Amended
IN
Assembly
April 18, 2022 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
March 24, 2022 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Santiago |
February 09, 2022 |
(a)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 a county or district office, unless,
at the time that nomination papers are issued to the person or at the time of the appointment of the person, the person is a resident of the county or district and is either of the following:
(1)A citizen of the United States.
(2)A person who has employment authorization to work in the United States, including a noncitizen national, lawful permanent resident, nonresident authorized to work, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipient with current, unexpired employment authorization documents.
(b)A person
is not eligible for a county or district office that is also declared by law to be the office of a peace officer, including, but not limited to, as described in Section 31904, 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 at the time of the appointment of the person.
(c)
The board of supervisors or any other legally constituted appointing authority in a county or district may, if it finds that the best interests of the county or district will be served, waive the requirements of this section for an appointed county or district office.
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