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Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set
forth in this article govern the construction of this chapter and
Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 35700).
An "action to reorganize districts" means either of the
following:
(a) An action to form a new school district, which is accomplished
through any of, or any combination of, the following:
(1) Dissolving two or more existing school districts of the same
kind and forming one or more new school districts of that same kind
from the entire territory of the original districts.
(2) Forming one or more new school districts of the same kind from
all or parts of one or more existing school districts of that same
kind.
(3) Unifying school districts, including the consolidation of all
or part of one or more high school districts with all or part of one
or more component school districts into one or more new unified
school districts.
(4) Deunifying a school district, including the conversion of all
or part of a unified school district into one or more new high school
districts, each with two or more new component districts.
(b) An action to transfer territory, including the transfer of all
or part of an existing school district to another existing school
district.
"County committee" means the county committee on school
district organization, organized and acting as provided for in
Article 1 (commencing with Section 4000) of Chapter 1 of Part 3, or
the county board of education, organized and acting as provided for
in Article 2 (commencing with Section 4020) of Chapter 1 of Part 3.
For the purposes of any reference in this chapter to
"districts of the same kind," all elementary school districts are
districts of the same kind, all high school districts are districts
of the same kind, and all unified school districts are districts of
the same kind.
As used in this chapter and in Chapter 4 (commencing with
Section 35700):
(a) "Affected district" means a district that has been, or is
proposed to be, affected by an action to reorganize pursuant to
Section 35511 or by an action to lapse a district pursuant to Section
35780.1. Affected districts include all of the following district
types:
(1) "Original district" means a district as it existed before an
action to reorganize pursuant to Section 35511 or before an action to
lapse a district pursuant to Section 35780.1. The boundaries of an
"original district" are those of the district as it existed
immediately before the action to reorganize or lapse.
(2) "Former district" means a district that has been wholly
included in another district, or has had all of its territory made
part of two or more other districts, through any action taken
pursuant to Section 35511 or through a lapse pursuant to Section
35780.1. The boundaries of a former district are those of the
district as it existed immediately before an action to reorganize or
lapse.
(3) "New district" means a district that is formed from all or
portions of one or more other districts by an action to reorganize
taken pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 35511. A new district
does not exist before such an action.
(4) "Acquiring district" means a district that has all or portions
of one or more other districts transferred into, or lapsed into, its
boundaries pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 35511 or Section
35780.1.
(5) "Divided district" means a district that has had a portion of
its territory become part of a new district or transferred into one
or more other districts by an action to reorganize taken pursuant to
Section 35511.
(A) The "reorganized portion of a divided district" means the
portion of the divided district's territory that becomes part of a
new district or is transferred into one or more other districts.
(B) The "remaining portion of a divided district" means the
portion of the divided district's territory that does not become part
of a new district or that is not transferred into one or more other
districts.
(6) "Reorganized district" means a district that is a "new
district," an "acquiring district," or a "divided district."
(b) "Districts" means school districts of every kind or class.
"Component district" means an elementary school district
that is included within a high school district or an elementary
school district that is excluded from an action to unify a high
school district but that continues to feed into the high schools of
the new unified school district pursuant to subdivision (b) of
Section 35542.
"Uninhabited territory" means territory in which fewer than
12 persons are registered to vote at least 54 days before the time of
filing of a petition or adoption of a resolution for a school
district boundary change.