California Attorney General Reports November 21, 1997 (Opinion No. (1997))

DANIEL E. LUNGREN Attorney General GREGORY L. GONOT Deputy Attorney General THE HONORABLE THOMAS JEFFRY, JR., COUNTY COUNSEL, COUNTY OF ALPINE, has requested an opinion on the following question: May a county board of supervisors, in appointing a person to the office of district attorney to serve the remainder of the term of the prior officeholder, waive the requirement that the appointed officer