Elec. Code, § 9303 · Article 1. Initiative
Elec. Code, § 9303
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
A notice of intention and statement as referred to in Section 9302 shall be published or posted, or both, as follows:
(a) If there is a newspaper of general circulation within the district, as described in Section 6000 of the Government Code, the notice and statement shall be published therein at least once.
(b) If the petition is to be circulated in a district in which there is no newspaper of general circulation, the notice and statement shall be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation within the county in which the district is located, and the notice and statement shall be posted in three public places within the district.
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History
Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.
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