(a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), if proceedings are terminated by failure of a majority of voters to confirm a resolution ordering merger or establishment of a subsidiary district, no new proposal for a merger or establishment of a subsidiary district involving the same district may be filed with the commission within two years of the date of the certification adopted by the commission, pursuant to Section 57179.
(b) The commission may waive the requirements of subdivision (a) if it finds these requirements are detrimental to the public interest.