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DIVISION 21. STATE AND LOCAL REAPPORTIONMENT 21000-23003›CHAPTER 9. Advisory and Independent Redistricting Commissions 23000-23003

§ 23000

California Elections Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:

(a) “Advisory redistricting commission” means a body that recommends to a legislative body placement of the district boundaries for that legislative body.

(b) “Family member” means a spouse, registered domestic partner, parent, sibling, child, or in-law.

(c) “Independent redistricting commission” means a body, other than a legislative body, that is empowered to adopt the district boundaries of a legislative body.

(d) “Legislative body” means either a city council of a general law city or a county board of supervisors.

(e) “Local jurisdiction” means either a general law city or a county.

(Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 784, Sec. 3. (SB 1108) Effective January 1, 2017.)

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