CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1620Introduced by Assembly Member DababnehFebruary 17, 2017 An act to amend Section 8921 of the Government Code, relating to governmental ethics. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1620, as introduced, Dababneh. Governmental ethics: substantial conflicts: prohibition.Existing law prohibits a Member of the Legislature, legislative employee, state elective or appointive officer, or judge or justice from having an interest, engaging in a business, transaction, or professional activity, or incurring an obligation that substantially conflicts with the proper discharge or his or her duties in the public interest and of his or her responsibilities under the law. Under existing law, a person subject to this prohibition has a substantial conflict if he or she has reason to believe or expect that he or she will derive a direct monetary gain or suffer a direct monetary loss by reason of his or her official activity.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the latter provision.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 8921 of the Government Code is amended to read:8921. A person subject to this article has an interest which that is in substantial conflict with the proper discharge of his or her duties in the public interest and of his or her responsibilities as prescribed in the laws of this state or a personal interest, arising from any situation, within the scope of this article, if he or she has reason to believe or expect that he or she will derive a direct monetary gain or suffer a direct monetary loss, as the case may be, loss by reason of his or her official activity. He or she does not have an interest which that is in substantial conflict with the proper discharge of his or her duties in the public interest and of his or her responsibilities as prescribed in the laws of this state or a personal interest, arising from any situation, within the scope of this article, if any benefit or detriment accrues to him or her as a member of a business, profession, occupation, or group to no greater extent than any other member of that business, profession, occupation, or group.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1620Introduced by Assembly Member DababnehFebruary 17, 2017 An act to amend Section 8921 of the Government Code, relating to governmental ethics. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1620, as introduced, Dababneh. Governmental ethics: substantial conflicts: prohibition.Existing law prohibits a Member of the Legislature, legislative employee, state elective or appointive officer, or judge or justice from having an interest, engaging in a business, transaction, or professional activity, or incurring an obligation that substantially conflicts with the proper discharge or his or her duties in the public interest and of his or her responsibilities under the law. Under existing law, a person subject to this prohibition has a substantial conflict if he or she has reason to believe or expect that he or she will derive a direct monetary gain or suffer a direct monetary loss by reason of his or her official activity.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the latter provision.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill No. 1620
Introduced by Assembly Member DababnehFebruary 17, 2017
Introduced by Assembly Member Dababneh
February 17, 2017
An act to amend Section 8921 of the Government Code, relating to governmental ethics.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1620, as introduced, Dababneh. Governmental ethics: substantial conflicts: prohibition.
Existing law prohibits a Member of the Legislature, legislative employee, state elective or appointive officer, or judge or justice from having an interest, engaging in a business, transaction, or professional activity, or incurring an obligation that substantially conflicts with the proper discharge or his or her duties in the public interest and of his or her responsibilities under the law. Under existing law, a person subject to this prohibition has a substantial conflict if he or she has reason to believe or expect that he or she will derive a direct monetary gain or suffer a direct monetary loss by reason of his or her official activity.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the latter provision.
Existing law prohibits a Member of the Legislature, legislative employee, state elective or appointive officer, or judge or justice from having an interest, engaging in a business, transaction, or professional activity, or incurring an obligation that substantially conflicts with the proper discharge or his or her duties in the public interest and of his or her responsibilities under the law. Under existing law, a person subject to this prohibition has a substantial conflict if he or she has reason to believe or expect that he or she will derive a direct monetary gain or suffer a direct monetary loss by reason of his or her official activity.
