Section 10731 Of Chapter 3. Vacancies In Congressional Offices Caused By Catastrophe From California Elections Code >> Division 10. >> Part 6. >> Chapter 3.
10731
. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the
following meanings:
(a) "Catastrophe" means a natural or man-made event that causes a
vacancy in at least 101 of the offices of the United States House of
Representatives, including at least one of the offices representing
California, or at least one-fourth of the total number of offices
representing California.
(b) "Vacancy" means the death or disappearance, as a result of a
catastrophe, of a Representative in Congress.
(c) "Disappearance" means the inability to establish conclusively
whether a Representative in Congress has survived a catastrophe.