Section 53244 Of Article 2.6. Abuse Of Office From California Government Code >> Division 2. >> Title 5. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 2.6.
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. (a) A local public officer, as defined in subdivision (b),
who is convicted by a state or federal trial court of any felony
under state or federal law for conduct arising out of, or in the
performance of, his or her official duties shall forfeit any contract
right or other common law, constitutional, or statutory claim
against a local public agency employer to retirement or pension
rights or benefits, however those benefits may be characterized,
including lost compensation, other than the accrued rights and
benefits to which he or she may be entitled under any public
retirement system in which he or she is a member. The forfeiture
provided by this section shall be in addition to, and independent of,
any forfeiture of public retirement system rights and benefits
pursuant to Section 7522.70, 7522.72, or 7522.74.
(b) For the purposes of this section, "local public officer" means
a person, either elected or appointed, who exercised discretionary,
executive authority in his or her employment.
(c) This section shall apply to any claim filed prior to the
effective date of the act enacting this section, and still pending on
that date, and any claim commenced after that date.
(d) Upon conviction, a local public officer as described in
subdivision (a), and the prosecuting agency shall each notify the
public employer who employed the local public officer at the time of
the commission of the felony within 60 days of the felony conviction.
The operation of this section is not dependent upon the performance
of the notification required by this subdivision.