“County committee” means the county committee on school district organization, organized and acting as provided for in Article 1 (commencing with Section 4000) of Chapter 1 of Part 3, or the county board of education, organized and acting as provided for in Article 2 (commencing with Section 4020) of Chapter 1 of Part 3, and performing the duties as described in Articles 2 and 3 (commencing with Section 35720) of Chapter 4 of Part 21.