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Government Code § 56031

CHAPTER 2. Definitions

Current as of September 28, 2026Gov. Code, § 56031Official source ↗

Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 353, Sec. 1. (AB 1725) Effective January 1, 2018.

(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.