2010 California Code
Government Code
Chapter 3. Conduct Of Hearing

57050.  (a) The protest hearing on the proposal shall be held by the
commission on the date and at the time specified in the notice given
by the executive officer. The hearing may be continued from time to
time but not to exceed 60 days from the date specified for the
hearing in the notice. The hearing on a proposal that includes an
incorporation may be continued from time to time but not to exceed 35
days from the date specified for the hearing in the notice.
   (b) At the protest hearing, prior to consideration of protests,
the commission's resolution making determinations shall be
summarized. At that hearing, the commission shall hear and receive
any oral or written protests, objections, or evidence that is made,
presented, or filed. Any person who has filed a written protest may
withdraw that protest at any time prior to the conclusion of the
hearing.


57051.  At any time prior to the conclusion of the protest hearing
in the notice given by the executive officer, but not thereafter, any
owner of land or any registered voter within inhabited territory
that is the subject of a proposed change of organization or
reorganization, or any owner of land within uninhabited territory
that is the subject of a proposed change of organization or
reorganization, may file a written protest against the change of
organization or reorganization. Each written protest shall state
whether it is made by a landowner or registered voter and shall
include the same information that is required in a petition for a
change of organization or reorganization, as specified in Section
56704. Protests may be made on behalf of an owner of land by an agent
authorized in writing by the owner to act as agent with respect to
that land. Protests may be made on behalf of a private corporation
which is an owner of land by any officer or employee of the
corporation without written authorization by the corporation to act
as agent in making that protest.
   Each written protest shall show the date that each signature was
affixed to the protest. All signatures without a date or bearing a
date prior to the date of publication of the notice shall be
disregarded for purposes of ascertaining the value of any written
protests.


57052.  Upon conclusion of the protest hearing, the commission shall
determine the value of written protests filed and not withdrawn. The
value of written protests shall be determined in the same manner
prescribed in Sections 56704, 56707, 56708, and 56710 for determining
the sufficiency of petitions filed with the commission.