California Law (Last Updated: March 4, 2014) |
Government Code - GOV |
Title 2. GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA |
Division 2. LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT |
Part 1. LEGISLATURE |
Chapter 1. Legislative Organization |
ARTICLE 3. Joint Legislative Ethics Committee |
Section 8951.
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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.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 466, Sec. 58.)