{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-56865","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 56865","heading":"","body":"Petitions for the consolidation of two or more districts shall be signed as follows:\n(a) For registered voter districts, by not less than 5 percent of the registered voters within each of the several districts.\n(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.","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 4. Initiation by Petition [56864. - 56871.]"],"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":"7d59a712499b44cf042794d5e45f751c4f8df51e53179275803f09690c866607","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-56864.3","next":"us-ca/gov-56866"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}