{"code":"GOV","codeName":"Government Code","section":"89503.5","citation":"Gov. Code, § 89503.5","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"TITLE 9. POLITICAL REFORM [81000. - 91014.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-9"},{"name":"CHAPTER 9.5. Ethics [89500. - 89522.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-9/chapter-9.5"},{"name":"ARTICLE 2. Gifts [89503. - 89504.8.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-9/chapter-9.5/article-2"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 312, Sec. 20.   (AB 902)   Effective January 1, 2020.","effective":"2020-01-01","html":"<p>A gift is both “received” and “accepted” when the public official, or the official’s immediate family member, knowingly takes actual possession of the gift, is provided the benefit of the gift, or takes any action exercising direction or control of the gift.</p>","text":"A gift is both “received” and “accepted” when the public official, or the official’s immediate family member, knowingly takes actual possession of the gift, is provided the benefit of the gift, or takes any action exercising direction or control of the gift.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/gifts-89503-5","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}