California Government Code

§ 23324

GOV § 23324Div. 1 · Title 3 · Ch. 3 · Art. 2

Statute text

(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. The notice shall be accompanied by a printed statement not exceeding 500 words in length, stating the objectives to be achieved by creating the new county. The notice shall also specify the date of a public hearing, which shall be set not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days after filing of the notice, to be held in an appropriate place, as determined by the clerk of the county from which the new county is to be formed or the clerk of the principal county, as the case may be, for purposes of discussing the placement of the boundaries of the proposed county.

(b)The notice of intention required pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be published by the clerk at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in each affected county. It shall also be posted by the clerk in such appropriate public places as determined by the clerk.

(c)The clerk shall also act as an impartial moderator of the public hearing required by this section.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 370.