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California Statutes § 18205 Unlawful inducement of person not to become or to withdraw as candidate

⤴ Up to Chapter 3: Nomination Of Candidates

Statute Text

A person shall not directly or through any other person advance, pay, solicit, or receive or cause to be advanced, paid, solicited, or received, any money or other valuable consideration to or for the use of any person in order to induce a person not to become or to withdraw as a candidate for public office. Violation of this section shall be punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for 16 months or two or three years.

History

Amended by Stats 2011 ch 39 ( AB 117 ) , s 68 , eff. 6/30/2011 .

Amended by Stats 2011 ch 15 ( AB 109 ) , s 66 , eff. 4/4/2011, but operative no earlier than October 1, 2011, and only upon creation of a community corrections grant program to assist in implementing this act and upon an appropriation to fund the grant program .

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