California Public Utilities Code

§ 11852.5

PUC § 11852.5 Effective Jan 1, 2014Div. 6 · Ch. 3 · Art. 2.5

Statute text

(a)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if, in a district subject to this article, by 5 p.m. on the 83rd day prior to the day fixed for the general election, no one or only one person has filed a declaration of candidacy for a particular ward, the county elections official shall submit a certificate of these facts to the district board and inform the board that it may, at a regular or special meeting held on or before the 76th day prior to the election, adopt one of the following courses of action:

(1)If only one person has filed a declaration of candidacy for a ward, appoint that person to the office.

(2)If no one has filed a declaration of candidacy for a ward, appoint a person to the office who would be qualified on the date the election would have been held.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 108, Sec. 1. (AB 408) Effective January 1, 2014.