Government Code § 12700

CHAPTER 7. Succession to Constitutional Offices in the Event of War or Enemy-Caused Disaster

Current as of September 28, 2026Gov. Code, § 12700Official source ↗

Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 50, Sec. 115. (AB 378) Effective January 1, 2022.

As used in this chapter “disaster” means a war or enemy-caused calamity, such as an attack by nuclear weapons, which renders unavailable the Lieutenant Governor, or the Attorney General, or the Secretary of State, or the Treasurer, or the Controller. “Unavailable” means that any such officer is either killed, missing, or so seriously injured as to be unable to perform that officer’s duties.