Any public or federal agency owning land within the territory which is the subject of the proposed change of organization or reorganization shall be deemed a landowner for the purpose of the signing and certification of a petition for the change of organization or reorganization. That agency may authorize the petition to be signed for the agency, and on behalf of the agency, by any duly authorized officer or employee.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 541, Sec. 3. Effective September 9, 1985. Operative January 1, 1986, by Sec. 5 of Ch. 541.)