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2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 1 - COUNTIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3 - Creation of New Counties › ARTICLE 4 - Election on Creation of the Proposed County › Section 23374.

23374. All costs of an election shall be paid by the principal county, if the creation of the proposed county is defeated, or by the proposed county if it is created pursuant to this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1392.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 1 - COUNTIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3 - Creation of New Counties › ARTICLE 4.5 - Election to Select County Officers and Location of County Seat in the Approved County › Section 23374.1.

23374.1. If the election for the purpose of determining whether the proposed county shall be created results in the county’s creation being approved, an election for purposes of determining the location of the county seat and the selection of county officers shall be held in the approved county at the next statewide primary or general election date. The board of supervisors of each affected county shall order and give proclamation and notice of the election. The election may be consolidated with the statewide primary or general election.
(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 702, Sec. 11.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 1 - COUNTIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3 - Creation of New Counties › ARTICLE 4.5 - Election to Select County Officers and Location of County Seat in the Approved County › Section 23374.2.

23374.2. The proclamation and notice of election provided for pursuant to this article shall be published at least once a week for three weeks commencing not less than 70 days prior to the date of the election in a newspaper of general circulation in the approved county.
(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 370.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 1 - COUNTIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3 - Creation of New Counties › ARTICLE 4.5 - Election to Select County Officers and Location of County Seat in the Approved County › Section 23374.3.

23374.3. The content of the notice of election for the election to select the county officers for the approved county and the location of the county seat in the approved county shall be determined by the board of supervisors of the principal county. The notice of election shall include a statement that any city council in a city within the approved county or any member or members of the council authorized by the council, any qualified elector entitled to vote at the election, any bona fide association of citizens, or any combination of qualified electors and associations may submit and file written arguments with the elections official of the principal county for printing and distribution in the ballot pamphlet, in accordance with Section 9163 of the Elections Code.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 923, Sec. 44. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 1 - COUNTIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3 - Creation of New Counties › ARTICLE 4.5 - Election to Select County Officers and Location of County Seat in the Approved County › Section 23374.4.

23374.4. All registered voters residing in the boundaries of the approved county, who have been registered voters of the approved county 29 days prior to the election provided for in this article are entitled to vote in such election. Registration and transfers of registration shall be made and shall close in the manner and at the times provided by law for registration and transfers of registration for a general election in the state.
(Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 1114, Sec. 26.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 1 - COUNTIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3 - Creation of New Counties › ARTICLE 4.5 - Election to Select County Officers and Location of County Seat in the Approved County › Section 23374.5.

23374.5. Ballots at the election provided for in this article shall contain the statement:
“For (name of county seat as determined by commission)” as county seat
Opposite the statement, and to its right, the words “Yes” and “No” shall be printed on separate lines, with voting squares. If a voter stamps a cross (+) in the voting square after the printed word “Yes,” his or her vote shall be counted in favor of the adoption. If he or she stamps a cross (+) in the voting square after the printed word “No,” his or her vote shall be counted against its adoption.
(Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 1114, Sec. 27.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 1 - COUNTIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3 - Creation of New Counties › ARTICLE 4.5 - Election to Select County Officers and Location of County Seat in the Approved County › Section 23374.6.

23374.6. Candidates for elective offices of the approved county shall file nomination papers at the same time and in the same manner as candidates for the governing body of general law counties.
(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 370.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 1 - COUNTIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3 - Creation of New Counties › ARTICLE 4.5 - Election to Select County Officers and Location of County Seat in the Approved County › Section 23374.7.

23374.7. The election shall be governed and controlled by the general election laws of the state so far as applicable, except as otherwise provided in this article.
(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 370.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 1 - COUNTIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3 - Creation of New Counties › ARTICLE 4.5 - Election to Select County Officers and Location of County Seat in the Approved County › Section 23374.8.

23374.8. The clerk of the principal county shall cause a ballot pamphlet concerning the election of county officers for the approved county and the location of the county seat in the approved county to be printed and mailed to each registered voter of the approved county.
The ballot pamphlet shall contain the following:
(a) The names of the persons to be voted for to fill the county offices designated by the commission.
(b) The argument for the location of the county seat in the approved county.
(c) The argument against the location of the county seat in the approved county.
(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 370.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 1 - COUNTIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3 - Creation of New Counties › ARTICLE 4.5 - Election to Select County Officers and Location of County Seat in the Approved County › Section 23374.9.

