{"code":"EDC","codeName":"Education Code","section":"35706","citation":"Ed. Code, § 35706","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"TITLE 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION [33000. - 65001.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/title-2"},{"name":"DIVISION 3. LOCAL ADMINISTRATION [35000. - 45500.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/title-2/division-3"},{"name":"PART 21. LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES [35000. - 35787.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/title-2/division-3/part-21"},{"name":"CHAPTER 4. Reorganization of School Districts [35700. - 35787.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/title-2/division-3/part-21/chapter-4"},{"name":"ARTICLE 1. Reorganization of School Districts by the Electorate [35700. - 35712.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/title-2/division-3/part-21/chapter-4/article-1"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 186, Sec. 22.   (AB 2659)   Effective January 1, 2017.","effective":"2017-01-01","html":"<p>(a) Within 120 days of the commencement of the first public hearing on the petition, the county committee shall recommend approval or disapproval of a petition to form one or more new districts or for the division of the entire territory of a school district into two or more new or acquiring districts, as the petition may be augmented, or shall approve or disapprove a petition for the transfer of territory, as the petition may be augmented. The county committee also shall approve or disapprove a petition to form one or more new districts if the conditions of subdivision (b) of Section <a href=\"/edc/35710\">35710</a> are met.</p><p>(b) The 120-day period for approving or disapproving a petition pursuant to Section <a href=\"/edc/35709\">35709</a> or <a href=\"/edc/35710\">35710</a> shall commence after certification of an environmental impact report, approval of a negative declaration, or a determination that the project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code).</p>","text":"(a) Within 120 days of the commencement of the first public hearing on the petition, the county committee shall recommend approval or disapproval of a petition to form one or more new districts or for the division of the entire territory of a school district into two or more new or acquiring districts, as the petition may be augmented, or shall approve or disapprove a petition for the transfer of territory, as the petition may be augmented. The county committee also shall approve or disapprove a petition to form one or more new districts if the conditions of subdivision (b) of Section 35710 are met. (b) The 120-day period for approving or disapproving a petition pursuant to Section 35709 or 35710 shall commence after certification of an environmental impact report, approval of a negative declaration, or a determination that the project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code).","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/reorganization-of-school-districts-by-the-electorate-35706","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}