{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-36511","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 36511","heading":"","body":"The petition for incorporation of a city may provide for the appointment of the elective officers, or any of them except council members. If it does, a separate election upon the question need not be held, and upon incorporation the city council shall appoint those officers.","path":["Government Code - GOV","TITLE 4. GOVERNMENT OF CITIES [34000. - 45345.]","DIVISION 3. OFFICERS [36501. - 41805.]","PART 1. GENERAL [36501. - 36525.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"428d3622cf8dde0a676f3f5c06b4f7327a28ff7486330f0a99bfb4dcaf65bffd","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-36510","next":"us-ca/gov-36512"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}