2019 California Code
Streets and Highways Code - SHC
DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS
PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS
CHAPTER 5 - Exclusion of Counties Proposed for Inclusion in the District
Section 27080.
If, within 120 days after application is made to it the board of supervisors of any county named in the petitions from other counties engaged in the formation of the district fails to adopt an ordinance of intention to unite with the other counties in the formation of the district, and no proceedings for the adoption of an ordinance under the provisions of law relating to the initiative are on file with the county elections official, the county elections official shall upon receipt of an affidavit of an elector of the county, setting forth: (a) The date the original application was made to the board of supervisors and (b) the failure of that body to act thereon for 60 days thereafter, issue a certificate to the Secretary of State certifying that on the date of the issuing thereof no proceedings have been filed in his or her office to submit an ordinance to the electors under the provisions applicable to the initiative. The county elections official shall immediately transmit the certificate and affidavit to the Secretary of State.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 143. Effective January 1, 2003.)
