ARTICLE 2. Initiation of Proceedings

Article 2 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1392.

§§ 23320–23330.5 · 12 sections

• § 23320 Proceedings for the creation of a proposed county shall be initiated by petition. Any such petition shall contain the following: (a) An accurate description of…
• § 23321 (a) Where the population of the proposed county is less than 5 percent of the total population of the affected counties, a petition initiating proceedings…
• § 23322 A petition may consist of a single instrument or several counterparts.
• § 23323 A petition may designate not more than three persons as chief petitioners setting forth their names and mailing addresses.
• § 23324 (a) Before circulating any petition pursuant to this article, the proponents shall file with the clerk as provided in Section 23325, a notice of intention to…
• § 23325 All petitions shall be filed with (a) the clerk of the county from which the new county is to be formed if it is to be formed from but one county, or (b) the…
• § 23326 Within 30 days after the date of filing of a petition, the clerk of the principal county shall examine the petition and determine whether it is signed by the…
• § 23327 If the clerk certifies a petition to be insufficient he shall give mailed notice thereof to each of the chief petitioners, if any, and file the petition as a…
• § 23328 If the clerk certifies a petition to be sufficient, he shall immediately transmit a copy of his certification to the board of supervisors of each affected…
• § 23329 In certifying the sufficiency of a petition, the clerk shall compare the name of each person signing the petition with the registration records of the county…
• § 23330 Upon certification of a petition, the board of the principal county shall forthwith transmit a copy of the petition certification to the Governor.
• § 23330.5 No person shall file a petition pursuant to this article within five years of the date of certification, pursuant to Section 23328, of a prior petition which…