23374.9. The clerk shall also prepare and mail to the registered voters of the approved county a sample ballot. The sample ballot shall be mailed with and at the same time as the ballot pamphlet.
(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 370.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 1 - COUNTIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3 - Creation of New Counties › ARTICLE 4.5 - Election to Select County Officers and Location of County Seat in the Approved County › Section 23374.10.

23374.10. The law relating to the preparation, printing, and distribution of sample ballots and general elections does not apply to any election held pursuant to this article.
(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 370.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 1 - COUNTIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3 - Creation of New Counties › ARTICLE 4.5 - Election to Select County Officers and Location of County Seat in the Approved County › Section 23374.11.

23374.11. Except as otherwise provided by this article, the election shall be conducted as other elections in the principal county.
(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 370.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 1 - COUNTIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3 - Creation of New Counties › ARTICLE 4.5 - Election to Select County Officers and Location of County Seat in the Approved County › Section 23374.12.

23374.12. The election officers appointed pursuant to Section 23363 for purposes of the election held to determine whether the proposed county shall be created shall also act in such capacity for purposes of the election held to select county officers for the approved county and the location of the county seat in the approved county.
(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 370.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 1 - COUNTIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3 - Creation of New Counties › ARTICLE 4.5 - Election to Select County Officers and Location of County Seat in the Approved County › Section 23374.13.

23374.13. The elections official of the principal county shall furnish to the officers of each precinct in the approved county the supplies and equipment as provided for in Sections 14105 and 14110 of the Elections Code. The elections official of each other affected county shall provide to the officers of each precinct the indexes of registration for the precincts of the approved county within their respective county. In addition, the elections official may, with the approval of the board of supervisors, furnish the original books of affidavits of registration or other material necessary to verify signatures.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 923, Sec. 45. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 1 - COUNTIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3 - Creation of New Counties › ARTICLE 4.5 - Election to Select County Officers and Location of County Seat in the Approved County › Section 23374.14.

23374.14. Immediately on the closing of the polls, the election officers shall, in connection with the affected county they represent:
(a) Canvass the ballots.
(b) Make up and certify the tally sheets of the ballots cast.
(c) Seal up the ballots.
(d) Attach a statement, signed by each election officer, to the tally sheets showing the number of votes cast, the number of votes cast for each candidate and the numbers of votes cast for and against the proposed location of the county seat in the approved county.
(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 370.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 1 - COUNTIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3 - Creation of New Counties › ARTICLE 4.5 - Election to Select County Officers and Location of County Seat in the Approved County › Section 23374.15.

23374.15. The clerk of the principal county shall, upon the completion of a canvass of the vote, forward to the board of the principal county a certified copy of the results of the canvass, giving the number of votes cast for each candidate and the number of votes cast for and against the proposed location of the county seat in the approved county.
(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 370.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 1 - COUNTIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3 - Creation of New Counties › ARTICLE 4.5 - Election to Select County Officers and Location of County Seat in the Approved County › Section 23374.16.

23374.16. Upon receiving a certified copy of the results of the canvass, the board of supervisors of the principal county, by resolution, shall:
(a) Declare the results of the election on the county seat. If more than 50 percent of the total number of all votes cast within the approved new county are in favor of the county seat, such location shall be the county seat until removed in the manner provided by law. Where the proposed county seat is not affirmed by the voters, the board of supervisors of the approved county shall designate a temporary county seat until removed in the manner provided by law.
(b) Name the persons receiving the highest number of votes cast for the several offices to be filled at the general election and declare those persons duly elected to the respective offices and that they shall enter upon the duties of their offices upon election and qualification, and prescribe the amount of the bonds such elected officers shall provide upon taking office.
(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 370.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 1 - COUNTIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3 - Creation of New Counties › ARTICLE 4.5 - Election to Select County Officers and Location of County Seat in the Approved County › Section 23374.17.

23374.17. 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 the seal of the board of the principal county.
(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 370.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 1 - COUNTIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3 - Creation of New Counties › ARTICLE 4.5 - Election to Select County Officers and Location of County Seat in the Approved County › Section 23374.18.

23374.18. All the officers elected at the election shall hold their offices until the times provided by general law for the election and qualification of such officers, and until their successors are elected and qualified.
(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 370.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 1 - COUNTIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3 - Creation of New Counties › ARTICLE 4.5 - Election to Select County Officers and Location of County Seat in the Approved County › Section 23374.19.

