Section 23301 Of Article 1. General Provisions From California Government Code >> Division 1. >> Title 3. >> Chapter 3. >> Article 1.
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. As used in this chapter:
(a) "Affected county" means each county from which territory is
proposed to be transferred to create a new county.
(b) "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 4.5 (commencing with Section 23374.1).
(c) "Clerk" means the clerk of a county board of supervisors.
Where 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 chapter.
(d) "Commission" means the County Formation Review Commission.
(e) "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.
(f) "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.
(g) "Contiguous" means territory which adjoins the boundary line
of the proposed county.