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EXHIBIT 5: ELECTION CODE 10010 Requirements: Before Maps Drawn - Two Public Hearings required before drawing boundary districts to seek input regarding the process of the districts — explain the process and encourage participation. After Maps Drawn — Publish draft map and hold two public hearings within 45 days. Publish at least 7 days before consideration at a hearing. If revised, re -publish before adopting. DIVISION 10. LOCAL, SPECIAL, VACANCY, AND CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS [10000 - 107351 ( Division 10 enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2. ) PART 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS 1`10000 - 100101 ( Part 1 enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2. ) CHAPTER 2. District Boundaries 1`10010- 10010.1 ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 873, Sec. 1. ) 10010. (a) A political subdivision that changes from an at -large method of election to a district -based election, or that establishes district -based elections, shall do all of the following before a public hearing at which the governing body of the political subdivision votes to approve or defeat an ordinance establishing district -based elections: (1) Before drawing a draft map or maps of the proposed boundaries of the districts, the political subdivision shall hold at least two public hearings over a period of no more than 30 days, at which the public is invited to provide input regarding the composition of the districts. Before these hearings, the political subdivision may conduct outreach to the public, including to non -English- speaking communities, to explain the districting process and to encourage public participation. (2) After all draft maps are drawn, the political subdivision shall publish and make available for release at least one draft map and, if members of the governing body of the political subdivision will be elected in their districts at different times to provide for staggered terms of office, the potential sequence of the elections. The political subdivision shall also hold at least two additional hearings over a period of no more than 45 days, at which the public is invited to provide input regarding the content of the draft map or maps and the proposed sequence of elections, if applicable. The first version of a draft map shall be published at least seven days before consideration at a hearing. If a draft map is revised at or following a hearing, it shall be published and made available to the public for at least seven days before being adopted. (b) In determining the final sequence of the district elections conducted in a political subdivision in which members of the governing body will be elected at different times to provide for staggered terms of office, the governing body shall give special 75A-15