Section 56130 Of Chapter 3. Introductory And General Provisions From California Government Code >> Division 3. >> Title 5. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 3.
56130
. Voter approval within the territory, as required by Section
56129, shall be given at an election. The question submitted at the
election shall identify the district, designate the kind of service
to be furnished, identify the territory within which the service is
proposed to be furnished, and state the name of the public utility
presently authorized to furnish the gas or electric service within
the territory.
The district shall not furnish the gas or electric service, as
defined in subdivision (c) of Section 56129, within the territory
unless the question of furnishing the gas or electric service has
been submitted to the voters at an election called, held, and
conducted within the territory and a majority of the votes cast upon
the question are in favor of the service. The board of supervisors or
the legislative body of the conducting district may submit the
question at the election called upon the question of confirmation of
an order of change of organization or reorganization, or the board of
directors of the district may submit the question of the gas or
electric service at a special election called after completion of the
proceedings for a change of organization or a reorganization. The
question of the service shall be submitted as a separate proposition
at any election within the territory and shall be voted upon only by
qualified voters within the territory. If the question is defeated at
the election, for one year thereafter no petition requesting the gas
or electric service may be filed and no new election called upon the
question.