CHAPTER 2. Form, Filing, and Certification of Petition
Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 541, Sec. 3.
§§ 56700–56711 · 12 sections
- § 56700 (a) A proposal for a change of organization or a reorganization may be made by petition. The petition shall do all of the following: (1) State that the…
- § 56700.1 Expenditures for political purposes related to a proposal for a change of organization or reorganization that will be submitted to a commission pursuant to…
- § 56700.4 (a) Before circulating any petition for change of organization, the proponent shall file with the executive officer a notice of intention that shall include…
- § 56703 A petition may consist of a single instrument or separate counterparts. All petitions shall be filed with the executive officer. All counterparts of a petition…
- § 56704 (a) Each person signing a petition shall, at the time he or she signs the petition, affix after his or her signature the date upon which he or she signs the…
- § 56705 (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), no petition shall be accepted for filing unless the signatures on the petition are secured within six…
- § 56706 (a) Within 30 days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, after the date of receiving a petition, the executive officer shall cause the petition to be…
- § 56707 If a petition is signed by registered voters, the executive officer shall cause the names of the signers on the petition to be compared with the voters’…
- § 56708 If a petition is signed by owners of land, the executive officer shall cause the names of the signers on the petition to be compared with the names of the…
- § 56709 If the petition, including any supplemental petition, is certified to be insufficient, it shall be filed with the executive officer as a public record, without…
- § 56710 For purposes of evaluating the sufficiency of any petition signed by owners of land: (a) The assessed value to be given land exempt from taxation or owned by a…
- § 56711 Any public or federal agency owning land within the territory which is the subject of the proposed change of organization or reorganization shall be deemed a…