{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-1097","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 1097","heading":"","body":"(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.\n(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.","path":["Government Code - GOV","TITLE 1. GENERAL [100. - 7931.000.]","DIVISION 4. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES [1000. - 3599.84.]","CHAPTER 1. General [1000. - 1241.]","ARTICLE 4. Prohibitions Applicable to Specified Officers [1090. - 1099.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"e328e28c4e3adbd5c72e1311243033d03005072ea3446fa3af053874cc31381a","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-1096","next":"us-ca/gov-1097.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}