California

Government Code

21,845 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 23025 — In order to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (42 U.
• § 23026 — In any county which has established a county employees’ retirement system pursuant to the County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 (Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 31450) of Part 3 of Division 4), t
• § 23027 — The board of supervisors of any county may impose a special tax pursuant to Article 3.
• § 23070 — The terms and definitions contained in this article apply to the boundary descriptions of the several counties, unless otherwise declared.
• § 23071 — In describing courses, “north,” “south,” “east,” and “west,” mean true courses, and refer to the true meridian.
• § 23072 — “Northerly,” “southerly,” “easterly,” and “westerly,” mean due north, due south, due east, and due west, unless controlled by other words, or by lines, monuments, or natural objects.
• § 23073 — “To,” “on,” “along,” “with,” or “by” a mountain or ridge, mean summit point or summit line.
• § 23074 — “To,” “by,” “along,” “with,” “in,” “up,” or “down” a creek, river, slough, strait, or bay, mean the middle of the main channel thereof.
• § 23075 — “In,” “to,” or “from” the ocean shore mean a point three miles seaward from the shore.
• § 23076 — The mouth of a creek, river, or slough which empties into another creek, river, or slough, is the point where the middle of the channels intersect.
• § 23077 — The use of a county name specified in this division, without further description, is a reference to the county of that name.
• § 23100 — The boundaries of the several counties of the State are as set forth in this article.
• § 23101 — The boundaries of Alameda County are as follows: Beginning at the southwest corner, being the common corner of San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Alameda; thence easterly along the northerly boundary of Sant
• § 23102 — The boundaries of Alpine County are as follows: Beginning at the north corner, at a point where the state line crosses the east summit of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, being the most easterly corner of
• § 23103 — The boundaries of Amador County are as follows: Beginning at the southwest corner, in the Mokelumne River, on the eastern boundary of San Joaquin; thence up said river to its junction with the north f
• § 23104 — The boundaries of Butte County are as follows: Beginning at the northwest corner of Yuba, in the center line of the Feather River, opposite the mouth of Honcut Creek; thence northeasterly up the Honcu
• § 23105 — The boundaries of Calaveras County are as follows: Beginning at the southern corner, at a point in the Stanislaus River where it intersects the eastern line of Stanislaus, being a point one mile north
• § 23106 — The boundaries of Colusa County are as follows: Beginning at the southeast corner, being the northeast corner of Yolo, in the Sacramento River, at its intersection with the south line of T.
• § 23107 — The boundaries of Contra Costa County are as follows: Beginning in the Bay of San Francisco at the northwest point of Red Rock, being the common corner of Marin, Contra Costa, and San Francisco; thenc
• § 23108 — The boundaries of Del Norte County are as follows: Situated in the northwest corner of the State of California, beginning at a point in the Pacific Ocean, on the forty-second parallel of north latitud
• § 23109 — The boundaries of El Dorado County are as follows: Beginning at the junction of the north and south forks of the American River, which is the extreme west corner; thence up the north fork of the Ameri
• § 23110 — The boundaries of Fresno County are as follows: Beginning on the south line of Merced at a point where said line crosses the San Joaquin River; thence south, 45 degrees west, and on the line of Merced
• § 23111 — The boundaries of Glenn County are as follows: Beginning at a point on the eastern boundary line of Lake, at the northwest corner of the SW.
• § 23112 — The boundaries of Humboldt County are as follows: Commencing at the point where the north line of T.
• § 23113 — The boundaries of Imperial County are as follows: Beginning on the second standard parallel south of S.
• § 23114 — The boundaries of Inyo County are as follows: Beginning at the southeast corner of Tulare, being the point of intersection of the sixth standard south, Mount Diablo Base, with the summit line of the S
• § 23115 — The boundaries of Kern County are as follows:
• § 23116 — The boundaries of Kings County are as follows: 1 2 miles, more or less, to the point where said township line intersects the center line of the main channel of Kings River; thence northeasterly and ea
• § 23117 — The boundaries of Lake County are as follows: Beginning at the monument on top of Mount Hull, established by T.
