SECTIONS 56864-56871 - California Statutes

GOVERNMENT CODE

SECTION 56864-56871

56864. Petitions for the annexation of territory to, or detachment
of territory from, a district shall be signed as follows:
(a) For a registered voter district, by any of the following:
(1) Not less than 25 percent of the registered voters within the
territory proposed to be annexed.
(2) Not less than 25 percent of the number of landowners within
the territory proposed to be annexed who also own not less than 25
percent of the assessed value of land within the territory.
(b) For a landowner-voter district, by not less than 25 percent of
the number of landowners owning land within the territory proposed
to be annexed who also own not less than 25 percent of the assessed
value of land within the territory.

56864.1. (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.

56864.3. If a person is qualified to sign for two or more of the
changes of organization proposed by the petition, that person need
sign the petition only once and his or her signature shall be counted
as if that person had signed and requested each change of
organization.

56865. Petitions for the consolidation of two or more districts
shall be signed as follows:
(a) For registered voter districts, by not less than 5 percent of
the registered voters within each of the several districts.
(b) For landowner-voter districts, by landowner-voters within each
of the several districts constituting not less than 5 percent of the
number of landowner-voters owning land within each of the several
districts and who also own not less than 5 percent of the assessed
value of land within each of the several districts.

56866. Petitions for a merger of a district of limited powers which
overlaps a city, or for the establishment of the district as a
subsidiary district of the city, shall be signed as follows:
(a) For a resident voter district, by either of the following:
(1) Five percent of the registered voters of the district.
(2) Five percent of the registered voters residing within the
territory of the city outside the boundaries of the district.
(b) For a landowner-voter district, by either of the following:
(1) Five percent of the number of landowner-voters within the
district who also own not less than 5 percent of assessed value of
land within the district.
(2) Five percent of the registered voters residing within the
territory of the city outside the boundaries of the district.

56870. Except as otherwise provided in Section 56871, petitions for
the dissolution of a district shall be signed as follows:
(a) For resident voter districts, by either of the following:
(1) Not less than 10 percent of the registered voters within the
district.
(2) Not less than 10 percent of the number of landowners within
the district who also own not less than 10 percent of the assessed
value of land within the district.
(b) For landowner-voter districts, by not less than 10 percent of
the number of landowner-voters within the district who also own not
less than 10 percent of the assessed value of land within the
district.

56871. A petition for the dissolution of a registered voter
district, signed by three or more registered voters within the
district or by three or more landowners within a landowner-voter
district, shall be deemed to be a sufficient petition, if, in
addition to the matters required by Section 56700, the petition
recites that the district has been in existence for at least three
years and states, on information and belief, that the corporate
powers of the district have not been used and that one or more of the
following conditions have existed or now exist:
(a) That during the three-year period preceding the date of the
first signature upon the petition any of the following events have
not occurred:
(1) There has not been a duly selected and acting quorum of the
board of directors of the district.
(2) The board of directors has not furnished or provided services
or facilities of substantial benefit to residents, landowners, or
property within the district.
(3) The board of directors has not levied or fixed and collected
any taxes, assessments, service charges, rentals, or rates or
expended the proceeds of those levies or collections for district
purposes.
(b) That during the one-year period preceding the date of the
first signature upon the petition a quorum of the duly selected and
acting board of directors has not met for the purpose of transacting
district business.
(c) That, upon the date of the first signature upon the petition,
the district had no assets, other than money in the form of cash,
investments, or deposits.