11228.
(a) The proponents of a recall of a local officer may file with the elections official a notice withdrawing their petition at any time before the elections official submits the certificate of sufficiency to the governing body at its next regular meeting as specified in Section 11227.(b) (1) Upon receipt of the proponents’ notice of withdrawal specified in subdivision (a), the elections official shall take no further action on the petition, whether or not the petition has already been found sufficient by the elections official.
(2) A recall petition that has been withdrawn by its proponents shall remain on file.
(c) The withdrawal of a recall petition against a local officer does not bar the later filing of a new petition against that officer.
(d) For purposes of this section, “proponents” means the 10 recall proponents listed on the copy of the notice of intention that appears on each page of each section of the recall petition as provided in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 11041.