• § 23118 — The boundaries of Lassen County are as follows: Beginning at the southwest corner, on the northern line of Sierra, located on the south boundary of T.
• § 23119 — The boundaries of Los Angeles County are as follows: Thence south along the range line between R.
• § 23120 — The boundaries of Madera County are as follows: Beginning at a point where the third standard line south of Mount Diablo base line crosses the San Joaquin River; thence up the middle of said river, fo
• § 23121 — The boundaries of Marin County are as follows: Beginning in the Pacific Ocean at the southwestern corner of Sonoma; thence southeasterly along the southern line of Sonoma, to the mouth of Petaluma Cre
• § 23122 — The boundaries of Mariposa County are as follows: Beginning on the boundary line of Madera County, where the Stockton road to Millerton crosses the Chowchilla Creek, known as Newton’s crossing; thence
• § 23123 — The boundaries of Mendocino County are as follows: Beginning at the southwest corner of Humboldt; thence east on the southern line of Humboldt to the west boundary of Trinity; thence southerly along s
• § 23124 — The boundaries of Merced County are as follows: Beginning at the northwest corner, being the southwest corner of Stanislaus as shown on the survey map of A.
• § 23125 — The boundaries of Modoc County are as follows: Commencing at the northeast corner of the State of California; thence west, along the northern boundary line of said State, to the range line between R.
• § 23126 — The boundaries of Mono County are as follows: Beginning at the north corner on the state line, being the east corner of Alpine; thence southwesterly, on the easterly line of Alpine to the main summit
• § 23127 — The boundaries of Monterey County are as follows: Beginning in the Pacific Ocean, at the southwest corner of Santa Cruz; thence east to the mouth of Pajaro River, on the Bay of Monterey; thence up sai
• § 23128 — The boundaries of Napa County are as follows: Beginning at the southwestern corner, at a point in Huichica Creek where the said creek empties into San Pablo Bay; thence east to the mountains dividing
• § 23129 — The boundaries of Nevada County are as follows: Beginning at the northwest corner, at a point in the main Yuba River, at the mouth of Deer Creek; thence up the main Yuba to the mouth of the middle Yub
• § 23130 — The boundaries of Orange County are as follows: Beginning at the northwest corner of San Diego County at a point in the Pacific Ocean opposite San Mateo point; thence northerly along the San Diego Cou
• § 23131 — The boundaries of Placer County are as follows: Beginning at a point where the west line of T.
• § 23132 — The boundaries of Plumas County are as follows: Beginning at the corner common to Plumas, Butte, and Yuba, situated in the NW.
• § 23133 — The boundaries of Riverside County are as follows: That portion of the Riverside County boundary line which coincides with the Arizona-California Interstate Boundary is shown on a series of Planimetri
• § 23134 — The boundaries of Sacramento County are as follows: Beginning on the northern line of the county, at a point 10 miles north of a point which was, on the thirtieth of March, 1857, the mouth of the Amer
• § 23135 — The boundaries of San Benito County are as follows: Commencing at a point in the center of the Pajaro River, said point being the northwest corner of the Rancho las Arromitas y Agua Caliente, and bein
• § 23136 — The boundaries of San Bernardino County are as follows: That portion of the San Bernardino County boundary line which coincides with the Arizona-California Interstate Boundary is shown on a series of
• § 23137 — The boundaries of San Diego County are as follows: Beginning at the southwest corner of the State of California as described in Article XXI of the Constitution of the State of California; thence easte
• § 23138 — The boundaries of San Francisco city and county are as follows: Beginning at the southwest corner, being the northwest corner of San Mateo, in the Pacific Ocean, on the extension of northern line of T
• § 23139 — The boundaries of San Joaquin County are as follows: Beginning at the junction of the San Joaquin and Mokelumne Rivers on the line of Sacramento; thence up the latter to the mouth of Dry Creek; thence
• § 23140 — The boundaries of San Luis Obispo County are as follows: Beginning in the Pacific Ocean, at the northwestern corner of Santa Barbara; thence easterly, on the northern line of Santa Barbara, up the San
• § 23141 — The boundaries of San Mateo County are as follows: Beginning, at the southwest corner, being the West corner of Santa Cruz; thence on the northwestern line of Santa Cruz to the southwestern line of Sa
• § 23142 — The boundaries of Santa Barbara County are as follows: Beginning at the southwestern corner of Ventura; thence northerly, on the westerly line of Ventura to the point of intersection with the southern
• § 23143 — The boundaries of Santa Clara County are as follows: Beginning at a point distant North 30° West 1,254 feet from the southwest corner of Sec.
