Legal Opinion
Torres v. City of Montebello
California Court of Appeal
Decided February 13, 2015No. B246515, B250851; B246526PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
HITCHING, J.
INTRODUCTION
The principal issue in this appeal concerns Government Code section 40602’s mayoral signature requirement for municipal contracts and whether the mayor’s purported refusal to sign a contract duly approved by the city council authorizes the mayor pro tempore to sign the contract in the mayor’s “absence” under Government Code section 40601. We conclude it does not.
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2Cases cited27 opinions
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