California Government Code ARTICLE 2 - Initiation of Proceedings

• Section 23320.
  Proceedings for the creation of a proposed county shall be initiated by petition. Any such petition shall contain the following:(a) An accurate description of the boundaries...
• Section 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...
• Section 23322.
  A petition may consist of a single instrument or several counterparts.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1392.)
• Section 23323.
  A petition may designate not more than three persons as chief petitioners setting forth their names and mailing addresses.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1974, Ch.
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 23330.
  Upon certification of a petition, the board of the principal county shall forthwith transmit a copy of the petition certification to the Governor.(Added by Stats....
• Section 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...

Last modified: October 22, 2018