{"code":"GOV","codeName":"Government Code","section":"56012","citation":"Gov. Code, § 56012","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"TITLE 5. LOCAL AGENCIES [50001. - 57607.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-5"},{"name":"DIVISION 3. CORTESE-KNOX-HERTZBERG LOCAL GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION ACT OF 2000 [56000. - 57550.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-5/division-3"},{"name":"PART 1. GENERAL [56000. - 56160.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-5/division-3/part-1"},{"name":"CHAPTER 2. Definitions [56010. - 56081.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-5/division-3/part-1/chapter-2"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 300, Sec. 2.   (AB 1430)   Effective January 1, 2012.","effective":"2012-01-01","html":"<p>“Affected county” means any county that contains, or would contain, any territory for which a change of organization is proposed or ordered either singularly or as part of a reorganization or that contains all or any part of a district for which a change of organization or reorganization is proposed with respect to territory outside that county.</p>","text":"“Affected county” means any county that contains, or would contain, any territory for which a change of organization is proposed or ordered either singularly or as part of a reorganization or that contains all or any part of a district for which a change of organization or reorganization is proposed with respect to territory outside that county.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/definitions-56012","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}