SEC. 3.
The Legislature finds and declares that a special law is necessary and that a general law cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution because of the unique circumstances faced by the unincorporated community of Rancho Cordova in the County of Sacramento. The facts constituting the special circumstances are as follows:The proposal to incorporate Rancho Cordova was filed before January 1, 2001, the effective date of Chapter 761 of the Statutes of 2000, the measure that revised the deadlines for the processing of incorporation proposals. Pursuant to Section 56101 of the Government Code, the Rancho Cordova incorporation proposal is being continued under and processed in accordance with the provisions of the law that existed before January 1, 2001. If local officials use all of the time provided to them by the provisions of the law that existed before January 1, 2001, the proposal to incorporate Rancho Cordova would not qualify for the November 5, 2002, general election ballot. Accordingly, a special act that applies different deadlines only to the proposal to incorporate Rancho Cordova is necessary.