California Public Resources Code

§ 9163

PRC § 9163Div. 9 · Ch. 3 · Art. 2

Statute text

(a)Before circulating any petition, the chief petitioners shall publish a notice of intention which shall include a written statement not to exceed 500 words in length, setting forth the reasons for forming the district. The notice shall be published pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code in one or more newspapers of general circulation within the territory proposed to be included in the district. If the territory proposed to be included in the district is located in more than one county, publication of the notice shall be made in at least one newspaper of general circulation in each of the counties.

(b)The notice shall be signed by at least one, but not more than three, chief petitioners and shall be in substantially the following form: “Notice of Intent to Circulate Petition Notice is hereby given of the intention to circulate a petition proposing to form the ____ (name of the district). The reasons for the proposal are: ____.‛

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Legislative history

Repealed and added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 831, Sec. 3.