Elec. Code, § 10731 · Chapter 3. Vacancies in Congressional Offices caused by Catastrophe
Elec. Code, § 10731
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:
(a) “Catastrophe” means a natural or man-made event that causes a vacancy in at least 101 of the offices of the United States House of Representatives, including at least one of the offices representing California, or at least one-fourth of the total number of offices representing California.
(b) “Vacancy” means the death or disappearance, as a result of a catastrophe, of a Representative in Congress.
(c) “Disappearance” means the inability to establish conclusively whether a Representative in Congress has survived a catastrophe.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 306, Sec. 3. (SB 211) Effective January 1, 2011.
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