Section 56375.4.

(a) The authority to initiate, conduct, and complete any proceeding pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 56375.3 does not apply to any territory that, after January 1, 2000, became surrounded or substantially surrounded by the city to which annexation is proposed, except for islands that were created after January 1, 2000, as a result of boundary adjustments between two counties. The authority to initiate, conduct, and complete any proceeding pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 56375.3 shall expire January 1, 2014. The period of time between January 1, 2000, and January 1, 2014, shall not include any period of time during which, in an action pending in any court, a local agency is enjoined from conducting proceedings pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 56375.3. Upon final disposition of that case, the previously enjoined local agency may initiate, conduct, and complete proceedings pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 56375.3 for the same period of time as was remaining under that 14-year limit at the time the injunction commenced. However, if the remaining time is less than six months, that authority shall continue for six months following final disposition of the action.

(b) Between January 1, 2000, and January 1, 2014, no new proposal involving the same or substantially the same territory as a proposal initiated pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 56375.3 after January 1, 2000, shall be initiated for two years after the date of adoption by the commission of a resolution terminating proceedings.

(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 64, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2009.)