• § 23144 — The boundaries of Santa Cruz County are as follows: Beginning at the southwest corner of San Mateo, at a point in the Pacific Ocean south 45 degrees W.
• § 23145 — The boundaries of Shasta County are as follows: Beginning at the northern line of Tehama, at the head of Bloody Island, in the Sacramento River; thence to and down the eastern channel to the mouth of
• § 23146 — The boundaries of Sierra County are as follows: Beginning at the south corner of Plumas, in the center of Slate Creek; thence easterly on the southern line of Plumas to the range line between T.
• § 23147 — The boundaries of Siskiyou County are as follows: Commencing on the northern line of the State of California at the northeast corner of Del Norte, being on the summit of a spur of the Siskiyou Range o
• § 23148 — The boundaries of Solano County are as follows: Beginning at the southwest corner, in San Pablo Bay, at the common corner of Contra Costa, Sonoma, Marin, and Solano; thence north, 26 1 2 degrees W.
• § 23149 — The boundaries of Sonoma County are as follows: Commencing at a point in the Pacific Ocean, three miles due west of a point in the center of the channel at the mouth of the Gualala River, thence due e
• § 23150 — The boundaries of Stanislaus County are as follows: Beginning at the common corner of Stanislaus, Santa Clara, Alameda, and San Joaquin, on the summit of Mount Boardman, of the Mount Diablo Range, as
• § 23151 — The boundaries of Sutter County are as follows: Beginning at the northwest corner of Sacramento County, said northwest corner being at the intersection of the center line of the channel of the Sacrame
• § 23152 — The boundaries of Tehama County are as follows: Beginning at the point of intersection of the Sacramento River with the south line of T.
• § 23153 — The boundaries of Trinity County are as follows: Beginning at the northeast corner of Mendocino and southeast corner of Trinity as established and marked by Wm.
• § 23154 — The boundaries of Tulare County are as follows: Beginning at the southwest corner, being the common corner of Kings, Kern, and Tulare, and being located on the sixth standard south at the southwest co
• § 23155 — The boundaries of Tuolumne County are as follows: Beginning at the most western corner, being the southern corner of Calaveras, in the Stanislaus River; thence southeasterly to the common corner of Me
• § 23156 — The boundaries of Ventura County are as follows: Commencing on the coast of the Pacific Ocean, at the mouth of the Rincon Creek; thence following up the center of said creek to its source; thence due
• § 23157 — The boundaries of Yolo County are as follows: Beginning on the southeast corner, at the most easterly northeast corner of Solano, in Sutter Slough, at its intersection with the first standard north; t
• § 23158 — The boundaries of Yuba County are as follows: Beginning at the southwest corner at a point at the intersection of the center of the channel of Bear River with the center of the channel of Feather Rive
• § 23170 — Every common boundary between counties which has been mutually recognized and used by the counties adjacent thereto for the purpose of the assessment and collection of taxes for a period of 25 years c
• § 23171 — All common boundaries and common corners of counties not adequately marked by natural objects or lines, or by surveys lawfully made, shall be definitely established by surveys made jointly by the surv
• § 23172 — If the boards of supervisors do not agree upon and finally approve the survey made by the county surveyors, each surveyor shall make a report to the State Lands Commission, with surveys, maps, notes,
• § 23173 — Upon the reports made by the county surveyors the State Lands Commission shall finally determine and establish the common boundaries and corners, if it can collate a satisfactory description therefrom
• § 23174 — The cost of making any survey pursuant to this article shall be apportioned equally among the counties interested.
