{"code":"GOV","codeName":"Government Code","section":"56863","citation":"Gov. Code, § 56863","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 3. Formation [56859. - 56863.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-5/division-3/part-3/chapter-5/article-3"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 667, Sec. 16.   Effective January 1, 2002.","effective":"2002-01-01","html":"<p>(a) Within 35 days following the conclusion of a hearing on an original and an alternative proposal to form a subsidiary district, the commission shall adopt its resolution of determination, which shall do one of the following:</p><p>(1) Deny both the original proposal and the alternative proposal.</p><p>(2) Approve one proposal and deny the other.</p><p>(b) “Alternative proposal,” as used in this section, means an alternative proposal to a subsidiary district proposal as provided for in Section <a href=\"/gov/56861\">56861</a>.</p>","text":"(a) Within 35 days following the conclusion of a hearing on an original and an alternative proposal to form a subsidiary district, the commission shall adopt its resolution of determination, which shall do one of the following: (1) Deny both the original proposal and the alternative proposal. (2) Approve one proposal and deny the other. (b) “Alternative proposal,” as used in this section, means an alternative proposal to a subsidiary district proposal as provided for in Section 56861.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/formation-56863","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}