving a petition, the executive officer shall cause the petition to be examined...
  • Section 56707.
    If a petition is signed by registered voters, the executive officer shall cause the names of the signers on the petition to be compared with...
  • Section 56708.
    If a petition is signed by owners of land, the executive officer shall cause the names of the signers on the petition to be compared...
  • Section 56709.
    If the petition, including any supplemental petition, is certified to be insufficient, it shall be filed with the executive officer as a public record, without...
  • Section 56710.
    For purposes of evaluating the sufficiency of any petition signed by owners of land:(a) The assessed value to be given land exempt from taxation or owned...
  • Section 56711.
    Any public or federal agency owning land within the territory which is the subject of the proposed change of organization or reorganization shall be deemed...

Last modified: October 22, 2018