DIVISION 9. EXPENDITURE LIMITATIONS 7900-7914›PART 7. Operative Date 7931.000›CHAPTER 17. Geographic Feature and Place Name Prohibitions 8899.90-8899.95›ARTICLE 3. Joint Legislative Ethics Committee 8940-8956
§ 8951
California Government Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-09-27 · California
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.)
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