TITLE 5. LOCAL AGENCIES 50001-57607›DIVISION 3. CORTESE-KNOX-HERTZBERG LOCAL GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION ACT OF 2000 56000-57550›PART 1. GENERAL 56000-56160›CHAPTER 2. Definitions 56010-56081
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California Government Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California
“Clerk” means the clerk or secretary of a commission, county, city, or district, or the clerk or secretary of the legislative body of a county, city, or district. Where the office of county clerk is separate from the office of the clerk of the board of supervisors, “clerk” means the clerk of the board of supervisors. Where the office of county clerk is separate from the office of the registrar of voters, “clerk” means the registrar of voters with respect to all duties pertaining to the conduct of elections and the county clerk with respect to all other duties.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 548, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2003.)
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