California Elections Code

§ 9255

ELEC § 9255 Effective Jan 1, 2014Div. 9 · Ch. 3 · Art. 3

Statute text

(a)A charter or charter amendment proposed by a charter commission, whether elected or appointed by a governing body, for a city or city and county shall be submitted to the voters at an established statewide general election pursuant to Section 1200, provided there are at least 95 days before the election. A charter commission may also submit a charter pursuant to Section 34455 of the Government Code.

(b)Except as provided in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 1415, the following city or city and county charter proposals shall be submitted to the voters at an established statewide general election pursuant to Section 1200, provided there are at least 88 days before the election:

(1)A proposal to adopt a charter, or an amendment or repeal of a charter, proposed by the governing body of a city or a city and county on its own motion.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 184, Sec. 2. (SB 311) Effective January 1, 2014.