CHAPTER 3. Reinstatement of Public Officers After Military Service [1690. - 1693.]

Cal. Military and Veterans Code - MVC 3.

in effect

Cal. Military and Veterans Code - MVC § 1690. Section 1690.

Any elected officer of the state who is called to serve with the Armed Forces of the United States has a right to return to and to reenter upon their office after the termination of their active service with the Armed Forces if the term for which they are elected has not expired.

Cal. Military and Veterans Code - MVC § 1691. Section 1691.

Upon their return and reentry or their return to the office they shall have all of the rights and privileges in, connected with, or arising out of, the office which they would have enjoyed if they had not been absent.

Cal. Military and Veterans Code - MVC § 1692. Section 1692.

Any vacancy created by such absence may be filled by a temporary appointment, as provided by law, for a term not to extend beyond the time of the return and reentry to the office by the absent person or beyond the term for which they are elected.

Cal. Military and Veterans Code - MVC § 1693. Section 1693.

If any such officer was required by law to file an oath of office or to execute a bond prior to their original entry upon the duties of the office, they shall file an oath and execute a bond in like manner and form prior to their reentry upon the duties of the office.

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