BILL NUMBER: AB 265	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  93
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  AUGUST 6, 2009
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  AUGUST 5, 2009
	PASSED THE SENATE  JUNE 29, 2009
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 11, 2009

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, 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.


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.