ARTICLE 5. Establishment of Consolidated Counties

Article 5 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1391.

§§ 23567–23580 · 14 sections

• § 23567 If upon a canvass of the total votes cast in all the affected counties at the election, it appears that within each affected county, more than 50 percent of…
• § 23568 The clerk of the principal county shall immediately make out and deliver to each person elected a certificate of election, authenticated by his signature and…
• § 23569 All the officers elected at the election shall hold their offices until the time provided by general law for the election and qualification of such officers,…
• § 23570 The board of supervisors of the principal county shall cause a copy of the resolution adopted pursuant to Section 23566 to be filed with the State Board of…
• § 23571 When the consolidated county is deemed legally established, the affected counties are dissolved and if any of the affected counties has a charter, it is deemed…
• § 23572 Any county created by the consolidation of counties pursuant to this chapter is the successor of the affected counties.
• § 23572.5 The maximum tax rate for the consolidated county shall be determined in accordance with Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 2201) of Part 4 of Division 1 of the…
• § 23573 The affected counties shall continue to provide necessary service from the date of establishing the consolidated county until service responsibilities and…
• § 23574 Notwithstanding any other provision of law no special district which is organized within any affected county and governed by the board of supervisors thereof,…
• § 23575 After the establishment of the consolidated county its officers shall proceed to complete all proceedings necessary for the assessment or collection of the…
• § 23576 The officers of each affected county shall immediately execute and deliver to the board of supervisors of the consolidated county copies of all assessments or…
• § 23577 The superior court of the principal county shall become the superior court of the consolidated county.
• § 23578 On or after the date the consolidated county is established, the superior court in the affected counties shall retain jurisdiction in all cases pending in a…
• § 23580 Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, consolidation does not affect any debts, demands, liabilities, or obligations of any kind existing in favor of or…