23374.19. All costs of an election shall first be paid by the principal county. The new county shall then reimburse the principal county for all costs of the election held pursuant to this article.
(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 370.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 1 - COUNTIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3 - Creation of New Counties › ARTICLE 5 - Transfers › Section 23375.

23375. After the creation of the proposed county its officers shall proceed to complete all proceedings necessary for the assessment or collection of the state and county taxes for the current year, and all acts and steps theretofore taken by the officers of the affected county or counties prior to the creation of the proposed county shall be deemed performed by the officers of the proposed county for the benefit of the proposed county.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1392.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 1 - COUNTIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3 - Creation of New Counties › ARTICLE 5 - Transfers › Section 23376.

23376. The officers of each affected county shall immediately execute and deliver to the board of supervisors of the proposed county copies of all assessments or other proceedings relative to the assessment and collection of the current state and county taxes on property in the proposed county. The copies shall be filed with the respective officers of the proposed county who would have their custody if the proceedings had been originally had in the proposed county and shall be deemed originals. All proceedings recited in such copies shall be deemed original proceedings in the proposed county, and have the same effect as if the proceedings had been had at the proper time and in the proper manner by the respective officials of the proposed county. The officials of the proposed county shall proceed with the assessment and collection of the taxes as if the proceedings originally had in the affected county or counties had been originally had in the proposed county.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1392.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 1 - COUNTIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3 - Creation of New Counties › ARTICLE 5 - Transfers › Section 23377.

23377. The county superintendent of schools of each affected county shall furnish the county superintendent of schools of the proposed county with a certified copy of the last school census of the different school districts in the territory forming the proposed county, and shall draw his warrant on the treasurer of his county in favor of the treasurer of the proposed county, for all the money that is or may be due from his county by any apportionment or otherwise to the different school districts embraced in the proposed county.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1392.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 1 - COUNTIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3 - Creation of New Counties › ARTICLE 5 - Transfers › Section 23378.

23378. The auditor of each affected county shall draw his warrant on the treasurer of his county in favor of the treasurer of the proposed county for all money that is or may be due from his county by apportionment or otherwise to the different road and supervisorial or district funds in the territory forming the proposed county. The amounts shall be properly credited in both counties.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1392.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 1 - COUNTIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3 - Creation of New Counties › ARTICLE 5 - Transfers › Section 23379.

23379. The treasurer of each affected county shall immediately cause to be transferred to the county treasurer of the proposed county all money standing to the credit of or belonging to any road or school district, the territory comprising which is included within the boundaries of the proposed county. A compliance with the provisions of this section shall be a full and complete settlement of all debts which the proposed county has against the affected county or counties.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1392.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 1 - COUNTIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3 - Creation of New Counties › ARTICLE 5 - Transfers › Section 23380.

23380. Whenever in the formation of a proposed county, a road, supervisorial, or school district has been divided the board of each affected county shall by resolution direct its treasurer to transfer the proper proportionate amount of the money remaining in the fund of such district to the treasurer of the proposed county.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1392.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 1 - COUNTIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3 - Creation of New Counties › ARTICLE 5 - Transfers › Section 23381.

23381. The board of supervisors of any proposed county shall provide suitable books and have transcribed from the records of the affected county or counties all parts thereof relating to or affecting the title to or property situate in the proposed county. When transcribed and certified the records shall have the same force and effect as original records. Compensation for services shall be fixed and allowed by the board of the proposed county at not to exceed eight cents ($0.08) a folio for transcribing. The recorder of each affected county shall compare the books of transcripts and attach to each volume a certificate under his seal of office of the correctness of the records copied. For the service of comparing he may charge not to exceed two cents ($0.02) a folio, and for each certificate, not to exceed twenty-five cents ($0.25).
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1392.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 1 - COUNTIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3 - Creation of New Counties › ARTICLE 5 - Transfers › Section 23382.

23382. All actions pending in the superior court of an affected county for the recovery of the possession of, quieting the title to, or for the enforcement of liens upon, real estate lying in the proposed county shall on motion of any party thereto be transferred to the superior court of the proposed county and deemed originally brought in the superior court of the proposed county. Any other action or special proceeding pending in the superior court of an affected county which might have been commenced in the proposed county if the proposed county had been in existence at the date of commencement, may in the discretion of the court in which it is pending and on motion of any party interested therein be transferred to the superior court of the proposed county.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1392.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 1 - COUNTIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3 - Creation of New Counties › ARTICLE 5 - Transfers › Section 23383.

