The clerk of the principal county shall cause a ballot pamphlet concerning the election of county officers for the approved county and the location of the county seat in the approved county to be printed and mailed to each registered voter of the approved county.

The ballot pamphlet shall contain the following:

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Terms Used In California Government Code 23374.8

  • Approved county: means the territory to be included in a new county after the registered voters in the affected county or counties have approved the creation of such a new county at a primary election, pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 23350), but before an election is held for purposes of determining the location of the county seat and the selection of county officers for such new county, pursuant to Article 4. See California Government Code 23301
  • Clerk: means the clerk of a county board of supervisors. See California Government Code 23301
  • Commission: means the County Formation Review Commission. 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

(a) The names of the persons to be voted for to fill the county offices designated by the commission.

(b) The argument for the location of the county seat in the approved county.

(c) The argument against the location of the county seat in the approved county.

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

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