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2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES › PART 2 - POWERS AND DUTIES EXERCISED JOINTLY BY CITIES, COUNTIES, OR OTHER AGENCIES › CHAPTER 5 - Tax Sharing › ARTICLE 1 - Bradley-Burns Revenues › Section 55700.

55700. As used in this article, “local agency” means a county, city and county, and city, both chartered and general law.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 991.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES › PART 2 - POWERS AND DUTIES EXERCISED JOINTLY BY CITIES, COUNTIES, OR OTHER AGENCIES › CHAPTER 5 - Tax Sharing › ARTICLE 1 - Bradley-Burns Revenues › Section 55701.

55701. As used in this article, “legislative body” means the board of supervisors in the case of a county or city and county and the city council or board of trustees in the case of a city.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 991.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES › PART 2 - POWERS AND DUTIES EXERCISED JOINTLY BY CITIES, COUNTIES, OR OTHER AGENCIES › CHAPTER 5 - Tax Sharing › ARTICLE 1 - Bradley-Burns Revenues › Section 55702.

55702. As used in this article, “revenue” means revenue derived from the tax collected pursuant to the Bradley-Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Law provided for in Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 7200) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 991.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES › PART 2 - POWERS AND DUTIES EXERCISED JOINTLY BY CITIES, COUNTIES, OR OTHER AGENCIES › CHAPTER 5 - Tax Sharing › ARTICLE 1 - Bradley-Burns Revenues › Section 55703.

55703. Except as specifically provided in this article, and unless the context otherwise requires, terms used in this article shall have the same meaning as the meaning accorded them in the Sales and Use Tax Law provided for in Part 1 (commencing with Section 6001) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 991.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES › PART 2 - POWERS AND DUTIES EXERCISED JOINTLY BY CITIES, COUNTIES, OR OTHER AGENCIES › CHAPTER 5 - Tax Sharing › ARTICLE 1 - Bradley-Burns Revenues › Section 55704.

55704. In any case in which a legislative body, by resolution, determines that one or more retailers have been established, or will be established, in one local agency and that consumers residing in one or more other local agencies are, or will be, purchasing tangible personal property from such retailers to the extent that equity requires the revenues of such local agency be distributed in a fair and just manner to all local agencies concerned, a contract may be entered into pursuant to this article to apportion the revenue of the local agency in which such retailers are located. Each local agency desiring to become a party to such a contract, shall, by resolution, so state and name the party authorized by the local agency to sign the contract on the agency’s behalf.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 991.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES › PART 2 - POWERS AND DUTIES EXERCISED JOINTLY BY CITIES, COUNTIES, OR OTHER AGENCIES › CHAPTER 5 - Tax Sharing › ARTICLE 1 - Bradley-Burns Revenues › Section 55704.5.

55704.5. Pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 29 of Article XIII of the California Constitution, on or after November 4, 1998, counties, cities and counties, and cities may enter into contracts to apportion revenue between them, provided that both of the following conditions are met:
(a) Each contract is proposed in an ordinance or resolution of the governing body of each jurisdiction that is a party to that contract.
(b) Each proposing ordinance or resolution described in subdivision (a) is approved by a two-thirds vote of the governing body to which it is submitted.
(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 56, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES › PART 2 - POWERS AND DUTIES EXERCISED JOINTLY BY CITIES, COUNTIES, OR OTHER AGENCIES › CHAPTER 5 - Tax Sharing › ARTICLE 1 - Bradley-Burns Revenues › Section 55705.

55705. The apportionment of revenue pursuant to this article shall be on such terms as the parties may agree pursuant to a contract signed by the individuals authorized by the resolution of each legislative body of a local agency which is a party thereto.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 991.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES › PART 2 - POWERS AND DUTIES EXERCISED JOINTLY BY CITIES, COUNTIES, OR OTHER AGENCIES › CHAPTER 5 - Tax Sharing › ARTICLE 1 - Bradley-Burns Revenues › Section 55706.

55706. A copy of the contract and a copy of each resolution shall be transmitted to the auditor, or officer holding the equivalent position, of each local agency which is a party to the contract. Thereafter, upon the receipt of revenues transmitted by the State Board of Equalization pursuant to Section 7204 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, the auditor or equivalent officer shall allocate the funds pursuant to the terms of the contract.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 991.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES › PART 2 - POWERS AND DUTIES EXERCISED JOINTLY BY CITIES, COUNTIES, OR OTHER AGENCIES › CHAPTER 5 - Tax Sharing › ARTICLE 1 - Bradley-Burns Revenues › Section 55707.

