{"code":"GOV","codeName":"Government Code","section":"56827","citation":"Gov. Code, § 56827","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 3. COMMISSION PROCEEDINGS FOR A CHANGE OF ORGANIZATION OR REORGANIZATION [56650. - 56898.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-5/division-3/part-3"},{"name":"CHAPTER 5. Proceedings for Special Districts [56821. - 56879.5.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-5/division-3/part-3/chapter-5"},{"name":"ARTICLE 2. Reorganization [56825. - 56857.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-5/division-3/part-3/chapter-5/article-2"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 62, Sec. 7.   (AB 2698)   Effective January 1, 2013.","effective":"2013-01-01","html":"<p>(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), upon the presentation of any petition or applications making a proposal for a reorganization, the commission may take proceedings pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with Section <a href=\"/gov/56650\">56650</a>) without referring the proposal to a reorganization committee, as provided in this part.</p><p>(b) The commission may refer to a reorganization committee any incorporation proposal that includes, or may be modified to include, any of the following changes of organization affecting an independent special district: consolidation, dissolution, formation, merger, or establishment of a subsidiary district.</p><p>(c) If the commission has initiated a change of organization or reorganization that affects more than one special district, the commission may, and is encouraged to, utilize a reorganization committee to review the proposal.</p>","text":"(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), upon the presentation of any petition or applications making a proposal for a reorganization, the commission may take proceedings pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with Section 56650) without referring the proposal to a reorganization committee, as provided in this part. (b) The commission may refer to a reorganization committee any incorporation proposal that includes, or may be modified to include, any of the following changes of organization affecting an independent special district: consolidation, dissolution, formation, merger, or establishment of a subsidiary district. (c) If the commission has initiated a change of organization or reorganization that affects more than one special district, the commission may, and is encouraged to, utilize a reorganization committee to review the proposal.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/reorganization-56827","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}