Terms of Office - Tulare County Elections

Offices	Taking Office Date	Code Section	Term Length	Term Limits
Federal Offices
President & Vice President	Noon on January 20th	US Constitution Art. XX, Sect 1	4 years	2 terms
U.S. Senator	Noon on January 3^rd	US Constitution Art. XX, Sect 1	6 years	none
U.S. Representative in Congress	Noon on January 3^rd	US Constitution Art. XX, Sect 1	2 years	none
State Offices
Governor, Lt. Governor, Secretary of State, Controller, Treasurer, Attorney General, Insurance Commissioner, State Superintendent of Public Instruction	1^st Monday after January 1^st	Cal. Const. Art. 5, Sect. 2, 9, 11 & Art. 9 Sect. 2	4 years	2 terms
State Senator	1^st Monday in December	Cal. Const. Art. 4 Sect. 2	4 years	2 terms
Member of State Assembly	1^st Monday in December	Cal. Const. Art. 4 Sect. 2	2 years	3 terms
Member of State Board of Equalization	1^st Monday after January 1^st		4 years	2 terms
Judicial Offices
Chief Justice of California	1^st Monday after January 1^st	Cal. Const. Art. 6 Sect. 16	12 years	none
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court	1^st Monday after January 1^st		12 years	none
Associate Justice , Court of Appeal	1^st Monday after January 1^st		12 years	none
Superior Court Judge	1^st Monday after January 1^st	Cal. Const. Art. 6 Sect. 16(c)	6 years	none
County Offices
County Supervisors	Noon on 1^st Monday after January 1^st	Gov 24200	4 years	none
Assessor/Clerk-Recorder, Auditor-Controller/Treasurer-Tax Collector, District Attorney, Sheriff-Coroner	Noon on 1^st Monday after January 1^st	Gov 24200	4 years	none
County Superintendent of Schools	Noon on 1^st Monday after January 1^st	Gov 24200	4 years	none
County Board of Education	Last Friday in November	Elect. 1007	4 years	none
Local Offices
City Council	(Determined by City)		4 years	none
School Boards	1^st Friday in December	Ed. 5017	4 years	none
Community Colleges	1^st Friday in December	EC 5017	4 years	none
Special Districts	1^st Friday in December	Elect. 10554	4 years	none
Member of a Party Central Committee or Council
Democratic Party	At Organizational Meeting		2 years	none
Republican Party	At Organizational Meeting held in December or January	Elect. 7441(b)	2 years	none
All Other Parties	July 11th		2 years
Special Circumstances
Changing Year of Election Districts Schools Colleges		Elect. 10404 Elect. 10404.5 Elect. 10405.7
New Special District	1^st Friday in December	Elect. 10505
Increase in Division		Elect. 1506
New board after unification	1^st Friday in December	Elect. 35105

Note: Education Code 5300 states school elections are governing by Elections Code

Government Code 1225: Every executive and judicial officer and every Member of the Legislature may administer and certify oaths.
A former judge of a court of record in this state who retired or resigned from office, other than a judge who was retired by the Supreme Court for disability, shall be deemed a judicial officer for purposes of this section, if the former judge requests and receives a certification from the Commission on Judicial Performance that there was no formal disciplinary proceeding pending at the time of retirement or resignation. Where no formal disciplinary proceeding was pending at the time of retirement or resignation, the Commission on Judicial Performance shall issue the certification. No law, rule, or regulation regarding the confidentiality of proceedings of the Commission on Judicial Performance shall be construed to prohibit the Commission on Judicial Performance from issuing a certificate as provided for in this section.

(Terms of Office) (Rev. 12/2010)