23383. The affected county or counties shall continue to provide necessary services from the date of creation of the proposed county until service responsibilities and functions are transferred to the proposed county according to the provisions of the resolution of the board of supervisors of the principal county adopted pursuant to Section 23369. The proposed county shall contract with the affected county or counties for such purposes from the date of creation until actual transfer or the effective date or dates for transfer as provided in such resolution. The contract shall specify the amount or amounts to be paid by the proposed county to the affected county or counties for the performance of such services and functions. The proposed county may continue to contract with the affected county or counties for any services and functions subsequent to the date or dates specified in any resolution adopted pursuant to Section 23369.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1392.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 1 - COUNTIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3 - Creation of New Counties › ARTICLE 5 - Transfers › Section 23383.5.

23383.5. The maximum tax rate for the new county shall be established in accordance with Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 2201) of Part 4 of Division 1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1392.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 1 - COUNTIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3 - Creation of New Counties › ARTICLE 5 - Transfers › Section 23384.

23384. Except as provided by the commission, upon creation of the proposed county the territory located within the proposed county shall be relieved of annual tax liability for outstanding indebtedness of each affected county in the year next succeeding the election on creation of the proposed county when assessments or taxes are to be levied for payment of such indebtedness.
Territory remaining in the affected county or counties upon the creation of the proposed county shall be relieved of annual tax liability for any outstanding indebtedness of such affected county or counties which the commission determines is to be assumed by the proposed county. Such relief shall become effective in the year next succeeding the year in which the election on creation of the proposed county is held when assessments or taxes are to be levied for payment of such indebtedness.
Nothing in this section shall be construed as in any way limiting the power of a bondholder to enforce his contractual rights; and nothing in this section shall affect the ultimate liability of territory of the affected county or counties, or of the proposed county for bonded indebtedness of the affected county or counties, or of the proposed county for bonded indebtedness of the affected county or counties in case of default.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1392.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 1 - COUNTIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3 - Creation of New Counties › ARTICLE 5 - Transfers › Section 23385.

23385. When the proposed county is deemed created, all funds, records and the title to any property owned or held by, or in trust for any of the affected counties, or by their officers or boards in trust for public use, is vested in the proposed county, or its officers or boards.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1392.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 1 - COUNTIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3 - Creation of New Counties › ARTICLE 5 - Transfers › Section 23386.

23386. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, creation of the proposed county does not affect any debts, demands, liabilities or obligations of any kind existing in favor of or against the affected county or counties. Creation of the proposed county does not affect any pending action or proceeding involving any such debt, demand, liability, or obligation, or any action or proceeding brought by or against any affected county prior to creation of the proposed county. All such proceedings shall be continued and concluded, by final judgment or otherwise, as if the proposed county had not been created.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1392.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 1 - COUNTIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3 - Creation of New Counties › ARTICLE 6 - Districts › Section 23390.

23390. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no special district, which is organized within the affected county or counties and governed by the board of supervisors thereof, shall have its territory divided or in any other way have its organization changed as the result of the establishment of the proposed county except by proceedings taken pursuant to law subsequent to the establishment of the proposed county.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1392.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 1 - COUNTIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3 - Creation of New Counties › ARTICLE 7 - Courts › Section 23394.

23394. On and after the date of creation of the proposed county, the county shall be included in that district court of appeals district which included the largest portion of the proposed county, prior to its formation. The district court of appeals district which included any portion of the new county prior to its formation shall retain jurisdiction over all cases pending in a session of such court, within the boundaries of the proposed county immediately prior to its creation.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1392.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 1 - COUNTIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3 - Creation of New Counties › ARTICLE 7 - Courts › Section 23395.

23395. In a proposed county there is one judge of the superior court who shall be selected as provided by law.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1392.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 1 - COUNTIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3 - Creation of New Counties › ARTICLE 7 - Courts › Section 23396.

23396. The Trial Court Employment Protection and Governance Act (Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 71600) of Title 8) applies to the superior court and superior court employees in a proposed county, except that preference in appointment shall be given to those persons serving a session of the superior court located within the boundaries of the proposed county immediately prior to its creation.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 784, Sec. 135. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 1 - COUNTIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3 - Creation of New Counties › ARTICLE 7 - Courts › Section 23397.

