The lands included within a district may be contiguous or noncontiguous.
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Section § 26530
This law states that the lands within a district can either be touching each other (contiguous) or separate from each other (noncontiguous).
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Section § 26531
This law states that a district's land can extend across multiple local government areas.
The lands included within a district may be situated in more than one local agency.
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Section § 26532
This law section states that land within a district can be owned by either the public or private entities.
The lands included within a district may be publicly or privately owned.
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Section § 26533
Any piece of land must be entirely inside or outside the boundaries of the proposed district; it cannot be split by the district's borders.
No parcel of real property shall be divided by the boundaries of the proposed district.
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Section § 26534
This law states that any land located within a certain district will receive special benefits from a construction project that has been approved by the local government.
All lands included within a district shall be specially benefitted by construction proposed in a plan of control approved by the legislative body.
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