California Code
DIVISION 1 - COUNTIES GENERALLY
CHAPTER 3 - Creation of New Counties

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 23300. - 23300. New counties may be formed and created from portions...

Section 23301. - 23301. As used in this chapter: (a) “Affected county” means...

Section 23302. - 23302. Any action to determine the validity of the formation...

Section 23306. - 23306. A proposed county shall not be created if: (a)...

Section 23306.5. - 23306.5. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (c) of Section 23306,...

Section 23309. - 23309. No boundary line of a proposed county shall pass...

Section 23310. - 23310. Proceedings under this chapter shall not be subject to...

ARTICLE 2 - Initiation of Proceedings

Section 23320. - 23320. Proceedings for the creation of a proposed county shall...

Section 23321. - 23321. (a) Where the population of the proposed county is...

Section 23322. - 23322. A petition may consist of a single instrument or...

Section 23323. - 23323. A petition may designate not more than three persons...

Section 23324. - 23324. (a) Before circulating any petition pursuant to this article,...

Section 23325. - 23325. All petitions shall be filed with (a) the clerk...

Section 23326. - 23326. Within 30 days after the date of filing of...

Section 23327. - 23327. If the clerk certifies a petition to be insufficient...

Section 23328. - 23328. If the clerk certifies a petition to be sufficient,...

Section 23329. - 23329. In certifying the sufficiency of a petition, the clerk...

Section 23330. - 23330. Upon certification of a petition, the board of the...

Section 23330.5. - 23330.5. No person shall file a petition pursuant to this...

ARTICLE 3 - County Formation Review Commission

Section 23331. - 23331. Upon receipt of notice pursuant to Section 23330, the...

Section 23332. - 23332. The commission shall determine all of the following: (a)...

Section 23333. - 23333. In determining the fiscal impact of the creation of...

Section 23334. - 23334. Except as otherwise provided in this article, the commission...

Section 23335. - 23335. Within 10 days after notice and acceptance of their...

Section 23336. - 23336. The commission shall hear any protests and objections to...

Section 23337. - 23337. On the date and at the time fixed for...

Section 23337.5. - 23337.5. At any time prior to the final hearing on...

Section 23338. - 23338. Written requests for exclusion from, or inclusion in, the...

Section 23339. - 23339. By citation or subpoena signed by its chairman and...

Section 23340. - 23340. All officers and employees of any state agency, board,...

Section 23340.5. - 23340.5. Anything in a county or city and county charter...

Section 23341. - 23341. The commission shall adopt a resolution making its determination...

Section 23342. - 23342. The determinations of the commission shall become the terms...

Section 23343. - 23343. Members of the commission shall receive as compensation a...

Section 23344. - 23344. (a) The commission may borrow those moneys as may...

ARTICLE 4 - Election on Creation of the Proposed County

Section 23350. - 23350. Upon receiving the commission’s determinations, the board of supervisors...

Section 23351. - 23351. The proclamation and notice of election provided for pursuant...

Section 23352. - 23352. If the election for the purpose of determining whether...

Section 23353. - 23353. The notice of election shall: (a) State distinctly the...

Section 23354. - 23354. All qualified electors of each affected county who have...

Section 23355. - 23355. Ballots at the election shall contain the statement: “Shall...

Section 23357. - 23357. The election shall be governed and controlled by the...

Section 23358. - 23358. If more than one argument for or more than...

Section 23359. - 23359. The elections official shall cause a ballot pamphlet concerning...

Section 23360. - 23360. The clerk shall also prepare and mail to the...

Section 23361. - 23361. The law relating to the preparation, printing, and distribution...

Section 23362. - 23362. Except as otherwise provided by this article, the election...

Section 23363. - 23363. The board of each affected county shall appoint as...

Section 23364. - 23364. If necessary for the purposes of the election, the...

Section 23365. - 23365. The elections official of the principal county shall furnish...

Section 23367. - 23367. Immediately on the closing of the polls the election...

Section 23368. - 23368. The clerk of each affected county shall, upon the...

Section 23369. - 23369. If upon a canvass of the total votes cast...

Section 23372. - 23372. The board of supervisors of the principal county shall...

Section 23373. - 23373. If upon a canvass of the votes cast at...

Section 23374. - 23374. All costs of an election shall be paid by...

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...

Section 23374.2. - 23374.2. The proclamation and notice of election provided for pursuant...

Section 23374.3. - 23374.3. The content of the notice of election for the...

Section 23374.4. - 23374.4. All registered voters residing in the boundaries of the...

Section 23374.5. - 23374.5. Ballots at the election provided for in this article...

Section 23374.6. - 23374.6. Candidates for elective offices of the approved county shall...

Section 23374.7. - 23374.7. The election shall be governed and controlled by the...

Section 23374.8. - 23374.8. The clerk of the principal county shall cause a...

Section 23374.9. - 23374.9. The clerk shall also prepare and mail to the...

Section 23374.10. - 23374.10. The law relating to the preparation, printing, and distribution...

Section 23374.11. - 23374.11. Except as otherwise provided by this article, the election...

Section 23374.12. - 23374.12. The election officers appointed pursuant to Section 23363 for...

Section 23374.13. - 23374.13. The elections official of the principal county shall furnish...

Section 23374.14. - 23374.14. Immediately on the closing of the polls, the election...

Section 23374.15. - 23374.15. The clerk of the principal county shall, upon the...

Section 23374.16. - 23374.16. Upon receiving a certified copy of the results of...

Section 23374.17. - 23374.17. The clerk of the principal county shall immediately make...

Section 23374.18. - 23374.18. All the officers elected at the election shall hold...

Section 23374.19. - 23374.19. All costs of an election shall first be paid...

ARTICLE 5 - Transfers

Section 23375. - 23375. After the creation of the proposed county its officers...

Section 23376. - 23376. The officers of each affected county shall immediately execute...

Section 23377. - 23377. The county superintendent of schools of each affected county...

Section 23378. - 23378. The auditor of each affected county shall draw his...

Section 23379. - 23379. The treasurer of each affected county shall immediately cause...

Section 23380. - 23380. Whenever in the formation of a proposed county, a...

Section 23381. - 23381. The board of supervisors of any proposed county shall...

Section 23382. - 23382. All actions pending in the superior court of an...

Section 23383. - 23383. The affected county or counties shall continue to provide...

Section 23383.5. - 23383.5. The maximum tax rate for the new county shall...

Section 23384. - 23384. Except as provided by the commission, upon creation of...

Section 23385. - 23385. When the proposed county is deemed created, all funds,...

Section 23386. - 23386. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, creation of...

ARTICLE 6 - Districts

Section 23390. - 23390. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no special district,...

ARTICLE 7 - Courts

Section 23394. - 23394. On and after the date of creation of the...

Section 23395. - 23395. In a proposed county there is one judge of...

Section 23396. - 23396. The Trial Court Employment Protection and Governance Act (Chapter...

Section 23397. - 23397. On and after the date of creation of the...