• § 23175 — Any survey finally approved pursuant to this article is a conclusive ascertainment of the lines and corners included in the survey.
• § 23176 — All surveys and maps of boundary lines legally made and approved prior to March 30, 1874, are valid, and are prima facie evidence of the establishment of such lines, except as they are inconsistent wi
• § 23177 — Every common boundary between counties which has been mutually used by the counties adjacent thereto for the purpose of the assessment and collection of taxes for a period of 15 years continuously pri
• § 23178 — Whenever a common boundary between counties has been legally established in accordance with Article 3 of this chapter, or by judicial proceedings, a certified copy of any instrument recorded in one of
• § 23200 — The Legislature finds and declares that the existing boundaries of some counties no longer meet the needs of their residents and landowners.
• § 23201 — As used in this article: (a) “Affected county” means any county which contains or would contain territory which is the subject of a boundary change.
• § 23202 — A boundary line between counties shall not be changed, pursuant to this article, if the change would result in any of the following: (a) The line to be moved a distance of more than 5 miles from its o
• § 23203 — The board of supervisors of any affected county may propose to change the boundary line between that county and another county by adopting a resolution which shall: (a) State that the proposal is made
• § 23204 — The board of supervisors of the initiating county shall file its resolution with the board of supervisors of the other affected county.
• § 23205 — (a) A proposal to change the boundary line of two counties may be initiated by petition which shall contain all the matters required to be contained in a resolution adopted pursuant to Section 23203.
• § 23206 — Within 30 days of receiving a resolution adopted pursuant to Section 23203 or of determining that a petition filed pursuant to Section 23205 has been signed by the required number of signatures, the b
• § 23207 — The board of supervisors of the conducting county shall give notice of the hearing by each of the following: (a) Notice shall be published pursuant to Section 6061 in one or more newspapers of general
• § 23208 — The hearing on the proposed boundary change shall be held by the board of supervisors of the conducting county on the date and at the time specified in the resolution adopted pursuant to Section 23206
• § 23209 — At the conclusion of the hearing, the board of supervisors of the conducting county shall adopt a resolution abandoning the proposed boundary change if: (a) In the case of inhabited territory, more th
• § 23210 — (a) Not later than 30 days after the conclusion of the hearing, if a proposed boundary change has not been abandoned pursuant to Section 23209, the board of supervisors of each affected county shall a
• § 23211 — Each county shall continue to provide services to the territory within its own boundaries until the effective date of the boundary change as specified in the ordinances adopted pursuant to Section 232
• § 23212 — When a county boundary is changed pursuant to this article, the boards of supervisors of the affected counties shall file before the following December 1, with the State Board of Equalization and with
• § 23213 — All taxes levied before the effective date of the boundary change shall be collected by the officers of and belong to the county in which the affected territory was situated before the boundary change
• § 23214 — After the effective date of the boundary change, the officers of the affected counties shall complete all proceedings necessary for the assessment or collection of state and local taxes for the curren
• § 23215 — The officers of an affected county shall immediately execute and deliver to the board of supervisors of the other affected county copies of all assessments or other proceedings relative to the assessm
• § 23216 — The county superintendent of schools of an affected county shall furnish the superintendent of the other affected county with a certified copy of the last school census of the school districts in the
• § 23217 — The auditor of an affected county shall transfer to the auditor of the other affected county any money that is or may be due to the other affected county from road districts in the affected territory.
• § 23218 — No school district and no special district, including a special district which is governed by a board of supervisors or whose governing body is the same as the board of supervisors, shall have its ter
• § 23219 — If the affected counties are located in different district court of appeals districts, the district court of appeals district which includes the affected territory shall retain jurisdiction in all cas
• § 23220 — On and after the effective date of the boundary change, the superior court in each affected county shall retain jurisdiction in all cases pending in a session of that court.