55707. Except as otherwise provided in Section 55704.5, no contract entered into pursuant to this article shall be operative until it has been submitted at a general election or at a direct primary election to the qualified electors of each local agency that is a party thereto and receives a majority of all votes cast for and against it at that election in each local agency.
(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 56, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES › PART 3 - AUTHORITIES › CHAPTER 1 - Counties Transaction and Use Tax › Section 55802.

55802. (a) The bonds authorized by the voters pursuant to Section 55800 may be issued at any time by the authority and shall be payable from the proceeds of the tax. The bonds shall be referred to as “limited tax bonds.” The bonds may be secured by a pledge of revenues from the proceeds of the tax, including income from the investment of those proceeds.
(b) The pledge of the retail transactions and use tax revenues for the limited tax bonds authorized under this chapter shall have priority over the use of any of the tax revenues for “pay-as-you-go” financing, or any other purposes except to the extent that that priority is expressly restricted in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds.
(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 384, Sec. 1. Effective September 9, 1991.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES › PART 3 - AUTHORITIES › CHAPTER 1 - Counties Transaction and Use Tax › Section 55803.

55803. Limited tax bonds issued under this chapter may be used only for the following purposes:
(a) To finance the capital outlay expenditures to carry out the purposes of the retail transactions and use tax imposed by the authority.
(b) To pay costs incurred in the issuance of the limited tax bonds.
(c) To fund a reserve fund for the limited tax bonds.
(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 384, Sec. 1. Effective September 9, 1991.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES › PART 3 - AUTHORITIES › CHAPTER 1 - Counties Transaction and Use Tax › Section 55804.

55804. Limited tax bonds shall be issued pursuant to a resolution adopted at any time, and from time to time, by a two-thirds vote of the governing board of the authority, provided voter approval authorizing the issuance of bonds by the authority has been obtained by a majority vote, except as provided in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 55800. Each resolution shall provide for the issuance of bonds in the amounts as may be necessary, until the full amount of bonds authorized have been issued. The full amount of bonds may be divided into two or more series and different dates of payment fixed for the bonds of each series. A bond need not mature on its anniversary date.
(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 384, Sec. 1. Effective September 9, 1991.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES › PART 3 - AUTHORITIES › CHAPTER 1 - Counties Transaction and Use Tax › Section 55805.

55805. (a) A resolution providing for the issuance of bonds pursuant to this chapter shall state all of the following:
(1) The purposes for which the proposed debt is to be incurred, which may include all costs and estimated costs incidental to, or connected with, the accomplishment of those purposes, including without limitation, engineering, inspection, legal, fiscal agents, financial consultant and other fees, bond and other reserve funds, working capital, bond interest estimated to accrue during the construction period and for a period not to exceed three years thereafter, and expenses of all proceedings for the authorization, issuance, and sale of the bonds.
(2) The estimated costs of accomplishing those purposes.
(3) The amount of the principal of the indebtedness.
(4) The maximum term the bonds proposed to be issued shall run before maturity, which shall not be beyond the date of termination of the imposition of the retail transactions and use tax.
(5) The maximum rate of interest to be paid, which shall not exceed the maximum rate allowed by Section 53531, payable at intervals determined by the authority.
(6) The denomination or denominations of the bonds, which shall not be less than five thousand dollars ($5,000).
(7) The form of the bonds, including, without limitation, registered bonds and coupon bonds, to the extent permitted by federal law, and the form of any coupons to be attached thereto, the registration, conversion, and exchange privileges, if any, pertaining thereto, and the time when all, or any part, of the principal becomes due and payable.
(b) The resolution may also contain any other matters authorized by this chapter or any other law.
(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 384, Sec. 1. Effective September 9, 1991.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES › PART 3 - AUTHORITIES › CHAPTER 1 - Counties Transaction and Use Tax › Section 55806.

55806. The authority may provide for the limited tax bonds to bear a variable or fixed interest rate, for the manner and intervals in which the rate shall vary, and for the dates on which the interest shall be payable.
(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 384, Sec. 1. Effective September 9, 1991.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES › PART 3 - AUTHORITIES › CHAPTER 1 - Counties Transaction and Use Tax › Section 55807.

