BILL NUMBER: SB 1357	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Cannella

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act to amend Section 3060 of the Government Code, relating to
public officers.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1357, as introduced, Cannella. Removal from office: grand jury
accusation.
   Existing law provides for the removal of public officers for
willful or corrupt misconduct in office. Existing law provides that
an accusation in writing against any officer of a district, county,
or city for willful or corrupt misconduct in office may be presented
by the grand jury of the county for, or in, which the officer accused
is elected or appointed. Existing law authorizes the impaneling of
an additional grand jury under specified circumstances.
   This bill would provide that the grand jury presenting the
accusation against an officer for willful or corrupt misconduct in
office may be the additional grand jury impaneled pursuant to those
provisions.
   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 3060 of the Government Code is amended to read:

   3060.  An accusation in writing against any officer of a district,
county, or city, including any member of the governing board or
personnel commission of a school district or any humane officer, for
willful or corrupt misconduct in office, may be presented by the
grand jury of the county for  ,  or in  ,  which
the officer accused is elected or appointed.  The grand jury
presenting the accusation may be the additional grand jury impaneled
pursuant to Section 904.4, 904.6, or 904.8 of the Penal Code. 
An accusation may not be presented without the concurrence of at
least 12 grand jurors, or at least eight grand jurors in a county in
which the required number of members of the grand jury is 11.