CHAPTER 3. Proceedings for Cities

Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 761, Sec. 110.

§§ 56720–56770 · 33 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Incorporation §§ 56720–56724 · 4 sections

   • § 56720 The commission shall not approve or conditionally approve any proposal that includes an incorporation, unless the commission finds, based on the entire record,…
   • § 56722 If a petition is for incorporation of a new city, or consolidation of cities, the petition may propose a name for the new or consolidated city. The proposed…
   • § 56723 If the petition is for incorporation, it may also include provisions for appointment of a city manager and appointment of elective city officials, except city…
   • § 56724 (a) If the commission approves a proposal that includes the incorporation of a city, the resolution making determinations shall, upon the incorporation…
2. ARTICLE 2. Special Reorganization §§ 56730–56734 · 3 sections

   • § 56730 Proceedings for a special reorganization shall be conducted in accordance with the procedures otherwise prescribed for incorporation of a city, including, but…
   • § 56732 If the commission approves a proposal for a special reorganization that includes the incorporation of a city with a population of more than 1,000,000, the…
   • § 56734 (a) This section shall only apply to a special reorganization. (b) All public employees to which Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 3500) of Division 4 of…
3. ARTICLE 3. Annexation and Other Changes of Organization §§ 56737–56759 · 20 sections

   • § 56737 When a change of organization or a reorganization includes the annexation of inhabited territory to a city and the assessed value of land within the territory…
   • § 56738 If the proposal would result in the annexation to a city of land that is subject to a contract executed pursuant to the Williamson Act (Chapter 7 (commencing…
   • § 56740 (a) No tidelands or submerged lands, as defined in subdivision (g), which are owned by the state or by its grantees in trust shall be incorporated into, or…
   • § 56741 Territory may not be annexed to a city unless it is located in the same county. Unless otherwise provided in this division, territory may not be annexed to a…
   • § 56742 (a) Notwithstanding Section 56741, upon approval of the commission a city may annex noncontiguous territory not exceeding 300 acres if the territory meets all…
   • § 56742.5 (a) Notwithstanding Section 56741, upon approval of the commission any city may annex noncontiguous territory which constitutes a state correctional facility…
   • § 56743 (a) Notwithstanding Section 56741, upon approval of the commission a city may annex noncontiguous territory not exceeding 3,100 acres in area, which is located…
   • § 56744 Unless otherwise determined by the commission pursuant to subdivision (m) of Section 56375, territory shall not be incorporated into, or annexed to, a city…
   • § 56748 (a) As used in this section: (1) “Affected territory” means the main campus of the University of California, Merced and a road strip proposed for annexation to…
   • § 56749 (a) The commission shall not approve or conditionally approve a change of organization or reorganization that would result in the annexation to a city of…
   • § 56750 Notwithstanding Sections 56300 and 56301, the commission shall not disapprove a change of organization or reorganization where the reason for disapproval is…
   • § 56751 (a) Upon receipt by the commission of a proposed change of organization or reorganization, except a special reorganization, that includes the detachment of…
   • § 56752 If the proposal would result in the annexation to a city of land that is subject to a contract executed pursuant to the Williamson Act (Chapter 7 (commencing…
   • § 56753 The executive officer shall give mailed notice of any hearing by the commission, as provided in Sections 56155 to 56157, inclusive, by mailing notice of the…
   • § 56753.5 Within 10 days after receiving a proposal that would result in the annexation to a city of land that is subject to a contract executed pursuant to the…
   • § 56754 If a change of organization or reorganization would result in the annexation to a city of land that is subject to a contract executed pursuant to the…
   • § 56755 Prior to submitting a resolution of application for the annexation of territory described in Section 56375.3 to the commission, the legislative body adopting…
   • § 56756 The clerk of the legislative body adopting a resolution of application shall file a certified copy of that resolution with the executive officer.
   • § 56757 (a) The commission shall not review an annexation or a reorganization proposal that includes an annexation to any city in Santa Clara County of unincorporated…
   • § 56759 In any order approving a proposal subject to an election for an annexation or a reorganization that includes annexation of inhabited territory to a city when…
4. ARTICLE 4. Initiation by Petition §§ 56764–56770 · 6 sections

   • § 56764 A petition for the incorporation of a city shall be signed by either of the following: (a) Not less than 25 percent of the registered voters residing in the…
   • § 56765 A petition for the disincorporation of a city shall be signed by not less than 25 percent of the registered voters residing in the city proposed to be…
   • § 56766 A petition for the consolidation of two or more cities shall be signed by not less than 5 percent of the registered voters of each affected city as shown on…
   • § 56767 A petition for annexation of territory to a city shall be signed by either of the following: (a) Not less than 5 percent of the number of registered voters…
   • § 56768 A petition for detachment of territory from a city shall be signed by either of the following: (a) Not less than 25 percent of the registered voters residing…
   • § 56770 The commission shall not approve or conditionally approve any proposal that includes a disincorporation, unless, based on the entire record, the commission…