California Legal Codes and Statutes

§ 36516.5

Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 699, Sec. 15. (SB 894) Effective January 1, 2011.

A change in compensation does not apply to a council member during the council member’s term of office. This prohibition shall not prevent the adjustment of the compensation of all members of a council serving staggered terms whenever one or more members of the city council becomes eligible for a salary increase by virtue of the council member beginning a new term of office.

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Cal. Gov. Code § 36516.5 (2026)
https://ca.codecond.com/codes/gov/title-4-government-of-cities/division-3-officers/part-1-general/section-36516.5

Other sections in Part 1 - GENERAL

§ 36501§ 36501.5§ 36502§ 36502.5§ 36503§ 36503.5§ 36505§ 36506§ 36507§ 36508…§ 36516.5§ 36517§ 36518§ 36519§ 36520§ 36521§ 36522§ 36523§ 36524§ 36525

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