§ 56031

Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 353, Sec. 1. (AB 1725) Effective January 1, 2018.
(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.

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