(a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), if proceedings are terminated, either by majority protest as provided in Sections 57075 and 57077, or if a majority of voters do not confirm the change of organization or reorganization as provided in Section 57179, no substantially similar proposal for a change of organization or reorganization of the same or substantially the same territory may be filed with the commission within two years after the date of the certificate of termination if the proposal included an incorporation or city consolidation and within one year for any other change of organization or reorganization.
(b) The commission may waive the requirements of subdivision (a) if it finds these requirements are detrimental to the public interest.