This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the latter provision.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 8921 of the Government Code is amended to read:8921. A person subject to this article has an interest which that is in substantial conflict with the proper discharge of his or her duties in the public interest and of his or her responsibilities as prescribed in the laws of this state or a personal interest, arising from any situation, within the scope of this article, if he or she has reason to believe or expect that he or she will derive a direct monetary gain or suffer a direct monetary loss, as the case may be, loss by reason of his or her official activity. He or she does not have an interest which that is in substantial conflict with the proper discharge of his or her duties in the public interest and of his or her responsibilities as prescribed in the laws of this state or a personal interest, arising from any situation, within the scope of this article, if any benefit or detriment accrues to him or her as a member of a business, profession, occupation, or group to no greater extent than any other member of that business, profession, occupation, or group.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 8921 of the Government Code is amended to read:8921. A person subject to this article has an interest which that is in substantial conflict with the proper discharge of his or her duties in the public interest and of his or her responsibilities as prescribed in the laws of this state or a personal interest, arising from any situation, within the scope of this article, if he or she has reason to believe or expect that he or she will derive a direct monetary gain or suffer a direct monetary loss, as the case may be, loss by reason of his or her official activity. He or she does not have an interest which that is in substantial conflict with the proper discharge of his or her duties in the public interest and of his or her responsibilities as prescribed in the laws of this state or a personal interest, arising from any situation, within the scope of this article, if any benefit or detriment accrues to him or her as a member of a business, profession, occupation, or group to no greater extent than any other member of that business, profession, occupation, or group.
SECTION 1. Section 8921 of the Government Code is amended to read:
### SECTION 1.
8921. A person subject to this article has an interest which that is in substantial conflict with the proper discharge of his or her duties in the public interest and of his or her responsibilities as prescribed in the laws of this state or a personal interest, arising from any situation, within the scope of this article, if he or she has reason to believe or expect that he or she will derive a direct monetary gain or suffer a direct monetary loss, as the case may be, loss by reason of his or her official activity. He or she does not have an interest which that is in substantial conflict with the proper discharge of his or her duties in the public interest and of his or her responsibilities as prescribed in the laws of this state or a personal interest, arising from any situation, within the scope of this article, if any benefit or detriment accrues to him or her as a member of a business, profession, occupation, or group to no greater extent than any other member of that business, profession, occupation, or group.
8921. A person subject to this article has an interest which that is in substantial conflict with the proper discharge of his or her duties in the public interest and of his or her responsibilities as prescribed in the laws of this state or a personal interest, arising from any situation, within the scope of this article, if he or she has reason to believe or expect that he or she will derive a direct monetary gain or suffer a direct monetary loss, as the case may be, loss by reason of his or her official activity. He or she does not have an interest which that is in substantial conflict with the proper discharge of his or her duties in the public interest and of his or her responsibilities as prescribed in the laws of this state or a personal interest, arising from any situation, within the scope of this article, if any benefit or detriment accrues to him or her as a member of a business, profession, occupation, or group to no greater extent than any other member of that business, profession, occupation, or group.
8921. A person subject to this article has an interest which that is in substantial conflict with the proper discharge of his or her duties in the public interest and of his or her responsibilities as prescribed in the laws of this state or a personal interest, arising from any situation, within the scope of this article, if he or she has reason to believe or expect that he or she will derive a direct monetary gain or suffer a direct monetary loss, as the case may be, loss by reason of his or her official activity. He or she does not have an interest which that is in substantial conflict with the proper discharge of his or her duties in the public interest and of his or her responsibilities as prescribed in the laws of this state or a personal interest, arising from any situation, within the scope of this article, if any benefit or detriment accrues to him or her as a member of a business, profession, occupation, or group to no greater extent than any other member of that business, profession, occupation, or group.
8921. A person subject to this article has an interest which that is in substantial conflict with the proper discharge of his or her duties in the public interest and of his or her responsibilities as prescribed in the laws of this state or a personal interest, arising from any situation, within the scope of this article, if he or she has reason to believe or expect that he or she will derive a direct monetary gain or suffer a direct monetary loss, as the case may be, loss by reason of his or her official activity. He or she does not have an interest which that is in substantial conflict with the proper discharge of his or her duties in the public interest and of his or her responsibilities as prescribed in the laws of this state or a personal interest, arising from any situation, within the scope of this article, if any benefit or detriment accrues to him or her as a member of a business, profession, occupation, or group to no greater extent than any other member of that business, profession, occupation, or group.