{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-56116","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 56116","heading":"","body":"The Legislature declares that the doctrine of automatic merger of a district with a city or the merger by operation of law of a district with a city has no further force or effect. The existence of a district shall not be extinguished or terminated as a result of the entire territory of that district being heretofore or hereafter included within a city unless that district is merged with the city as a result of proceedings taken pursuant to this division.","path":["Government Code - GOV","TITLE 5. LOCAL AGENCIES [50001. - 57607.]","DIVISION 3. CORTESE-KNOX-HERTZBERG LOCAL GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION ACT OF 2000 [56000. - 57550.]","PART 1. GENERAL [56000. - 56160.]","CHAPTER 3. Introductory and General Provisions [56100. - 56134.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"ac22d9a2889a96c21262b0375a6598f81a1a20de29e66cc0ced511fc3f91605d","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-56107","next":"us-ca/gov-56117"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}