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Elections Code § 9147

ARTICLE 2. Referendum

Current as of September 28, 2026Elec. Code, § 9147Official source ↗

Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.

(a) The heading of a proposed referendum measure shall be in substantially the following form:

Referendum Against an Ordinance Passed by the Board of Supervisors.


(b) Each section of the referendum petition shall contain the title and text of the ordinance or the portion of the ordinance which is the subject of the referendum.