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California Statutes § 21110 Definitions

⤴ Up to Chapter 2: Fair and Inclusive Redistricting for Municipalities and Political Subdivisions (Fair Maps) Act of 2023

Statute Text

For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:
(a) "Adopt" or "adoption" in regard to election district boundaries means the passage of an ordinance or resolution specifying those boundaries.
(b) "Applicable language" means the following:
(1) For a county or county office of education that is not a small education district, any language in which ballots are required to be provided in the county pursuant to Section 203 of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 ( 52 U.S.C. Sec. 10503 ).
(2) For a city, any language that is spoken by a group of city residents with limited English proficiency who constitute 3 percent or more of the city's total population over four years of age for whom language can be determined, as determined by the Secretary of State in accordance with paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of Section 21170.
(3) For a school district that is not a small education district, any language in which a school within the district is required to provide translated materials pursuant to Section 48985 of the Education Code.
(4) For a community college district that is not a small education district, any language that qualifies as an applicable language pursuant to paragraph (1) for a county in which the community college district is located.
(5) For a special district or a small education district, no applicable language shall be required under this chapter.
(c) "Election district" means an election district of the legislative body, including a county supervisorial district, county board of education trustee area, city council district, school district trustee area, community college district trustee area, or a special district governing board division.
(d) "Legislative body" means a county board of supervisors, a county board of education, a city council, a governing board of a school district, a governing board of a community college district, or a governing board of a special district.
(e) "Local jurisdiction" means a county, a county office of education, a general law city, a charter city, a school district, a community college district, or a special district.
(f) "Small education district" means any of the following:
(1) A county office of education in a county that has a total population of fewer than 250,000 residents, as of the most recent census.
(2) A school district serving an area that has a total population of fewer than 250,000 residents, as of the most recent census.
(3) A community college district serving an area that has a total population of fewer than 250,000 residents, as of the most recent census.
(g) "Member," unless otherwise specified, means a member of a legislative body elected by or from districts, including a county supervisor, county board of education member, city council member, school district trustee, community college district trustee, or special district governing board member.
(h) "Districting body" means the body that has the power to adopt a legislative body's election districts, and which may include an independent redistricting commission.
(i) "Advisory redistricting commission," "hybrid redistricting commission," and "independent redistricting commission" have the same meanings as those terms are defined in Section 23000, and include any commission created by a charter city that meets those definitions.

History

Added by Stats 2023 ch 343 ( AB 764 ) , s 14 , eff. 1/1/2024 .