BILL NUMBER: SB 1357	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  134
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 13, 2012
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JULY 13, 2012
	PASSED THE SENATE  MAY 14, 2012
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JULY 2, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 8, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 23, 2012

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, 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. Under
existing law, an accusation may not be presented without the
concurrence of a specified number of grand jurors.
   This bill would provide that the grand jury presenting the
accusation against an officer for willful or corrupt misconduct in
office may also be the additional grand jury impaneled pursuant to
those provisions. The bill would require the concurrence of 14 grand
jurors in a county in which the required number of grand jurors is 23
in order for an accusation of misconduct against an officer, as
described above, to be presented.


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
also 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 8 grand jurors in a county in which the required number of
members of the grand jury is 11, or at least 14 grand jurors in a
county in which the required number of members of the grand jury is
23.