Elec. Code, § 9147 · Article 2. Referendum
Elec. Code, § 9147
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(a) The heading of a proposed referendum measure shall be in substantially the following form:
Referendum Against an Ordinance Passed by the Board of Supervisors.
(b) Each section of the referendum petition shall contain the title and text of the ordinance or the portion of the ordinance which is the subject of the referendum.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.
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- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=ELEC§ionNum=9147.
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