Gov. Code, § 23558 · Article 4. Election
Gov. Code, § 23558
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
If more than one argument for or more than one argument against the proposed consolidation is filed with the clerk of the principal county the clerk shall select one of the arguments for and one of the arguments against the proposed consolidation for printing and distribution to the electors.
In selecting arguments, the clerk shall give preference and priority in the order specified to arguments submitted by the following:
(a) The board of supervisors of an affected county, or any member or members of such board authorized by it.
(b) The city council of any city located within an affected county, or any member or members of such council authorized by it.
(c) Qualified electors or bona fide associations of citizens, or combinations of electors and associations.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1391.
Source of truth
- Edition
- As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
- Official file
- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=GOV§ionNum=23558.
- Text hash
- sha256 7c3d3a8dc0d96a09d981eaefeda641ef2116099975cfe92658fdfd7d96b8fe4e
- Composed by
- compose_ca.py 2026-10-22: the Legislative Counsel's CAML content files read by a tokenizer (caml_readers.reader_a); an independent xml.etree reading (caml_readers.reader_b) agrees on every section
Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.