ARTICLE 3. Reorganization Proceedings

Article 3 added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 972.

§§ 51920–51939.2 · 24 sections

§ 51920 Reorganization proceedings pursuant to this chapter shall be deemed to have commenced with the appointment of the charter commissioners by the county and…
§ 51921 The charter commissioners shall propose a charter for the government of the City-County of Sacramento. The charter so prepared shall be signed by a majority of…
§ 51922 The legislative body of the county shall cause copies of the charter to be printed in convenient pamphlet form and in type of not less than 10-point and shall…
§ 51923 The proposed charter shall be submitted to the electors of the entire county (including all cities) at a date to be fixed by the charter commissioners before…
§ 51924 In submitting any such charter, the charter commissioners may also submit separate propositions, whether alternative or conflicting, or one included within the…
§ 51925 The charter as adopted at the election by a majority of the electors of the entire county (including all cities) voting thereon and by a majority of the…
§ 51926 At the election, the questions of reorganization and adoption of a charter shall both be presented as provided in Section 51929. In addition, there shall also…
§ 51927 The legislative body of the county shall cause notice of the election to be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in…
§ 51928 The notice shall: (a) State distinctly the proposition or propositions to be submitted. (b) State the names of the cities and the county proposed to be…
§ 51929 Upon the ballots used at the election shall be printed the words: “Shall the city (or cities) of (naming them) and the County of Sacramento be reorganized and…
§ 51929.5 Upon the ballots used at the election within each of the other cities proposed to be reorganized and consolidated with the County of Sacramento shall also be…
§ 51929.6 The charter of the city-county adopted pursuant to this chapter shall contain provisions which recognize the right of the voters of the other cities to elect…
§ 51930 If, voting on a proposition presented pursuant to Section 51929, an elector marks the voting target next to the word “Yes,” the elector’s vote shall be counted…
§ 51931 On each proposition separately submitted, including the proposition presented pursuant to Section 51929.5, if an elector marks the voting target next to the…
§ 51932 Except as otherwise provided in this article, the election, if a special election, shall be conducted as other special elections in the county or, if a general…
§ 51933 After performing their duties, the election officers shall deliver the ballots, tally sheets, and returns to the clerk of the county.
§ 51934 At its next regular meeting following the election, the legislative body of the county shall canvass the returns. The canvass shall be completed at the meeting…
§ 51935 Immediately upon the completion of the canvass, the legislative body of the county shall declare the results and cause a record to be entered upon its minutes,…
§ 51936 If a majority of the votes cast in the largest city or if a majority of the votes in the county as a whole (including the largest city and the other cities) is…
§ 51937 If a majority of the votes cast in both the largest city and in the county as a whole (including the largest city and the other cities) is for consolidation…
§ 51938 A copy of the record of the canvass, with a statement of the proposition or propositions submitted at the election shall be filed with the Secretary of State.
§ 51939 Upon the filing with the Secretary of State of the Charter of the consolidated City-County of Sacramento which has been approved by the Legislature pursuant to…
§ 51939.1 The provisions of Sections 51940 through 51947, inclusive, shall not apply to any of the other cities which has voted, pursuant to Section 51929.5, to retain…
§ 51939.2 The procedures set forth in this article shall have validity and effect and shall be followed only in the event that an amendment to the California…