§ 25121

Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 242, Sec. 4. (SB 858) Effective January 1, 2026.
(a)Every ordinance shall be signed by the chairperson of the board and attested by the clerk. When attesting to an electronic or digital signature, the clerk may presume that the signature is genuine and attributable to the signatory if the electronic or digital signature complies with the requirement set forth in subdivision (a) of Section 16.5.
(b)The amendments made to this section by the act that added this subdivision shall not be construed to affect the

validity of a clerk’s attestation to any other digital or electronic signature.

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