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Effective Jan 1, 1996Repealed and added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 653, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.
- (a) An officer or employee of a local agency shall not, directly or indirectly, solicit a political contribution from an officer or employee of that agency, or from a person on an employment list of that agency, with knowledge that the person from whom the contribution is solicited is an officer or employee of that agency.
- (b) A candidate for elective office of a local agency shall not, directly or indirectly, solicit a political contribution from an officer or employee of that agency, or from a person on an employment list of that agency, with knowledge that the person from whom the contribution is solicited is an officer or employee of that agency.
- (c) This section shall not prohibit an officer or employee of a local agency, or a candidate for elective office in a local agency, from requesting political contributions from officers or employees of that agency if the solicitation is part of a solicitation made to a significant segment of the public which may include officers or employees of that local agency.
- (d) Violation of this section is punishable as a misdemeanor. The district attorney shall have all authority to prosecute under this section.
- (e) For purposes of this section, the term “contribution” shall have the same meaning as defined in Section 82015.