California Government Code ARTICLE 3 - Joint Legislative Ethics Committee

• Section 8940.
  The Joint Legislative Ethics Committee is hereby created. The committee shall consist of three Members of the Senate and three Members of the Assembly who...
• Section 8941.
  The committee is authorized to make rules governing its own proceedings. The provisions of Rule 36 of the Joint Rules of the Senate and Assembly...
• Section 8942.
  Funds for the support of the committee shall be provided from the Contingent Funds of the Assembly and the Senate in the same manner that...
• Section 8943.
  (a) The committee shall have power, pursuant to the provisions of this article, to investigate and make findings and recommendations concerning alleged violations by Members of...
• Section 8944.
  (a) Any person may file a statement alleging a violation of Article 2 (commencing with Section 8920) with the committee.(b) To constitute a valid complaint, the statement...
• Section 8945.
  (a) If the committee determines that the complaint does not allege facts, directly or upon information and belief, sufficient to constitute a violation of any of...
• Section 8946.
  After the complaint has been filed the respondent shall be entitled to examine and make copies of all evidence in the possession of the committee...
• Section 8947.
  If a hearing is to be held pursuant to Section 8945 the committee, before the hearing has commenced, shall issue subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum...
• Section 8948.
  At any hearing held by the committee:(a) Oral evidence shall be taken only on oath or affirmation.(b) Each party shall have these rights: to be represented by...
• Section 8949.
  Any official or other person whose name is mentioned at any investigation or hearing of the committee and who believes that testimony has been given...
• Section 8950.
  (a) After the hearing the committee shall state its findings of fact. If the committee finds that the respondent has not violated any provisions of Article...
• Section 8951.
  Nothing in this chapter shall preclude any person from instituting a prosecution for violation of any provision of Article 2 (commencing with Section 8920) unless...
• Section 8952.
  The filing of a complaint with the committee pursuant to this article suspends the running of the statute of limitations applicable to any violation of...
• Section 8953.
  The committee shall maintain a record of its investigations, inquiries, and proceedings. All records, complaints, documents, reports filed with or submitted to or made by...
• Section 8954.
  All actions of the committee shall require the concurrence of two members of the committee from each house.(Added by Stats. 1966, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch.
• Section 8955.
  The committee may render advisory opinions to Members of the Legislature with respect to the provisions of Article 2 (commencing with Section 8920) and their...
• Section 8956.
  (a) The appropriate legislative ethics committees shall conduct at least semiannually an orientation course of the relevant statutes and regulations governing official conduct. The curriculum and...

Last modified: October 22, 2018