• § 23221 — Any action to determine the validity of any minor change to the boundaries of a county pursuant to this article shall be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part
• § 23230 — This article shall provide the sole procedure for the change, alteration or reformation of existing county boundaries, not authorized to be taken pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 23200)
• § 23231 — As used in this article: (a) “Accepting county” means the county accepting transferred territory by reason of a county boundary change.
• § 23232 — Proceedings under this article shall not be subject to the provisions of the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000 (Division 3 (commencing with Section 56000) of Title 5),
• § 23233 — Proceedings to change, alter, or reform the boundary lines between counties may be initiated by petition, or by resolution of the legislative body of either affected county or of any city within eithe
• § 23234 — A petition shall contain in substance the following: (a) An accurate description of the proposed new boundary line as it will appear or exist if the existing boundary line is changed, altered and refo
• § 23235 — The petition shall be signed by qualified electors of either affected county equaling in number not less than 25 percent of the number of electors of each county registered within the county on the da
• § 23236 — When the territory to be transferred from one county to another is uninhabited, proceedings may also be initiated by a petition signed by the owners of not less than one-fourth of the land in the terr
• § 23237 — 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 enabl
• § 23238 — A petition may consist of a single instrument or several counterparts.
• § 23239 — A petition may designate not more than three persons as chief petitioners setting forth their names and mailing addresses.
• § 23240 — No petition shall be accepted for filing pursuant to this article unless the signatures thereon shall have been secured within six months of the date on which the first signature on the petition was a
• § 23241 — All petitions shall be filed with the clerk of the transferring county.
• § 23242 — Within 30 days after the date of filing of a petition, the clerk of the transferring county shall examine the petition and determine whether it is signed by the requisite number of signers.
• § 23243 — 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
• § 23244 — 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 both affected counties and to each of the chief peti
• § 23245 — 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 r
• § 23246 — A resolution to initiate proceedings for a county boundary change shall contain the information required for a petition by Section 23234.
• § 23247 — Upon receipt of the certification of a petition or a certified copy of a resolution, the board of the transferring county shall forthwith transmit a copy of the certification or a certified copy of th
• § 23248 — Upon receipt of notice pursuant to Section 23247, the Governor shall create a County Boundary Review Commission to review the proposed county boundary change, and appoint five persons to be members of
• § 23249 — The commission shall determine: (a) An equitable distribution, as between the transferring county and the accepting county, of the indebtedness of each affected county.
• § 23250 — In determining the fiscal impact of the proposed boundary change and the economic viability of each affected county if the proposed boundary change is effected, the commission shall consider: (a) The
• § 23251 — Within 10 days after notice and acceptance of appointment of the last appointed member, the members of the commission shall meet at the principal administrative office of the transferring county and o
• § 23252 — The commission shall conduct a public hearing to receive information regarding its determinations, and to hear any protests and objections to the proposed county boundary change.
• § 23253 — At any time prior to final adjournment of the hearing on protests, any owner of property within the uninhabited territory proposed to be transferred may file written protest against the boundary chang
• § 23254 — On the date and at the time set for hearing, the commission shall hear and consider all protests made by owners of property within the uninhabited territory proposed to be transferred.
• § 23255 — The commission shall determine at the hearing or within 30 days after the closing of the hearing whether or not a majority protest, of owners of property within uninhabited territory proposed to be tr
• § 23256 — On the date and at the time fixed for hearing, the commission shall also hear and may grant or deny any request for exclusion filed pursuant to Sections 23256.
• § 23256.5 — At any time prior to the final hearing on the proposed county boundary change, any owners of real property within the territory proposed to be transferred and contiguous to the boundary line thereof,
• § 23257 — Written requests for exclusion of any territory within the territory proposed to be transferred and contiguous to the boundary line thereof may be filed with the commission by any registered elector o
• § 23258 — Boundary lines between counties may not be changed if as a result of such change: (a) a strip of untransferred territory less than 200 feet wide and more than 300 feet long is created; (b) a strip of
• § 23259 — The hearing of protests and requests for exclusion may be continued from time to time during the course of the commission’s determinations.