55807. (a) In the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds, the authority may also provide for the call and redemption of the bonds prior to maturity at the times and prices and upon other terms as specified.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (a), no bond is subject to call or redemption prior to maturity, unless it contains a recital to that effect or unless a statement to that effect is printed therein.
(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 384, Sec. 1. Effective September 9, 1991.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES › PART 3 - AUTHORITIES › CHAPTER 1 - Counties Transaction and Use Tax › Section 55808.

55808. The principal of, and interest on, the bonds, shall be payable in lawful money of the United States at the office of the treasurer or auditor-controller of the authority, or at other places as may be designated, or at both the office and other places at the option of the holders of the bonds.
(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 384, Sec. 1. Effective September 9, 1991.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES › PART 3 - AUTHORITIES › CHAPTER 1 - Counties Transaction and Use Tax › Section 55809.

55809. (a) The bonds, or each series thereof, shall be signed by the chairperson or vice chairperson of the governing board of the authority or the treasurer or auditor-controller of the authority, and the official seal, if any, of the authority shall be attached.
(b) The interest coupons, if any, of the bonds shall be signed by the treasurer or auditor-controller of the authority. All of the signatures and the seal may be printed, lithographed, photocopied, or mechanically reproduced. However, the bonds shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until manually signed by an authenticating agent or trustee duly appointed by the authority or its authorized designee.
(c) If any officer whose signature appears on the bonds or coupons ceases to be that officer before the delivery of the bonds, the officer’s signature is as effective as if the officer had remained in office.
(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 384, Sec. 1. Effective September 9, 1991.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES › PART 3 - AUTHORITIES › CHAPTER 1 - Counties Transaction and Use Tax › Section 55810.

55810. The bonds may be sold as the authority determines by resolution, and the bonds may be sold at a price above or below par, whether by negotiated or public sale.
(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 384, Sec. 1. Effective September 9, 1991.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES › PART 3 - AUTHORITIES › CHAPTER 1 - Counties Transaction and Use Tax › Section 55811.

55811. Delivery of any bonds issued pursuant to this chapter may be made at any place either inside or outside the state, and the purchase price may be received in cash or bank credits.
(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 384, Sec. 1. Effective September 9, 1991.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES › PART 3 - AUTHORITIES › CHAPTER 1 - Counties Transaction and Use Tax › Section 55812.

55812. All accrued interest and premiums received on the sale of the bonds shall be placed in the fund to be used for the payment of the principal of, and interest on, the bonds, and the remainder of the proceeds of the bonds shall be placed in the treasury of the authority or deposited with a bond trustee and applied to secure the bonds or for the purposes for which the debt was incurred. However, when the purposes have been accomplished, any money remaining shall be either (a) transferred to the fund to be used for the payment of principal of, and interest or redemption premium on, the bonds or (b) placed in a fund to be used for the purchase of the outstanding bonds in the open market at prices and in the manner, either at public or private sale or otherwise, as determined by the authority. Bonds so purchased shall be canceled immediately.
(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 384, Sec. 1. Effective September 9, 1991.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES › PART 3 - AUTHORITIES › CHAPTER 1 - Counties Transaction and Use Tax › Section 55813.

55813. (a) The authority may provide for the issuance, sale, or exchange of refunding bonds to redeem or retire any bonds issued by the authority upon the terms, at the times and in the manner which it determines.
(b) The proceeds of any bonds issued for the purpose of refunding outstanding bonds may, in the discretion of the authority, be applied to the purchase or retirement at maturity or redemption of outstanding bonds either on their earliest or any subsequent redemption date or upon the purchase or retirement at the maturity thereof and may, pending that application, be placed in escrow to be applied to the purchase or retirement at maturity or redemption on the date as may be determined by the authority.
(c) Pending that use, the escrowed proceeds may be invested and reinvested by the authority or its trustee in obligations of, or guaranteed by, the United States, or in certificates of deposits or time deposits secured by obligations of, or guaranteed by, the United States, maturing at a time or times appropriate to ensure the prompt payment of principal, interest, and redemption premium, if any, of the outstanding bonds to be so refunded. The interest, income, and profits, if any, earned or realized on the investment may also be applied to the payment of the outstanding bonds to be so refunded. After the terms of the escrow have been fully satisfied and carried out, any balance of the proceeds and interest, income, and profits, if any, earned or realized on the investment thereof may be returned to the authority for use by it in any lawful manner.
(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 384, Sec. 1. Effective September 9, 1991.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES › PART 3 - AUTHORITIES › CHAPTER 1 - Counties Transaction and Use Tax › Section 55814.

