Section 68207 Of Chapter 1.5. Compensation Of Justices And Judges Of Courts Of Record From California Government Code >> Title 8. >> Chapter 1.5.
68207
. For the purpose of this chapter the population of each
county of the State is the population determined for the county
pursuant to subdivision (a) or, if the provisions of subdivision (b)
apply to a county, pursuant to subdivision (b).
(a) The population of each county is as shown and determined by
the last preceding decennial census taken under the authority of the
Congress of the United States, except that whenever a new decennial
census is taken under such authority after the effective date of this
section the population shown and determined thereby shall be deemed
the population of the county commencing on the first day of July in
the year next succeeding the year as of which such census is taken
and not before.
(b) The Department of Finance, before the first day of December of
each year, shall certify to the Controller the population of each
county as determined by the department pursuant to Section 13073.5.
The Controller shall forthwith ascertain from that certification
whether any county has a population, determined as provided in this
subdivision, which would raise it to a higher classification under
this chapter than as determined by subdivision (a). If any county is
ascertained to be within such a higher classification, the Controller
shall promptly certify that fact to the board of supervisors of that
county. For the purpose of this chapter, the population of each
county on the first day of July of each year shall be the population
determined by the Department of Finance.