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 10. Whistleblower Protection Act 9149.20-9149.23
§ 9149.23
California Government Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-09-27 · California
(a) An employee may not directly or indirectly use or attempt to use the official authority or influence of the employee for the purpose of intimidating, threatening, coercing, commanding, or attempting to intimidate, threaten, coerce, or command any person for the purpose of interfering with the right of that person to disclose to a legislative committee improper governmental activities.
(b) Any employee who violates subdivision (a) may be liable in an action for civil damages brought against the employee by the offended party.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize an individual to disclose information otherwise prohibited by or under law.
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to abrogate or limit any other theory of liability or any other remedy that is otherwise available at law.
(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 156, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2000.)
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