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.
Chapter 3Reinstatement of Public Officers After Military Service
Section § 1690
If someone holds an elected position in the state and is called to serve in the U.S. armed forces, they have the right to return to their job once their military service is over, as long as their term hasn't ended yet.
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Section § 1691
This law says that if someone holding a public office in California was away and then comes back, they still have all the rights and privileges connected to their role as if they had never left.
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.
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Section § 1692
When someone holding an office is absent, their position can be temporarily filled according to the law. This temporary appointment lasts until the original person returns or until their term ends, whichever comes first.
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.
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Section § 1693
If an officer originally needed to take an oath or provide a bond before starting their job, they must do the same again before coming back to their job duties.
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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