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. 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 voters, "clerk" means the registrar of voters with
respect to all duties pertaining to the conduct of elections and the
certification of petitions and clerk of the board with respect to all
other duties specified in this article.
(c) "Commission" means the County Boundary Review Commission.
(d) "Indebtedness" means the net obligations of a county arising
from contract or through the operation of law, other than short-term
operational expenses, but including and not limited to obligations
arising under general obligation bonds, leases, joint powers
agreements, and similar obligations or contracts entered into by the
county prior to the date on which a petition is filed. Net obligation
shall be deemed to mean the gross obligation outstanding after
deduction of offsetting revenues, other than tax revenues.
(e) "Owner" means the owner as shown on the last equalized
assessment roll, except that the person entitled to be shown as owner
on the current assessment roll shall be deemed the owner, and except
that, where the property affected is subject to a recorded written
agreement to buy, the purchaser under such agreement to buy shall be
deemed the owner.
(f) "Transferring county" means the county from which territory
is, or is proposed to be, transferred by reason of a county boundary
change.
(g) "Uninhabited territory" means territory where less than 12
persons who have been registered to vote within the territory for at
least 54 days reside at the time of filing of a petition or
resolution for county boundary change.
(h) "Value of the uninhabited territory" means the value of land
and improvements thereon.