BILL NUMBER: AB 265	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Cook

                        FEBRUARY 11, 2009

   An act to amend Section 3003 of the Government Code, relating to
forfeiture of office.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 265, as introduced, Cook. Office holding: forfeiture.
   Existing law requires certain elected local officers to forfeit
their office upon the conviction of a specified crime pursuant to the
federal Stolen Valor Act of 2005.
   This bill would expand this provision to include elected state
officers.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 3003 of the Government Code is amended to read:

   3003.  An elected officer of  the state or  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.