§ 9056. — 9056. (Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 132.)

California § 9056.

• Jurisdiction: California
• Code GOV: Government Code - GOV
• Div.: 2.
• Title 2.: DIVISION 2. LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT
• Part 1.: PART 1. LEGISLATURE
• Ch. 1.5.: CHAPTER 1.5. General
• Art. 3.: ARTICLE 3. Crimes Against the Legislative Power

Text

Any person who shall secure through his influence, knowingly exerted for that purpose, the introduction of any bill, resolution or amendment into the State Legislature and shall thereafter solicit or accept from any person other than a person upon whose request he secured such introduction, any pay or other valuable consideration for preventing or attempting to prevent, the enactment or adoption of such measure, while it retains its original purpose, shall be guilty of a crime and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year or pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code, or by both that fine and
imprisonment.

Legislative History

Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 132. (AB 109) Effective April 4, 2011. Operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68.