Section 89500.7 Of Article 1. General Provisions From California Education Code >> Division 8. >> Title 3. >> Part 55. >> Chapter 5. >> Article 1.
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. (a) The trustees shall offer, on at least a semiannual
basis, to each of the university's filers, an orientation course on
the relevant ethics statutes and regulations that govern the official
conduct of university officials.
(b) As used in this section, "filer" means each member, officer,
or designated employee of the California State University, including
a trustee, who, because of his or her affiliation with the university
or any subdivision or campus thereof, is required to file a
Statement of Economic Interests in accordance with Chapter 7
(commencing with Section 87100) of Title 9 of the Government Code.
(c) The trustees shall maintain records indicating the specific
attendees, each attendee's job title, and dates of their attendance
for each orientation course offered pursuant to this section. These
records shall be maintained for a period of at least five years after
each course is offered. These records shall be public records
subject to inspection and copying in accordance with Section 81008 of
the Government Code and any other public records disclosure laws
that are applicable to the university.
(d) Except as provided in subdivision (e), each filer shall attend
the orientation course established pursuant to subdivision (a) in
accordance with both of the following:
(1) For a person who, as of January 1, 2005, is a filer, as
defined in subdivision (b), not later than December 31, 2005, and
thereafter, at least once during each consecutive period of two
calendar years commencing on January 1, 2007.
(2) For a person who becomes a filer, as defined in subdivision
(b), after January 1, 2005, within six months after he or she becomes
a filer, and at least once during each consecutive period of two
calendar years commencing on January 1 of the first odd-numbered year
thereafter.
(e) The requirements of subdivision (d) do not apply to a filer,
as defined in subdivision (b), who has taken an ethics orientation
course through another state agency or the Legislature within the
periods set forth in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (d) if, in
the determination of the trustees, that course covered substantially
the same material as the course the university would offer to the
filer pursuant to this section.