{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-1097.3","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 1097.3","heading":"","body":"(a) Subject to the requirements of Section 1097.1, the Commission may file a civil action for an alleged violation of Section 1090. A person held liable for such a violation shall be subject to a civil fine payable to the Commission for deposit in the General Fund of the state in an amount not to exceed the greater of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or three times the value of the financial benefit received by the defendant for each violation.\n(b) The Commission shall not commence a civil action pursuant to this section alleging a violation of Section 1090 if the Commission has commenced an administrative action pursuant to Section 1097.1 against the person for the same violation.\n(c) A civil action brought by the Commission pursuant to this section shall not be filed more than four years after the date the violation occurred.","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":"3354395e659f20563a9bfd64b1c5b2d104852bd0f87669381fa406e338ce05e4","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-1097.2","next":"us-ca/gov-1097.4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}