• § 23260 — Except as otherwise provided in this article, the commission may, in determining a fair, just and equitable distribution of the indebtedness of the transferring county between that county and the acce
• § 23261 — The commission shall also identify and determine the location and value of all real and personal property owned by the transferring county located within the territory to be transferred.
• § 23262 — Except as provided by the commission, when the boundary change is effected the territory which is transferred shall be relieved of annual tax liability for the outstanding indebtedness of the transfer
• § 23263 — 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 perf
• § 23264 — The commission shall adopt a resolution making its determinations and transmit its report in writing within 180 days of the date of notice and acceptance of appointment of the last appointed member of
• § 23265 — If either board disapproves the proposed boundary change, no further proceedings shall be taken for that boundary change and no new proceedings for substantially the same boundary change may be initia
• § 23266 — If the territory proposed to be transferred is uninhabited, no majority protest has been made and the boards of both affected counties approve the proposed boundary change, the proposed boundary chang
• § 23267 — If the proposed territory to be transferred is inhabited and the boards of both affected counties have approved the boundary change, the board of the transferring county shall, not later than 30 days
• § 23268 — The proclamation and notice of election 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
• § 23269 — The notice of election shall contain the following: (a) A statement of the proposition to be voted on and a description of the county boundaries as they will exist if the proposal is adopted.
• § 23270 — All qualified electors of the territory proposed to be transferred who have been registered electors of the county 30 days prior to the date of the election are entitled to vote at the election.
• § 23271 — Ballots at the election shall contain the words “Shall (description of territory) be transferred to (name of county accepting transferred territory)?” To the right of or below those words, the words “
• § 23272 — 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.
• § 23273 — If more than one argument for or more than one argument against the proposed boundary change is filed with the clerk of the transferring county the clerk shall select one of the arguments for and one
• § 23274 — The elections official shall cause a ballot pamphlet concerning the proposed boundary change to be printed and mailed to each qualified elector in the territory proposed to be transferred.
• § 23275 — The clerk shall also prepare and mail a sample ballot to the qualified electors of the territory proposed to be transferred.
• § 23276 — The law relating to the preparation, printing, and distribution of sample ballots and primary elections does not apply to any election held pursuant to this article.
• § 23277 — Except as otherwise provided by this article, the election shall be conducted as other elections in the transferring county.
• § 23278 — The board of the transferring county shall appoint as election officers three representatives who reside in the affected county represented.
• § 23279 — Immediately on the closing of the polls the election officers shall: (a) Canvass the ballots.
• § 23280 — The clerk of the transferring county shall upon the completion of a canvass of the vote in the territory proposed to be transferred, forward to the board of the transferring county, a certified copy o
• § 23281 — If upon a canvass of the total votes cast in the territory proposed to be transferred at the election, it appears that more than 50 percent of the total number of all votes cast within the territory p
• § 23282 — The board of supervisors of the county from which territory is transferred shall cause a copy of the resolution adopted pursuant to Section 23281 to be filed with the State Board of Equalization, the
• § 23283 — If upon a canvass of the total votes cast in the territory proposed to be transferred at the election, it appears that 50 percent or less, of the total number of all votes cast within the territory pr
• § 23284 — All costs of the election shall be borne by the county accepting transferred territory if the boundary change is effected.
