Government Code section 56865

Petitions for the consolidation of two or more districts shall be signed as follows:

(a)

For registered voter districts, by not less than 5 percent of the registered voters within each of the several districts.

(b)

For landowner-voter districts, by landowner-voters within each of the several districts constituting not less than 5 percent of the number of landowner-voters owning land within each of the several districts and who also own not less than 5 percent of the assessed value of land within each of the several districts.

Source: Section 56865, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=GOV§ionNum=56865.­ (updated Jan. 1, 2001; accessed Jun. 30, 2025).

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