Title GOV — California Gov. Code

Upon the reports made by the county surveyors the State Lands Commission shall finally determine and establish the common boundaries and corners, if it can collate a satisfactory description therefrom. If the reports are insufficient for the purpose, it shall cause surveys to be …

The cost of making any survey pursuant to this article shall be apportioned equally among the counties interested. The boards of supervisors shall audit the account, and the amounts shall be paid out of the general county fund.

Any survey finally approved pursuant to this article is a conclusive ascertainment of the lines and corners included in the survey.

All surveys and maps of boundary lines legally made and approved prior to March 30, 1874, are valid, and are prima facie evidence of the establishment of such lines, except as they are inconsistent with this code.

Every common boundary between counties which has been mutually used by the counties adjacent thereto for the purpose of the assessment and collection of taxes for a period of 15 years continuously prior to the effective date of this section is hereby confirmed, validated, and dec…

Whenever a common boundary between counties has been legally established in accordance with Article 3 of this chapter, or by judicial proceedings, a certified copy of any instrument recorded in one of such counties affecting title to real property so established to be situated in…

The Legislature finds and declares that the existing boundaries of some counties no longer meet the needs of their residents and landowners. The Legislature further finds and declares that the statutory procedures for altering county boundaries which existed before the enactment …

As used in this article: (a) “Affected county” means any county which contains or would contain territory which is the subject of a boundary change. (b) “Affected territory” means any unincorporated area which is proposed to be transferred from one county to another. (c) “Conduct…

A boundary line between counties shall not be changed, pursuant to this article, if the change would result in any of the following: (a) The line to be moved a distance of more than 5 miles from its original location. (b) A reduction by more than 5 percent in the area of any affe…

The board of supervisors of any affected county may propose to change the boundary line between that county and another county by adopting a resolution which shall: (a) State that the proposal is made pursuant to this article and request that proceedings be taken. (b) State the r…

The board of supervisors of the initiating county shall file its resolution with the board of supervisors of the other affected county.

(a) A proposal to change the boundary line of two counties may be initiated by petition which shall contain all the matters required to be contained in a resolution adopted pursuant to Section 23203. The petition shall also designate a chief petitioner. (b) A petition shall be si…

Within 30 days of receiving a resolution adopted pursuant to Section 23203 or of determining that a petition filed pursuant to Section 23205 has been signed by the required number of signatures, the board of supervisors shall adopt a resolution which shall: (a) Set a time, date, …

The board of supervisors of the conducting county shall give notice of the hearing by each of the following: (a) Notice shall be published pursuant to Section 6061 in one or more newspapers of general circulation within the affected territory and within each affected county. Publ…

The hearing on the proposed boundary change shall be held by the board of supervisors of the conducting county on the date and at the time specified in the resolution adopted pursuant to Section 23206. The board of supervisors of the conducting county may hold the hearing jointly…

At the conclusion of the hearing, the board of supervisors of the conducting county shall adopt a resolution abandoning the proposed boundary change if: (a) In the case of inhabited territory, more than 50 percent of the resident-voters in the affected territory have filed and no…

(a) Not later than 30 days after the conclusion of the hearing, if a proposed boundary change has not been abandoned pursuant to Section 23209, the board of supervisors of each affected county shall adopt substantially similar ordinances approving the proposed boundary change. (b…

Each county shall continue to provide services to the territory within its own boundaries until the effective date of the boundary change as specified in the ordinances adopted pursuant to Section 23210.

When a county boundary is changed pursuant to this article, the boards of supervisors of the affected counties shall file before the following December 1, with the State Board of Equalization and with the assessors of the affected counties, a statement setting forth the legal des…

All taxes levied before the effective date of the boundary change shall be collected by the officers of and belong to the county in which the affected territory was situated before the boundary change, unless the ordinances adopted pursuant to Section 23210 provide otherwise.

After the effective date of the boundary change, the officers of the affected counties shall complete all proceedings necessary for the assessment or collection of state and local taxes for the current year with respect to the affected territory. Subject to Section 23213, all act…

The officers of an affected county shall immediately execute and deliver to the board of supervisors of the other affected county copies of all assessments or other proceedings relative to the assessment and collection of the current state and local taxes in the affected territor…

The county superintendent of schools of an affected county shall furnish the superintendent of the other affected county with a certified copy of the last school census of the school districts in the affected territory. A county superintendent of schools shall transfer to the sup…

The auditor of an affected county shall transfer to the auditor of the other affected county any money that is or may be due to the other affected county from road districts in the affected territory. The money shall be properly credited in each county.

No school district and no special district, including a special district which is governed by a board of supervisors or whose governing body is the same as the board of supervisors, shall have its territory divided or have its organization changed in any other way as the result o…

If the affected counties are located in different district court of appeals districts, the district court of appeals district which includes the affected territory shall retain jurisdiction in all cases pending in a session of that court.

On and after the effective date of the boundary change, the superior court in each affected county shall retain jurisdiction in all cases pending in a session of that court.

Any action to determine the validity of any minor change to the boundaries of a county pursuant to this article shall be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

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 4 (commencing with Section 23200) of Chapter 2 of Division 1 of Title 3 of the Government Code.

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 board of supervisors. When the office of clerk of the board is separate from the office of registrar of …

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 56000) of Title 5), relating to local agency formation commissions.

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 affected county or of any city within either affected county filed with the clerk of the transferring county.

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 boundary line is changed, altered and reformed. (b) A statement that the proposed new boundary line does not pass through …

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 of each county registered within the county on the date of the last preceding gubernatorial election.

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 of not less than one-fourth of the land in the territory by area and by assessed value as shown in the last equalized assessment ro…

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 street and number or a designation sufficient to enable the place of residence to be readily ascertained, and the date the elector sig…

A petition may consist of a single instrument or several counterparts.

A petition may designate not more than three persons as chief petitioners setting forth their names and mailing addresses.

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 on which the first signature on the petition was affixed and such petition is submitted for filing as provided in Section 23241 wi…

All petitions shall be filed with the clerk of the transferring county. All counterparts of a petition shall be filed at the same time.

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 is signed by the requisite number of signers. When the clerk has completed the examination, the clerk shall certify the results of the e…

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 file the petition as a public record without prejudice to the filing of a new petition.

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 both affected counties and to each of the chief petitioners, if any.

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 county in which the person signing the petition resides.

A resolution to initiate proceedings for a county boundary change shall contain the information required for a petition by Section 23234.

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 copy of the certification or a certified copy of the resolution to the Governor.

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 appoint five persons to be members of the commission. Of the five persons appointed to the commission, two shall resi…

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 the proposed boundary change in each affected county. (c) The economic viability of ea…

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, the commission shall consider: (a) The cost of providing services in both affected counties. (b) Projected revenues ava…

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 office of the transferring county and organize by electing from their number a chairman. They shall also appoint a secr…