CHAPTER 1. General Procedures: General Provisions and Initial Steps in the Recall [11000. - 11047.]
Chapter 1 enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.
§§ 11000–11047 · 23 sections
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 11000–11007 · 8 sections
- § 11000 This division governs the recall of elective officers of the State of California and of all counties, cities, school districts, county boards of education,…
- § 11001 For the purposes of this division, judges of courts of appeal shall be considered state officers, and judges of superior courts shall be considered county…
- § 11002 For the purposes of this division, “elections official” means one of the following: (a) A county elections official in the case of the recall of elective…
- § 11003 For the purposes of this division, “governing board” means a city council, the board of supervisors of a county, the board of trustees of a school district or…
- § 11004 For the purposes of this division, a “local officer” is an elective officer of a city, county, school district, community college district, or special…
- § 11005 The proponents of a recall must be registered voters of the electoral jurisdiction of the officer they seek to recall.
- § 11006 Proceedings may be commenced for the recall of any elective officer, including any officer appointed in lieu of election or to fill a vacancy, by the service,…
- § 11007 Except when a person has been appointed to office pursuant to Section 10229 because no person had been nominated to office, proceedings may not be commenced…
ARTICLE 2. The Notice of Intention, Statement, and Answer §§ 11020–11024 · 5 sections
- § 11020 (a) The notice of intention shall contain all of the following: (1) The name and title of the officer sought to be recalled. (2) A statement, not exceeding 200…
- § 11021 A copy of the notice of intention shall be served by personal delivery, or by certified mail, on the officer sought to be recalled. Within seven days of…
- § 11022 A copy of the notice, except the provisions required by paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 11020, shall be published at the proponents’ expense…
- § 11023 (a) Within seven days after the filing of the notice of intention, the officer sought to be recalled may file with the elections official, or in the case of a…
- § 11024 (a) The statement and answer are intended solely for the information of the voters. No insufficiency in form or substance thereof shall affect the validity of…
ARTICLE 3. Recall Petition §§ 11040–11047 · 10 sections
- § 11040 (a) The petition may consist of any number of separate sections, which shall be duplicates except as to signatures and matters required to be affixed by…
- § 11041 (a) The proponents shall use the recall petition format provided by the Secretary of State and available from the county elections official or the Secretary of…
- § 11042 (a) Within 10 days after filing of the answer to the notice of intention, or, if no answer is filed, within 10 days after the expiration of the seven-day…
- § 11042.5 (a) For a petition for the recall of a local officer, the county elections official shall make a copy of the petition available for public examination in the…
- § 11043 (a) The petition sections shall be designed so that each signer shall personally affix all of the following: (1) The signer’s signature. (2) The signer’s…
- § 11043.5 (a) The Secretary of State shall provide to county elections officials a recall petition format for distribution to proponents of a recall. The recall petition…
- § 11044 Separate petitions are necessary to propose the recall of each officer.
- § 11045 Only registered voters of the electoral jurisdiction of the officer sought to be recalled are qualified to sign a recall petition for that officer. A person…
- § 11046 To each section of a petition shall be attached a declaration, signed by the circulator thereof, that complies with Section 104.
- § 11047 When a petition is circulated in more than one county for the recall of an officer, each section of the petition shall bear the name of the county for which it…