Except for a petition to form one or more new districts approved pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 35710, a petition transmitted pursuant to Section 35707, including the plans and recommendations included therein, if any, together with the recommended approval or disapproval and the plans and recommendations, if any, of the county committee shall be heard by the state board as provided in Article 4 (commencing with Section 35750).

(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 186, Sec. 24. (AB 2659) Effective January 1, 2017.)