Section 10604 - [Effective 1/1/2025] Additional time to file declaration of candidacy(a) Notwithstanding Section 10603, if a declaration of candidacy for an incumbent member of a school district or community college district governing board or of a county board of education is not filed by 5 p.m. on the 88th day before the election, or is filed but then is withdrawn before 5 p.m. on the 88th day before the election, any person, other than the person who was the incumbent on the 88th day, shall have until 5 p.m. on the 83rd day before an election to file a declaration of candidacy for the elective office.(b) This section is not applicable where there is no incumbent eligible to be elected. If this section is applicable, notwithstanding Section 10603, a candidate whose declaration of candidacy has been filed for any school district or community college district governing board election or county board of education election may withdraw as a candidate until 5 p.m. on the 83rd day before the election.Amended by Stats 2024 ch 355 (AB 1784),s 14, eff. 1/1/2025.Added by renumbering Section 10603 by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1143, Sec. 53. Effective September 30, 1996.This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.