BILL NUMBER: SB 1482	CHAPTERED  07/10/08

	CHAPTER  118
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 10, 2008
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JULY 10, 2008
	PASSED THE SENATE  MAY 8, 2008
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JUNE 26, 2008
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 30, 2008
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 9, 2008

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Correa
   (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Soto)
   (Coauthor: Senator Wyland)
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Anderson, Carter, Cook, DeVore,
Garrick, Huff, La Malfa, Parra, and Salas)

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2008

   An act to add Section 3003 to the Government Code, relating to
local government.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1482, Correa. Local government: forfeiture of office.
   Existing law sets forth the circumstances under which an office is
forfeited, including, among other things, upon the conviction of
certain crimes specified under the California Constitution or state
law.
   Under the federal Stolen Valor Act of 2005, a person is guilty of
a crime, and may be imprisoned, fined, or both, if that person, among
other things, makes a false claim of receipt of any decoration or
medal authorized by Congress for the Armed Forces of the United
States or any of the service medals or badges awarded to the members
of those forces.
   This bill would provide that an elected officer of a city, county,
city and county, or district in this state forfeits his or her
office upon the conviction of a crime pursuant to the federal act,
that involves a false claim of receipt of a military decoration or
medal described in that act.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 3003 is added to the Government Code, to read:
   3003.  An elected officer of a city, county, city and county, or
district in this state forfeits his or her office upon the conviction
of a crime pursuant to the federal Stolen Valor Act of 2005 (18
U.S.C. Sec. 704), that involves a false claim of receipt of any
military decoration or medal described in that act. As used in this
section, "district" means any agency of the state formed pursuant to
general law or special act, for the local performance of governmental
or proprietary functions within limited boundaries.