55814. Refunding bonds may be issued in a principal amount sufficient to pay all, or any part of, the principal of the outstanding bonds, the premiums, if any, due upon call and redemption thereof prior to maturity, all expenses of the refunding, and either of the following:
(a) The interest upon the refunding bonds from the date of sale thereof to the date of payment of the bonds to be refunded out of the proceeds of the sale of the refunding bonds or to the date upon which the bonds to be refunded will be paid pursuant to call or agreement with the holder of the bonds.
(b) The interest upon the bonds to be refunded from the date of sale of the refunding bonds to the date of payment of the bonds to be refunded or to the date upon which the bonds to be refunded will be paid pursuant to call or agreement with the holder of the bonds.
(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 384, Sec. 1. Effective September 9, 1991.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES › PART 3 - AUTHORITIES › CHAPTER 1 - Counties Transaction and Use Tax › Section 55815.

55815. (a) The authority may borrow money in anticipation of the sale of bonds which have been authorized pursuant to this chapter, but which have not been sold or delivered, and may issue negotiable bond anticipation notes therefor and may renew the bond anticipation notes from time to time. However, the maximum maturity of any bond anticipation notes, including the renewals thereof, shall not exceed five years from the date of delivery of the original bond anticipation notes.
(b) The bond anticipation notes, and the interest thereon, may be paid from any money of the authority available therefor, including the revenues from the retail transactions and use tax. If not previously otherwise paid, the bond anticipation notes, or any portion thereof, or the interest thereon, shall be paid from the proceeds of the next sale of the bonds of the authority in anticipation of which the notes were issued.
(c) The bond anticipation notes shall not be issued in any amount in excess of the aggregate amount of the bonds which the authority has been authorized to issue, less the amount of any bonds of the authorized issue previously sold, and also less the amount of other bond anticipation notes therefor issued and then outstanding. The bond anticipation notes shall be issued and sold in the same manner as the bonds.
(d) The bond anticipation notes and the resolutions authorizing them may contain any provisions, conditions, or limitations which a resolution of the authority may contain.
(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 384, Sec. 1. Effective September 9, 1991.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES › PART 3 - AUTHORITIES › CHAPTER 1 - Counties Transaction and Use Tax › Section 55816.

55816. Any limited tax bonds issued pursuant to this chapter are a legal investment for all trust funds, for the funds of insurance companies, commercial and savings banks, and trust companies, and for state school funds. Whenever any money or funds may, by any law now or hereafter enacted, be invested in bonds of cities, cities and counties, counties, school districts, or other districts within the state, that money or funds may be invested in the bonds issued pursuant to this chapter. Whenever bonds of cities, cities and counties, counties, school districts, or other districts within this state may, by any law now or hereafter enacted, be used as security for the performance of any act or the deposit of any public moneys, the bonds issued pursuant to this chapter may be so used. The provisions of this chapter are in addition to all other laws relating to legal investments and shall be controlling as the latest expression of the Legislature with respect thereto.
(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 384, Sec. 1. Effective September 9, 1991.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES › PART 3 - AUTHORITIES › CHAPTER 1 - Counties Transaction and Use Tax › Section 55817.

55817. Notwithstanding any other provision of law:
(a) The authority and its revenues are exempt from all taxes on, or measured by, income.
(b) Bonds issued by the authority are exempt from all property taxation, and the interest on the bonds is exempt from all taxes on income.
(c) All property owned by the agency is exempt from property taxes, assessments, and other public charges secured by liens.
(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 384, Sec. 1. Effective September 9, 1991.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES › PART 3 - AUTHORITIES › CHAPTER 1 - Counties Transaction and Use Tax › Section 55818.

55818. (a) Bonds issued pursuant to this chapter do not constitute a debt or liability of the state or of any other public agency, other than the authority issuing the bonds, or a pledge of the faith and credit of the state or of any other public agency, other than the issuing authority, but shall be payable solely from the funds provided therefor. All of the bonds shall contain on the face thereof a statement to the following effect:
“Neither the faith and credit nor the taxing power of the State of California or any public agency, other than the (name of the issuing authority), is pledged to the payment of the principal of or interest on this bond.”
(b) The issuance of bonds pursuant to this chapter does not in any manner obligate the state or any other public agency thereof to levy, or to pledge, any form of taxation therefor or to make any appropriation for their payment.
(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 384, Sec. 1. Effective September 9, 1991.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES › PART 3 - AUTHORITIES › CHAPTER 1 - Counties Transaction and Use Tax › Section 55819.

