Section 10731 - DefinitionsFor purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:
(a) "Catastrophe" means a natural or man-made event that causes a vacancy in at least 101 of the offices of the United States House of Representatives, including at least one of the offices representing California, or at least one-fourth of the total number of offices representing California.(b) "Vacancy" means the death or disappearance, as a result of a catastrophe, of a Representative in Congress.(c) "Disappearance" means the inability to establish conclusively whether a Representative in Congress has survived a catastrophe.Amended by Stats 2010 ch 306 (SB 211),s 3, eff. 1/1/2011.Added by Stats 2002 ch 658 (AB 2760),s 4, eff. 1/1/2003.