California Government Code ARTICLE 4.5 - Alteration of Boundaries

• Section 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...
• Section 23231.
  As used in this article:(a) “Accepting county” means the county accepting transferred territory by reason of a county boundary change.(b) “Clerk” means the clerk of a county...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 23238.
  A petition may consist of a single instrument or several counterparts.(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1393.)
• Section 23239.
  A petition may designate not more than three persons as chief petitioners setting forth their names and mailing addresses.(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1393.)
• Section 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...
• Section 23241.
  All petitions shall be filed with the clerk of the transferring county. All counterparts of a petition shall be filed at the same time.(Added by...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 23246.
  A resolution to initiate proceedings for a county boundary change shall contain the information required for a petition by Section 23234.(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch.
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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.(b) The fiscal impact of...
• Section 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,...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 23259.
  The hearing of protests and requests for exclusion may be continued from time to time during the course of the commission’s determinations.By citation or subpoena...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 23271.
  Ballots at the election shall contain the words “For the transfer of (description of territory) to (name of county accepting transferred territory) Yes,” and “For...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 23275.
  The clerk shall also prepare and mail a sample ballot to the qualified electors of the territory proposed to be transferred. The sample ballot shall...
• Section 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...
• Section 23277.
  Except as otherwise provided by this article, the election shall be conducted as other elections in the transferring county.(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1393.)
• Section 23278.
  The board of the transferring county shall appoint as election officers three representatives who reside in the affected county represented.(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1393.)
• Section 23279.
  Immediately on the closing of the polls the election officers shall:(a) Canvass the ballots.(b) Make up and certify the tally sheets of the ballots cast.(c) Seal up the...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 23284.
  All costs of the election shall be borne by the county accepting transferred territory if the boundary change is effected. If the boundary change is...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...

Last modified: October 22, 2018