55819. Any action or proceeding wherein the validity of the adoption of the retail transactions and use tax ordinance provided for in this chapter or the issuance of any bonds thereunder or any of the proceedings in relation thereto is contested, questioned, or denied, shall be commenced pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure within six months from the date of the election at which the ordinance is approved or, in the case of any ordinance approved prior to the effective date of this section, six months from the effective date of this section. Otherwise, the bonds and all proceedings in relation thereto, including the adoption and approval of the ordinance and the retail transactions and use tax provided for therein, shall be held to be valid and in every respect legal and incontestable.
(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 384, Sec. 1. Effective September 9, 1991.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES › PART 3 - AUTHORITIES › CHAPTER 1 - Counties Transaction and Use Tax › Section 55820.

55820. The authority has no power to impose any tax other than the transactions and use tax imposed upon approval of the voters in accordance with this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 384, Sec. 1. Effective September 9, 1991.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES › PART 3 - AUTHORITIES › CHAPTER 1 - Counties Transaction and Use Tax › Section 55821.

55821. If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are severable.
(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 384, Sec. 1. Effective September 9, 1991.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 3 - CORTESE-KNOX-HERTZBERG LOCAL GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION ACT OF 2000 › PART 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 1 - Legislative Findings and Declarations › Section 56000.

56000. This division shall be known and may be cited as the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 761, Sec. 3.5. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 3 - CORTESE-KNOX-HERTZBERG LOCAL GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION ACT OF 2000 › PART 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 1 - Legislative Findings and Declarations › Section 56001.

56001. The Legislature finds and declares that it is the policy of the state to encourage orderly growth and development which are essential to the social, fiscal, and economic well-being of the state. The Legislature recognizes that the logical formation and determination of local agency boundaries is an important factor in promoting orderly development and in balancing that development with sometimes competing state interests of discouraging urban sprawl, preserving open-space and prime agricultural lands, and efficiently extending government services. The Legislature also recognizes that providing housing for persons and families of all incomes is an important factor in promoting orderly development. Therefore, the Legislature further finds and declares that this policy should be effected by the logical formation and modification of the boundaries of local agencies, with a preference granted to accommodating additional growth within, or through the expansion of, the boundaries of those local agencies which can best accommodate and provide necessary governmental services and housing for persons and families of all incomes in the most efficient manner feasible.
The Legislature recognizes that urban population densities and intensive residential, commercial, and industrial development necessitate a broad spectrum and high level of community services and controls. The Legislature also recognizes that when areas become urbanized to the extent that they need the full range of community services, priorities are required to be established regarding the type and levels of services that the residents of an urban community need and desire; that community service priorities be established by weighing the total community service needs against the total financial resources available for securing community services; and that those community service priorities are required to reflect local circumstances, conditions, and limited financial resources. The Legislature finds and declares that a single multipurpose governmental agency is accountable for community service needs and financial resources and, therefore, may be the best mechanism for establishing community service priorities especially in urban areas. Nonetheless, the Legislature recognizes the critical role of many limited purpose agencies, especially in rural communities. The Legislature also finds that, whether governmental services are proposed to be provided by a single-purpose agency, several agencies, or a multipurpose agency, responsibility should be given to the agency or agencies that can best provide government services.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 761, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 3 - CORTESE-KNOX-HERTZBERG LOCAL GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION ACT OF 2000 › PART 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 56010.

56010. Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, the definitions contained in this chapter govern the construction of this division. The definition of a word applies to any of that word’s variants.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 541, Sec. 3. Effective September 9, 1985. Operative January 1, 1986, by Sec. 5 of Ch. 541.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 3 - CORTESE-KNOX-HERTZBERG LOCAL GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION ACT OF 2000 › PART 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 56011.

56011. “Affected city” means any city that contains or would contain, or whose sphere of influence contains or would contain, territory for which a change of organization is proposed or ordered, either singularly or as part of a reorganization.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 300, Sec. 1. (AB 1430) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 3 - CORTESE-KNOX-HERTZBERG LOCAL GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION ACT OF 2000 › PART 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 56012.

