{"code":"GOV","codeName":"Government Code","section":"8951","citation":"Gov. Code, § 8951","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"TITLE 2. GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA [8000. - 22980.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-2"},{"name":"DIVISION 2. LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT [8902. - 10606.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-2/division-2"},{"name":"PART 1. LEGISLATURE [8902. - 9937.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-2/division-2/part-1"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1. Legislative Organization [8902. - 8956.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-2/division-2/part-1/chapter-1"},{"name":"ARTICLE 3. Joint Legislative Ethics Committee [8940. - 8956.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-2/division-2/part-1/chapter-1/article-3"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 466, Sec. 58.","effective":null,"html":"<p>Nothing in this chapter shall preclude any person from instituting a prosecution for violation of any provision of Article 2 (commencing with Section <a href=\"/gov/8920\">8920</a>) 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.</p>","text":"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.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/joint-legislative-ethics-committee-8951","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}