23397. On and after the date of creation of the proposed county, the superior court in the affected county or counties shall retain jurisdiction in all cases pending in a session of such court which is located within the boundaries of the proposed county immediately prior to its creation.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1392.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 1 - COUNTIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3.5 - Consolidation of Counties › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 23500.

23500. Two or more counties, each contiguous to the other, or to one of the others, may consolidate into one county pursuant to this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1391.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 1 - COUNTIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3.5 - Consolidation of Counties › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 23501.

23501. As used in this chapter:
(a) “Affected county” means each county which is proposed to be part of a consolidated county or which is consolidated with one or more counties.
(b) “Principal county” means the county with the greatest proportion of assessed value, as shown on the last equalized assessment roll, to the total amount of taxable property in the county.
(c) “Clerk” means the clerk of the county board of supervisors. Where the office of clerk of the board of supervisors is separate from the office of registrar of voters, “clerk” means the registrar of voters with respect to all duties pertaining to the conduct of elections and the certification of petitions and clerk of the board of supervisors with respect to all other duties specified in this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1391.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 1 - COUNTIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3.5 - Consolidation of Counties › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 23502.

23502. Proceedings under this chapter shall not be subject to the provisions of Chapter 6.6 (commencing with Section 54773) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5, relating to local agency formation commissions.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1391.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 1 - COUNTIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3.5 - Consolidation of Counties › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 23503.

23503. Any action to determine the validity of the consolidation of counties pursuant to this chapter shall be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
(Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 699, Sec. 4.7. (SB 894) Effective January 1, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 1 - COUNTIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3.5 - Consolidation of Counties › ARTICLE 2 - Initiation of Proceedings › Section 23510.

23510. Proceedings for the consolidation of two or more contiguous counties may be initiated by petition, or by resolution of the board of supervisors of each affected county filed with the board of supervisors of the principal county.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1391.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 1 - COUNTIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3.5 - Consolidation of Counties › ARTICLE 2 - Initiation of Proceedings › Section 23511.

23511. A petition initiating proceedings shall be signed by qualified electors of each affected county equaling in number not less than 25 percent of the number of electors of each county registered within the county on the date of the last preceding gubernatorial election.
Each elector, after signing a petition, shall add the name of the county in which the elector resides, the elector’s place of residence, giving a street and number or a designation sufficient to enable the place of residence to be readily ascertained, and the date the elector signed the petition.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1391.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 1 - COUNTIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3.5 - Consolidation of Counties › ARTICLE 2 - Initiation of Proceedings › Section 23513.

23513. A petition may designate not more than three persons as chief petitioners setting forth their names and mailing addresses.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1391.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 1 - COUNTIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3.5 - Consolidation of Counties › ARTICLE 2 - Initiation of Proceedings › Section 23514.

23514. No petition shall be accepted for filing pursuant to this article unless the signatures therein shall have been secured within six months of the date on which the first signature on the petition was affixed and such petition is submitted for filing as provided in Section 23515 within 60 days after the last signature is affixed. If the time between the date on which the last signature is affixed and the date on which the petition is submitted for filing exceeds 60 days, or, if any signature on the petition has been secured more than six months from the date on which the first signature was affixed, the petition shall be considered insufficient and shall be filed by the clerk as a public record without prejudice to the filing of a new petition.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1391.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 1 - COUNTIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3.5 - Consolidation of Counties › ARTICLE 2 - Initiation of Proceedings › Section 23515.

23515. All petitions shall be filed with the clerk of the principal county. All counterparts of a petition shall be filed at the same time.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1391.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 1 - COUNTIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3.5 - Consolidation of Counties › ARTICLE 2 - Initiation of Proceedings › Section 23516.

23516. 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 requisite number of electors. When the clerk has completed the examination, the clerk shall certify the results of the examination.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1391.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 1 - COUNTIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3.5 - Consolidation of Counties › ARTICLE 2 - Initiation of Proceedings › Section 23517.

23517. If the clerk certifies a petition to be insufficient the clerk shall give mailed notice thereof to each of the chief petitioners, if any, and file the petition as a public record without prejudice to the filing of a new petition.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1391.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 1 - COUNTIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3.5 - Consolidation of Counties › ARTICLE 2 - Initiation of Proceedings › Section 23518.

