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

California Assembly Bill 1925 (Prior Session Legislation)

CA State Legislature page for AB1925

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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-Enrolled.html

Enrolled August 25, 2022

Passed IN Senate August 22, 2022

Passed IN Assembly August 23, 2022

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

Introduced by Assembly Member Santiago

February 09, 2022

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

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 1925, Santiago. 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 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.

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

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.