• § 23285 — Whenever county boundaries are changed pursuant to this article, the board of supervisors of both affected counties shall cause to be filed before the following December 1, with the State Board of Equ
• § 23286 — When a county boundary is changed, all taxes levied before the boundary change was effected shall be collected by the officers of and belong to the county in which the territory was situated before th
• § 23287 — The transferring county shall continue to provide necessary services from the date the county boundaries are changed until service responsibilities and functions are transferred to the accepting count
• § 23288 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no special district, which is organized within either affected county and governed by the board of supervisors thereof, shall have its territory divided or
• § 23289 — After the county boundary change is effected, the officers of the accepting county shall proceed to complete all proceedings necessary for the assessment or collection of the state and county taxes fo
• § 23290 — The officers of the transferring county shall immediately execute and deliver to the board of supervisors of the accepting county, copies of all assessments or other proceedings relative to the assess
• § 23291 — The county superintendent of schools of the transferring county shall furnish the county superintendent of schools of the accepting county with a certified copy of the last school census of the differ
• § 23292 — The auditor of the transferring county shall draw a warrant on the treasurer of that county in favor of the treasurer of the accepting county for all money that is or may be due from the transferring
• § 23293 — The treasurer of the transferring county shall immediately cause to be transferred to the county treasurer of the accepting county all money standing to the credit of or belonging to any road or schoo
• § 23294 — Where the county accepting territory is located in a different district court of appeals district than the transferring county, the district court of appeals district which includes the transferring c
• § 23295 — On and after the date the boundary change is effected, the superior court in the transferring county shall retain jurisdiction in all cases pending in a session of such court which is located within t
• § 23296 — Any action to determine the validity of any change, alteration, or reformation to the boundaries of a county pursuant to this article shall be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 86
• § 23300 — New counties may be formed and created from portions of one or more existing counties solely pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
• § 23301 — As used in this chapter: (a) “Affected county” means each county from which territory is proposed to be transferred to create a new county.
• § 23302 — Any action to determine the validity of the formation of a county 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 Civ
• § 23306 — A proposed county shall not be created if: (a) The population of any affected county shall be reduced to less than 20,000.
• § 23306.5 — Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (c) of Section 23306, a county may be created from the territory of Nevada County provided that the territory which is proposed to be transferred from suc
• § 23309 — No boundary line of a proposed county shall pass through or divide the territory of any incorporated city.
• § 23310 — Proceedings under this chapter shall not be subject to the provisions of Chapter 6.
• § 23320 — Proceedings for the creation of a proposed county shall be initiated by petition.
• § 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 shall be signed by qualified electors residin
• § 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 do so.
• § 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 clerk of the principal county if it is to
• § 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 requisite number of signers.
• § 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 public record without prejudice to the fil
• § 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 county and to each of the chief petitioners,
• § 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 in which the person signing the petition r
• § 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 included in its description of boundaries
• § 23331 — Upon receipt of notice pursuant to Section 23330, the Governor shall create a County Formation Review Commission to review the proposed county creation, and appoint five persons to be members of the c
• § 23332 — The commission shall determine all of the following: (a) A fair, just, and equitable distribution, as between each affected county and the proposed county, of the indebtedness of each affected county.
• § 23333 — In determining the fiscal impact of the creation of the proposed county on the affected county or counties and the economic viability of the proposed county, the commission shall consider: (a) The cos
• § 23334 — Except as otherwise provided in this article, the commission may, in determining a fair, just and equitable distribution of the indebtedness of each affected county, as between each affected county an
• § 23335 — Within 10 days after notice and acceptance of their appointment, the members of the commission shall meet at the principal administrative office of the principal county and organize by electing from t
• § 23336 — The commission shall hear any protests and objections to and any support for the creation of the proposed county.
• § 23337 — On the date and at the time fixed for hearing, the commission shall hear all protests and objections to and all support for the creation of the proposed county, and may grant or deny any requests for
• § 23337.5 — At any time prior to the final hearing on the creation of the new county, any owner of real property contiguous to the boundary line of the proposed county may make a written request, filed with the c
• § 23338 — Written requests for exclusion from, or inclusion in, the proposed county of any territory contiguous to the boundary of the proposed county may be filed with the commission by any registered elector
• § 23339 — 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 deem
• § 23340 — All officers and employees of any state agency, board, or commission and any affected county shall cooperate with, perform any functions required by, and produce any books, records or other documents
• § 23340.5 — Anything in a county or city and county charter to the contrary notwithstanding, the commission, in lieu of using the county counsel of the affected county, may appoint a counsel and fix and order pai