BILL NUMBER: AB 2410	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 8, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 24, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Fuentes

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act to add Section 20 to the Elections Code, relating to
elective office.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2410, as amended, Fuentes. Elective office: felony conviction.
   Existing law prescribes various eligibility and procedural
requirements for a person to become a candidate for elective office.
   This bill would prohibit the consideration of a person as a
candidate for, and would provide that the person is not eligible to
be elected to, any elective office in this state if the election
occurs within 20 years of the date upon which the person completes a
sentence, including probation, for conviction of a felony 
that involved a conflict of interests, an act of fraud, dishonesty, a
breach of a public trust, or money laundering  
involving accepting or giving, or offering to give, any bribe, the
embezzlement of public money, extortion or theft of   public
money, perjury, or conspiracy to commit any of those crimes  .
The bill would provide that "conviction of a felony" includes a
conviction of a felony in this state and a conviction under the laws
of any other state, the United States, or any foreign government or
country of a crime that, if committed in this state, would be a
felony, and for which the person has not received a pardon from the
Governor of this state, the governor or other officer authorized to
grant pardons in another state, the President of the United States,
or the officer of the foreign government or country authorized to
grant pardons in that foreign jurisdiction.
   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 20 is added to the Elections Code, to read:
   20.  (a) A person shall not be considered a candidate for, and is
not eligible to be elected to, any elective office in this state if
the election occurs within 20 years of the date upon which the person
completes a sentence, including probation, for conviction of a
felony  that involved a conflict of interests, an act of
fraud, dishonesty, a breach of a public trust, or money laundering
  involving accepting or giving, or offering to give,
any bribe, the embezzlement of public money, extortion or theft of
public money, perjury, or conspiracy to commit any of those crimes
 .
   (b) For purposes of this section, "conviction of a felony"
includes a conviction of a felony in this state and a conviction
under the laws of any other state, the United States, or any foreign
government or country of a crime that, if committed in this state,
would be a felony, and for which the person has not received a pardon
from the Governor of this state, the governor or other officer
authorized to grant pardons in another state, the President of the
United States, or the officer of the foreign government or country
authorized to grant pardons in that foreign jurisdiction.