SECTIONS 57000-57009 - California Statutes

GOVERNMENT CODE

SECTION 57000-57009

57000. (a) After adoption of a resolution making determinations by
the commission pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with Section 56650),
protest proceedings for a change of organization or reorganization
not described in Section 57077 shall be taken pursuant to this part.
(b) If a proposal is approved by the commission, with or without
amendment, wholly, partially, or conditionally, the commission shall
conduct proceedings in accordance with this part. The proceedings
shall be conducted and completed pursuant to those provisions that
are applicable to the proposal and the territory contained in the
proposal as it is approved by the commission. If the commission
approves the proposal with modifications or conditions, proceedings
shall be conducted and completed in compliance with those
modifications or conditions.
(c) Any reference in this part to the commission also means the
executive officer for any function that the executive officer will
perform pursuant to a delegation of authority from the commission.
(d) When the commission makes a determination pursuant to this
division that will require an election to be conducted, it shall
inform the board of supervisors and the elections official of the
affected county, or the city council and the elections official of
the affected city of that determination and request the board or the
city council to direct the elections official to conduct the
necessary election.
(e) (1) When a board of supervisors or a city council is informed
by the commission that a determination has been made that requires an
election, it shall, within 45 days of receipt of the notification,
direct the elections official to conduct the necessary election. The
board or council shall do all of the following:
(A) Call, provide for, and give notice of a special election or
elections upon that question.
(B) Fix a date of election.
(C) Direct the elections official to designate precincts and
polling places and to take any other action necessary to call,
provide for, and give notice of the special election or elections and
to provide for the conduct and the canvass of returns of the
election, as determined by the commission.
(2) If, within 45 days of receipt of the notification, the board
of supervisors or the city council fails to direct the elections
official to conduct the election pursuant to paragraph (1), the
elections official shall place the item on the ballot at the next
established election date occurring at least 88 days after the date
of the notification to the elections official.
(3) The 45-day requirement established by this subdivision shall
not apply to any application filed with a commission prior to January
1, 2011.
(f) Any provision in this part that requires that an election be
called, held, provided for, or conducted shall mean that the
procedures specified in subdivisions (d) and (e) shall be followed.

57001. If a certificate of completion for a change of organization
or reorganization has not been filed within one year after the
commission approves a proposal for that proceeding, the proceeding
shall be deemed abandoned unless prior to the expiration of that year
the commission authorizes an extension of time for that completion.
The extension may be for any period deemed reasonable to the
commission for completion of necessary prerequisite actions by any
party. If a proceeding has not been completed because of the order or
decree of a court of competent jurisdiction temporarily enjoining or
restraining the proceedings, this shall not be deemed a failure of
completion and the one-year period shall be tolled for the time that
order or decree is in effect.

57001.1. In the case of a reorganization requested by a city in
Santa Cruz County that has adopted a voter approved urban limit line,
the time limits specified in Section 57001 shall not apply if the
commission's resolution making determinations includes terms and
conditions that allow for the completion of the reorganization in two
or more segments. The commission may not use the provisions of this
section for any reorganization approved or conditionally approved
after January 1, 2009.

57002. (a) Within 35 days following the adoption of the commission'
s resolution making determinations, the executive officer of the
commission shall set the proposal for hearing and give notice of that
hearing by mailing, publication, and posting, as provided in Chapter
4 (commencing with Section 56150) of Part 1. The hearing shall not
be held prior to the expiration of the reconsideration period
specified in subdivision (b) of Section 56895. The date of that
hearing shall not be less than 21 days, or more than 60 days, after
the date the notice is given.
(b) Where the proceeding is for the establishment of a district of
limited powers as a subsidiary district of a city, upon the request
of the affected district, the date of the hearing shall be at least
90 days, but no more than 135 days, from the date the notice is
given.
(c) If authorized by the commission pursuant to Section 56663, a
change of organization or reorganization may be approved without
notice, hearing, and election.

57003. Once notice is given by the executive officer of the
commission pursuant to this chapter, and until proceedings are
completed or terminated pursuant to this part, no conflicting
petition or resolution of application seeking the change of
organization or reorganization of all or part of the territory
described by the notice given by the executive officer shall be filed
with, or acted on, by the commission.

57007. Protest proceedings for a district formation shall be
conducted by the commission as the conducting authority, and the
procedural requirements of this division shall apply and shall
prevail in the event of a conflict with the procedural requirements
of the principal act of the district proposed to be formed. In the
event of a conflict, the commission shall specify the procedural
requirements that apply, consistent with the requirements of Section
56100.

57008. For any proposal initiated by the commission pursuant to
subdivision (a) of Section 56375, the commission shall hold a public
protest hearing in the affected territory.

57009. Expenditures for political purposes related to proceedings
for a change of organization or reorganization that will be conducted
pursuant to this part, and contributions in support of or in
opposition to those proceedings, shall be disclosed and reported
pursuant to Section 56100.1.