Bill Text: CA AB1925 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: County and district offices: qualifications.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2022-09-30 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 864, Statutes of 2022. [AB1925 Detail]

Download: California-2021-AB1925-Amended.html

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Amended  IN  Senate  August 01, 2022

Amended  IN  Assembly  April 18, 2022

Amended  IN  Assembly  March 24, 2022

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 1925

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Introduced by Assembly Member Santiago

February 09, 2022

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An act to amend Section 24001 of the Government Code, relating to local government.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 1925, as amended, Santiago. Counties: appointed officers: qualification for office. County and district offices: qualifications.

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 to an elective office. 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, would remove that waiver authority and, instead, require the board of supervisors or any other legally constituted appointing authority in a county or district to waive the registered voter requirement for an appointed county or district office, except for an appointed county or district office that is also a peace officer or a probation officer. By establishing new eligibility rules for county and district offices, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. apply the registered voter requirement only to elective county or district offices, as specified.

The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.

This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Digest Key

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YESNO   Local Program: YESNO  

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Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 Section 24001 of the Government Code is amended to read:

24001.

 (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 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 or, if appointed to the elective office to fill a vacancy, at the time of the appointment of the person.

(b)The board of supervisors or any other legally constituted appointing authority in a county or district shall waive the requirements of this section for an appointed county or district office, except for an appointed county or district office that is also a peace officer or a probation officer.

SEC. 2.

If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.