If upon a canvass of the votes cast at the election, it appears that the votes cast for creation of the proposed county are 50 percent or less, of the total number of votes cast within each and every affected county, or 50 percent or less of the total number of votes cast within the proposed county, the board of supervisors of the principal county shall, by resolution, declare creation of the proposed county defeated and no further proceedings for creation of a county with substantially the same territory as the proposed county shall be initiated for a period of one year after the date of the election, except as otherwise provided in Section 23330.5.

(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 370.)

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Terms Used In California Government Code 23373

  • Affected county: means each county from which territory is proposed to be transferred to create a new county. See California Government Code 23301
  • County: includes city and county. See California Government Code 19
  • Principal county: means the county from which it is proposed that territory with the greatest proportion of assessed value, as shown on the last equalized assessment roll, relative to the total amount of taxable property within the boundaries of a proposed county, is to be transferred to create, in part, that proposed county. See California Government Code 23301
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