23518. If the clerk certifies a petition to be sufficient, the clerk shall immediately transmit a copy of the certification to the board of supervisors of each county and to each of the chief petitioners, if any.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1391.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 1 - COUNTIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3.5 - Consolidation of Counties › ARTICLE 2 - Initiation of Proceedings › Section 23519.

23519. 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 in which the person signing the petition resides.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1391.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 1 - COUNTIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3.5 - Consolidation of Counties › ARTICLE 2 - Initiation of Proceedings › Section 23520.

23520. Upon receipt of the certification of a petition for county consolidation or the adoption of resolutions pursuant to Section 23510, the board of the principal county shall forthwith transmit to the Governor a copy of the certification or a certified copy of the resolutions.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1391.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 1 - COUNTIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3.5 - Consolidation of Counties › ARTICLE 3 - County Consolidation Review Commission › Section 23530.

23530. Upon receipt of notice pursuant to Section 23520, the Governor shall create a County Consolidation Review Commission to review the proposed county consolidation and appoint two residents of each affected county to be members of the commission and one member who shall not be a resident of any affected county.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1391.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 1 - COUNTIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3.5 - Consolidation of Counties › ARTICLE 3 - County Consolidation Review Commission › Section 23531.

23531. Within 10 days after notice of appointment and acceptance by the last appointed member, the members of the commission shall meet at the principal administrative office of the principal county and organize by electing from their number a chairman. They shall also appoint a secretary who shall not be a member of the commission. Thereafter the members of the commission may meet at such times and places as they select.
A majority of the commissioners shall constitute a quorum for purposes of transacting business and making the determinations required by this article.
The commission shall conduct a public hearing to receive information regarding its determinations, and to hear submissions of any interested persons and any protests and objections to the proposed county consolidation. Notices of the hearing shall be published pursuant to Section 6061 in a newspaper of general circulation in each affected county. In addition, the commission shall cause mailed notice of the hearing to be given to each of the chief petitioners, if any, at least two weeks prior to the date fixed for the hearing.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1391.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 1 - COUNTIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3.5 - Consolidation of Counties › ARTICLE 3 - County Consolidation Review Commission › Section 23532.

23532. The hearing may be continued from time to time during the course of the commission’s review.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1391.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 1 - COUNTIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3.5 - Consolidation of Counties › ARTICLE 3 - County Consolidation Review Commission › Section 23533.

23533. By citation or subpoena signed by its chairman and secretary, the commission may compel the attendance of such persons and the production of such books, papers and other documents before it as it deems necessary for the performance of its duties.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1391.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 1 - COUNTIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3.5 - Consolidation of Counties › ARTICLE 3 - County Consolidation Review Commission › Section 23534.

23534. All officers and employees of each affected county shall cooperate with, perform any functions required by, and produce any books, records or other documents of the county requested by the commission and necessary for the performance of the commission’s duties.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1391.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 1 - COUNTIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3.5 - Consolidation of Counties › ARTICLE 3 - County Consolidation Review Commission › Section 23535.

23535. The commission shall determine:
(a) The fiscal impact of the proposed consolidation on the affected counties.
(b) A procedure for the orderly and timely transition of services, functions, and responsibilities from each affected county to the consolidated county.
(c) The division of the proposed consolidated county into five supervisorial districts.
(d) The division of the proposed consolidated county into a convenient and necessary number of road and school districts, the territory of which shall be defined.
(e) The county officers to be elected at the election provided for in Section 23550.
(f) The location of the county seat of the proposed consolidated county.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 470, Sec. 27. (AB 1529) Effective January 1, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 1 - COUNTIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3.5 - Consolidation of Counties › ARTICLE 3 - County Consolidation Review Commission › Section 23536.

23536. In determining the fiscal impact of the proposed consolidation, the commission shall consider:
(a) The cost of providing services in the consolidated county.
(b) Projected revenues available to the consolidated county.
(c) Projected economics of scale to result from consolidation.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1391.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 1 - COUNTIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3.5 - Consolidation of Counties › ARTICLE 3 - County Consolidation Review Commission › Section 23537.

