Government Code section 12060

As used in this article “disaster” means a war or enemy-caused calamity occurring in the State of California, such as an attack by nuclear weapons, as a result of which the incumbent Governor is either killed, missing, or so seriously injured as to be unable to perform the Governor’s duties.

Source: Section 12060, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=GOV§ionNum=12060. (updated Jan. 1, 2022; accessed Jul. 7, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/government_code_section_12060

Original Source: Section 12060, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=GOV§ionNum=12060. (last accessed May 12, 2025).