{"code":"ELEC","codeName":"Elections Code","section":"10731","citation":"Elec. Code, § 10731","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 10. LOCAL, SPECIAL, VACANCY, AND CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS [10000. - 10735.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/elections-code/division-10"},{"name":"PART 6. ELECTIONS TO FILL VACANCIES [10700. - 10735.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/elections-code/division-10/part-6"},{"name":"CHAPTER 3. Vacancies in Congressional Offices caused by Catastrophe [10730. - 10735.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/elections-code/division-10/part-6/chapter-3"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 306, Sec. 3.   (SB 211)   Effective January 1, 2011.","effective":"2011-01-01","html":"<p>For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:</p><p>(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.</p><p>(b) “Vacancy” means the death or disappearance, as a result of a catastrophe, of a Representative in Congress.</p><p>(c) “Disappearance” means the inability to establish conclusively whether a Representative in Congress has survived a catastrophe.</p>","text":"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.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/elections-code/vacancies-in-congressional-offices-caused-by-catastrophe-10731","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}