23537. Members of the commission shall receive as compensation a per diem not to exceed fifty dollars ($50) a day for every day they are actually employed together with their actual expenses incurred in performing their duties. If consolidation is effected all expenses of the commission, together with the reasonable costs of stationery, postage, and incidental expenses shall be borne by the consolidated county, or by each affected county, in equal shares, if the consolidation is not effected.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1391.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 1 - COUNTIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3.5 - Consolidation of Counties › ARTICLE 3 - County Consolidation Review Commission › Section 23538.

23538. The commission shall adopt a resolution making its determinations and transmit its report to the board of supervisors of each affected county within 180 days after notice of appointment and acceptance by the last appointed member, and shall be signed and attested to by each member of the commission.
The determinations of the commission shall become the terms and conditions for consolidation and as such shall be final and binding on each affected county if the consolidated county is legally established as provided in this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1391.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 1 - COUNTIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3.5 - Consolidation of Counties › ARTICLE 4 - Election › Section 23550.

23550. Upon receiving the commission’s determinations, the board of supervisors of each affected county shall order and give proclamation and notice of an election to be held in their respective affected county, the election to be held in each affected county on the same specified day which shall be the next established election date in the principal county not less than 74 days after receipt of the commission’s determinations, for the purpose of determining whether the affected counties shall be established and organized as a consolidated county.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1391.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 1 - COUNTIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3.5 - Consolidation of Counties › ARTICLE 4 - Election › Section 23551.

23551. The proclamation and notice of election to determine whether a consolidated county should be organized shall be published at least once a week for three weeks commencing not less than 70 days prior to the date of the election in a newspaper of general circulation in each affected county.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1391.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 1 - COUNTIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3.5 - Consolidation of Counties › ARTICLE 4 - Election › Section 23552.

23552. At the same time that the board of supervisors of each affected county issues a proclamation and notice of election for the purpose of determining whether the proposed consolidated county shall be organized, the boards shall issue a proclamation and notice of an election to be held on the same day in each affected county, with the same election officers, for the election of officers and the location of the county seat of the proposed consolidated county if the vote at the election is in favor of organizing the proposed consolidated county.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1391.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 1 - COUNTIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3.5 - Consolidation of Counties › ARTICLE 4 - Election › Section 23553.

23553. The notice of election shall:
(a) State distinctly the propositions to be submitted.
(b) State the names of the counties proposed to be consolidated.
(c) State the date of the election.
(d) Designate the election precincts and places at which the polls will be open as established by the board of each affected county.
(e) Instruct the electors how to vote in the election.
(f) Request the submission of written arguments for and written arguments against the proposed county consolidation.
(g) A statement that the board of supervisors of an affected county or any member or members of such board authorized by the board, any city council or a city within an affected county or any member or members of such council authorized by the council, any qualified elector entitled to vote at the election, any bona fide association of citizens, or any combination of qualified electors and associations may submit and file written arguments with the clerk of the principal county for printing and distribution in the ballot pamphlet, not later than 54 days prior to the date of the election.
(h) A statement that only one argument for and one argument against shall be selected and printed in the ballot.
(i) A statement that arguments shall not exceed 500 words in length and shall be accompanied by at least one and not more than three signatures.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1391.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 1 - COUNTIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3.5 - Consolidation of Counties › ARTICLE 4 - Election › Section 23554.

23554. All qualified electors of each affected county who have been registered electors of the county 30 days prior to the date of the election are entitled to vote at the election. Registration and transfers of registration shall be made and shall close in the manner and at the times provided by law for registration and transfers of registration for a general election in the state.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1391.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 1 - COUNTIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3.5 - Consolidation of Counties › ARTICLE 4 - Election › Section 23555.

23555. Ballots at the election shall contain the words:
(a) “For consolidation Yes,” and “For consolidation No.” Each voter shall stamp a cross (+) opposite the words “Yes,” or “No.”
(b) “For (name of county seat as determined by commission) as county seat Yes”
and “For (name of county seat as determined by commission) as county seat No”. Each voter shall stamp a cross (+) opposite the words “Yes,” or “No.”
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1391.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 1 - COUNTIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3.5 - Consolidation of Counties › ARTICLE 4 - Election › Section 23556.

23556. Candidates for elective offices of the consolidated county shall file nomination papers at the same time and in the same manner as candidates for the governing body of general law counties.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1391.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 1 - COUNTIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 3.5 - Consolidation of Counties › ARTICLE 4 - Election › Section 23557.

23557. The election shall be governed and controlled by the general election laws of the state so far as applicable, except as otherwise provided in this article.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1391.)