{"code":"GOV","codeName":"Government Code","section":"56031","citation":"Gov. Code, § 56031","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. 2017, Ch. 353, Sec. 1.   (AB 1725)   Effective January 1, 2018.","effective":"2018-01-01","html":"<p>(a) “Contiguous” means territory that abuts or shares a common boundary with territory within a local agency.</p><p>(b) Territory is not contiguous if the only contiguity is based upon a strip of land more than 300 feet long and less than 200 feet wide at its narrowest width, that width to be exclusive of highways.</p>","text":"(a) “Contiguous” means territory that abuts or shares a common boundary with territory within a local agency. (b) Territory is not contiguous if the only contiguity is based upon a strip of land more than 300 feet long and less than 200 feet wide at its narrowest width, that width to be exclusive of highways.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/definitions-56031","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}