56012. “Affected county” means any county that contains, or would contain, any territory for which a change of organization is proposed or ordered either singularly or as part of a reorganization or that contains all or any part of a district for which a change of organization or reorganization is proposed with respect to territory outside that county.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 300, Sec. 2. (AB 1430) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 3 - CORTESE-KNOX-HERTZBERG LOCAL GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION ACT OF 2000 › PART 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 56013.

56013. “Affected district” means any special district, as defined by Section 56036, that contains or would contain, or whose sphere of influence contains or would contain, any territory for which a change of organization is proposed or ordered either singularly or as part of a reorganization.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 300, Sec. 3. (AB 1430) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 3 - CORTESE-KNOX-HERTZBERG LOCAL GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION ACT OF 2000 › PART 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 56014.

56014. “Affected local agency” means any local agency that contains, or would contain, or whose sphere of influence contains or would contain, any territory for which a change of organization is proposed or ordered, either singularly or as part of a reorganization or for which a study is to be reviewed by the commission.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 300, Sec. 4. (AB 1430) Effective January 1, 2012.)
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56015. “Affected territory” means any territory for which a change of organization, reorganization, or sphere of influence change is proposed or ordered, or any territory to which services are proposed to be provided pursuant to Sections 56133, 56133.5, or 56134.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 86, Sec. 1. (AB 3254) Effective January 1, 2019.)
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56016. “Agricultural lands” means land currently used for the purpose of producing an agricultural commodity for commercial purposes, land left fallow under a crop rotational program, or land enrolled in an agricultural subsidy or set-aside program.
(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1599, Sec. 1.7.)
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56017. “Annexation” means the inclusion, attachment, or addition of territory to a city or district.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 300, Sec. 6. (AB 1430) Effective January 1, 2012.)
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56017.1. “Applicant” means a local agency or person or persons that submits an application, as defined by Section 56017.2.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 300, Sec. 7. (AB 1430) Effective January 1, 2012.)
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56017.2. “Application” means any of the following:
(a) A resolution of application or petition initiating a change of organization or reorganization with supporting documentation as required by the commission or executive officer.
(b) A request for a sphere of influence amendment or update pursuant to Section 56425.
(c) A request by a city or district for commission approval of an extension of services outside the agency’s jurisdictional boundaries pursuant to Section 56133.
(d) A request by a public agency for commission approval of an extension of services outside the agency’s jurisdictional boundaries pursuant to Section 56134.
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 763, Sec. 1. (SB 239) Effective January 1, 2016.)
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56019. “Board of directors” means the legislative body or governing board of a district.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 541, Sec. 3. Effective September 9, 1985. Operative January 1, 1986, by Sec. 5 of Ch. 541.)
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56020. “Board of supervisors” means the legislative body or governing board of a county.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 300, Sec. 10. (AB 1430) Effective January 1, 2012.)
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56020.5. “Certificate of completion” means the document prepared by the executive officer and recorded with the county recorder that confirms the final successful completion of a change of organization or reorganization.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 300, Sec. 11. (AB 1430) Effective January 1, 2012.)
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56020.6. “Certificate of filing” means the document issued by the executive officer that confirms an application for a change of organization or reorganization has met submission requirements and is accepted for filing.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 300, Sec. 12. (AB 1430) Effective January 1, 2012.)
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56020.7. “Certificate of termination” or “certificate of termination of proceedings” means the document prepared by the executive officer and retained by the commission that indicates that a proposal for a change of organization or reorganization was terminated because of a majority written protest, rejection by voters in an election, or the expiration of time prior to completion of proceedings pursuant to Section 57001 or a court order.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 300, Sec. 13. (AB 1430) Effective January 1, 2012.)
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56021. “Change of organization” means any of the following:
(a) A city incorporation.
(b) A district formation.
(c) An annexation to a city.
(d) An annexation to a district.
(e) A detachment from a city.
(f) A detachment from a district.
(g) A disincorporation of a city.
(h) A district dissolution.
(i) A consolidation of cities.
(j) A consolidation of special districts.
(k) A merger of a city and a district.
(l) Establishment of a subsidiary district.
(m) The exercise of new or different functions or classes of services, or divestiture of the power to provide particular functions or classes of services, within all or part of the jurisdictional boundaries of a special district as provided in Article 1.5 (commencing with Section 56824.10) of Chapter 5 of Part 3 of this division.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 300, Sec. 14. (AB 1430) Effective January 1, 2012.)
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56023. “City” means any incorporated chartered or general law city, including any city the name of which includes the word “town.”
