CHAPTER 1. General [57000. - 57009.]

Cal. Government Code - GOV 1.

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Cal. Government Code - GOV § 57000. Section 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.

Cal. Government Code - GOV § 57001. Section 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 terminated 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.

Cal. Government Code - GOV § 57002. Section 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 Section 57025. 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 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) Where the proceeding is for the dissolution of a district initiated by the commission pursuant to Section 56375.1, the date of the hearing shall be at least 60 days, but no more than 90 days, from the date the notice is given. (d) If authorized by the commission pursuant to Section 56662 or 56663, a change of organization or reorganization may be approved without notice, hearing, and election.

Cal. Government Code - GOV § 57003. Section 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.

Cal. Government Code - GOV § 57007. Section 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.

Cal. Government Code - GOV § 57008. Section 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.

Cal. Government Code - GOV § 57009. Section 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.

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