{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-8951","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 8951","heading":"","body":"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 that person has filed a complaint with the committee concerning the violation, in which case that person may not file a complaint with the district attorney of the appropriate county to institute a criminal prosecution for the violation until the committee has made its determination of the matter or a period of 120 days has elapsed since the filing of the complaint with the committee.","path":["Government Code - GOV","TITLE 2. GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA [8000. - 22980.]","DIVISION 2. LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT [8902. - 10606.]","PART 1. LEGISLATURE [8902. - 9937.]","CHAPTER 1. Legislative Organization [8902. - 8956.]","ARTICLE 3. Joint Legislative Ethics Committee [8940. - 8956.]"],"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":"3b6361bdda682a323424de5880674b5766d1bb9bc04c747e5fcef41e4811e023","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-8950","next":"us-ca/gov-8952"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}