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 300, Sec. 15. (AB 1430) Effective January 1, 2012.)
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56024. “City council” means the legislative body or governing board of a city.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 300, Sec. 16. (AB 1430) Effective January 1, 2012.)
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56025. “City officer” means the mayor or a member of the city council.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 541, Sec. 3. Effective September 9, 1985. Operative January 1, 1986, by Sec. 5 of Ch. 541.)
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56026. “Clerk” means the clerk or secretary of a commission, county, city, or district, or the clerk or secretary of the legislative body of a county, city, or district. Where the office of county clerk is separate from the office of the clerk of the board of supervisors, “clerk” means the clerk of the board of supervisors. Where the office of county clerk is separate from the office of the registrar of voters, “clerk” means the registrar of voters with respect to all duties pertaining to the conduct of elections and the county clerk with respect to all other duties.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 548, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2003.)
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56027. “Commission” means a local agency formation commission.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 541, Sec. 3. Effective September 9, 1985. Operative January 1, 1986, by Sec. 5 of Ch. 541.)
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56028. “Commission proceedings” means proceedings which are taken by a commission pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with Section 56650).
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 541, Sec. 3. Effective September 9, 1985. Operative January 1, 1986, by Sec. 5 of Ch. 541.)
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56029. “Conducting authority” means the commission of the principal county, or the commission’s executive officer when authorized by the commission, when exercising its responsibility to conduct protest proceedings following approval by the commission of a change of organization or reorganization.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 300, Sec. 17. (AB 1430) Effective January 1, 2012.)
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56030. “Consolidation” means the uniting or joining of two or more cities located in the same county into a single new successor city or two or more districts into a single new successor district.
(Amended (as amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 471, Sec. 1) by Stats. 2007, Ch. 98, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2008.)
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56031. (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.
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 353, Sec. 1. (AB 1725) Effective January 1, 2018.)
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56032. “County officer” means a member of the board of supervisors.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 541, Sec. 3. Effective September 9, 1985. Operative January 1, 1986, by Sec. 5 of Ch. 541.)
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56032.5. “Dependent special district” or “dependent district” includes any special district that has a legislative body that consists, in whole or part, of ex officio members who are officers of a county or another local agency, or who are appointees of those officers, and who are not appointed to fixed terms. “Dependent special district” or “dependent district” does not include any district excluded from the definition of district contained in Sections 56036 and 56036.6.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 300, Sec. 19. (AB 1430) Effective January 1, 2012.)
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56033. “Detachment” means the exclusion, deletion, or removal from a city or district of any portion of the territory of that city or district.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 300, Sec. 20. (AB 1430) Effective January 1, 2012.)
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56033.5. “Disadvantaged unincorporated community” means inhabited territory, as defined by Section 56046, or as determined by commission policy, that constitutes all or a portion of a “disadvantaged community” as defined by Section 79505.5 of the Water Code.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 513, Sec. 3. (SB 244) Effective January 1, 2012.)
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56034. “Disincorporation” means the dissolution, extinguishment, or termination of the existence of a city and the cessation of its corporate powers, except for the purpose of winding up the affairs of the city.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 300, Sec. 21. (AB 1430) Effective January 1, 2012.)
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56035. “Dissolution” means the disincorporation, extinguishment, or termination of the existence of a district and the cessation of all its corporate powers, except as the commission may otherwise provide pursuant to Section 56886 or for the purpose of winding up the affairs of the district.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 300, Sec. 22. (AB 1430) Effective January 1, 2012.)
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56036. (a) “District” or “special district” are synonymous and mean an agency of the state, formed pursuant to general law or special act, for the local performance of governmental or proprietary functions within limited boundaries and in areas outside district boundaries when authorized by the commission pursuant to Section 56133.
(b) “District” or “special district” includes a county service area, but excludes all of the following:
(1) The state.
(2) A county.
(3) A city.
(4) A school district or a community college district.
(5) An assessment district or special assessment district.
(6) An improvement district.
(7) A community facilities district formed pursuant to the Mello-Roos Community Facilities Act of 1982 (Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 53311) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5).
(8) A permanent road division formed pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 1160) of Chapter 4 of Division 2 of the Streets and Highways Code.
(9) An air pollution control district or an air quality maintenance district.
(10) A zone of any special district.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 300, Sec. 23. (AB 1430) Effective January 1, 2012.)