If the following conditions are met, the county committee may approve the petition and order that the petition be granted, and shall so notify the county board of supervisors:
(a) The county committee finds that the conditions enumerated in paragraphs (1) to (10), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 35753 are substantially met, and:
(b) Either:
(1) The petition is to transfer uninhabited territory from one school district to another and the owner of the territory, or a majority of the owners of the territory, and the governing board of each affected district consents to the transfer; or
(2) The petition is to transfer inhabited territory of less than 10 percent of the assessed valuation of the school district from which the territory is being transferred, and the governing board of each affected district consents to the transfer.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 186, Sec. 25. (AB 2659) Effective January 1, 2017.)