AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 1, 2022
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 18, 2022
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 24, 2022
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION
94
CHAPTER 864
Statutes of 2022
[ Approved by Governor September 30, 2022. Filed with Secretary of State September 30, 2022. ]
Introduced by Assembly Member Santiago
February 9, 2022
An act to amend Section 24001 of the Government Code, relating to local government.
Vote: majority Appropriation: no Fiscal committee: no Local program: no
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST
Existing law generally provides that a person is not eligible to hold a county or district office, unless the person is a registered voter of the county or district in which the duties of the office are to be exercised at the time nomination papers are issued to the person or at the time of the appointment of the person. Existing law authorizes the board of supervisors or any other legally constituted appointing authority in a county or district, if it finds that the best interests of the county or district will be served, to waive the registered voter requirement for an appointed county or district office.
This bill would remove that waiver authority and, instead, apply the registered voter requirement only to elective county or district offices, as specified.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 24001 of the Government Code is amended to read:
24001.
Except as otherwise provided in Sections 27550.1 and 27641.1 or in this section, or in Section 21123 or 34711 of the Water Code, or in any landowner voting district, as defined in paragraph (8) of subdivision (b) of Section 10500 of the Elections Code, a person is not eligible to an elective county or district office, unless the person is a registered voter of the county or district in which the duties of the office are to be exercised at the time that nomination papers are issued to the person or, if appointed to the elective office to fill a vacancy, at the time of the appointment of the person.