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California · Through 2026-09-13

GOV § 1097

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Government Code - GOV
  2. TITLE 1. GENERAL [100. - 7931.000.]
  3. DIVISION 4. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES [1000. - 3599.84.]
  4. CHAPTER 1. General [1000. - 1241.]
  5. ARTICLE 4. Prohibitions Applicable to Specified Officers [1090. - 1099.]

(a) Every officer or person prohibited by the laws of this state from making or being interested in contracts, or from becoming a vendor or purchaser at sales, or from purchasing scrip or other evidences of indebtedness, including any member of the governing board of a school district, who willfully violates any of the provisions of those laws, is punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment in the state prison, and is forever disqualified from holding any office in this state.

(b) An individual who willfully aids or abets an officer or person in violating a prohibition by the laws of this state from making or being interested in contracts, or from becoming a vendor or purchaser at sales, or from purchasing scrip, or other evidences of indebtedness, including any member of the governing board of a school district, is punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment in the state prison, and is forever disqualified from holding any office in this state.

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