Section 89502 Of Article 1. Honoraria From California Government Code >> Title 9. >> Chapter 9.5. >> Article 1.
89502
. (a) No elected state officer, elected officer of a local
government agency, or other individual specified in Section 87200
shall accept any honorarium.
(b) (1) No candidate for elective state office, for judicial
office, or for elective office in a local government agency shall
accept any honorarium. A person shall be deemed a candidate for
purposes of this subdivision when the person has filed a statement of
organization as a committee for election to a state or local office,
a declaration of intent, or a declaration of candidacy, whichever
occurs first. A person shall not be deemed a candidate for purposes
of this subdivision after he or she is sworn into the elective
office, or, if the person lost the election after the person has
terminated his or her campaign statement filing obligations for that
office pursuant to Section 84214 or after certification of the
election results, whichever is earlier.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any person who is a candidate
as described in paragraph (1) for judicial office on or before
December 31, 1996.
(c) No member of a state board or commission and no designated
employee of a state or local government agency shall accept an
honorarium from any source if the member or employee would be
required to report the receipt of income or gifts from that source on
his or her statement of economic interests.
(d) This section shall not apply to a person in his or her
capacity as judge. This section shall not apply to a person in his or
her capacity as a part-time member of the governing board of any
public institution of higher education unless that position is an
elective office.