California Elections Code

§ 10229

ELEC § 10229 Effective Jan 1, 2025Div. 10 · Part 2 · Ch. 2 · Art. 2

Statute text

(a)If, by the 88th day, during normal business hours as posted, before the day fixed for a regularly scheduled municipal election or the 83rd day before the election, during normal business hours as posted, if an incumbent fails to file or files but then withdraws pursuant to Section 10225, (i) no one or only one person has been nominated for any office that is elected on a citywide basis, or (ii) no one or only one person is nominated to be elected from or by a legislative district, or (iii) in the case of any office or offices to be elected at large, the number of persons who have been nominated for those offices does not exceed the number to be filled at that election; or, if, by the 88th day, during normal business hours as posted, before a municipal election to fill any vacancy in office, no one or only one person has been nominated for any elective office to be filled at that election, and the election is subject to Section 36512 of the Government Code, the city elections official shall submit a certificate of these facts to the governing body of the city and inform the governing body of the city that it may, at a regular or special meeting held before the municipal election, adopt one of the following courses of action:

(1)Appoint to the office the person who has been nominated.

(2)Appoint to the office an eligible elector if no one has been nominated.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 355, Sec. 11. (AB 1784) Effective January 1, 2025.