{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-56827","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 56827","heading":"","body":"(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), upon the presentation of any petition or applications making a proposal for a reorganization, the commission may take proceedings pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with Section 56650) without referring the proposal to a reorganization committee, as provided in this part.\n(b) The commission may refer to a reorganization committee any incorporation proposal that includes, or may be modified to include, any of the following changes of organization affecting an independent special district: consolidation, dissolution, formation, merger, or establishment of a subsidiary district.\n(c) If the commission has initiated a change of organization or reorganization that affects more than one special district, the commission may, and is encouraged to, utilize a reorganization committee to review the proposal.","path":["Government Code - GOV","TITLE 5. LOCAL AGENCIES [50001. - 57607.]","DIVISION 3. CORTESE-KNOX-HERTZBERG LOCAL GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION ACT OF 2000 [56000. - 57550.]","PART 3. COMMISSION PROCEEDINGS FOR A CHANGE OF ORGANIZATION OR REORGANIZATION [56650. - 56898.]","CHAPTER 5. Proceedings for Special Districts [56821. - 56879.5.]","ARTICLE 2. Reorganization [56825. - 56857.]"],"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":"0a0e059e9aed08d3e5f0fc09bee812c410f8abb6af0051aa194fe53faffb2553","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-56826.5","next":"us-ca/gov-56828"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}