Gov. Code, § 87103 · Article 1. General Prohibition
Gov. Code, § 87103
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
A public official has a financial interest in a decision within the meaning of Section 87100 if it is reasonably foreseeable that the decision will have a material financial effect, distinguishable from its effect on the public generally, on the official, a member of the official’s immediate family, or on any of the following:
(a) Any business entity in which the public official has a direct or indirect investment worth two thousand dollars ($2,000) or more.
(b) Any real property in which the public official has a direct or indirect interest worth two thousand dollars ($2,000) or more.
(c) Any source of income, except gifts or loans by a commercial lending institution made in the regular course of business on terms available to the public without regard to official status, aggregating five hundred dollars ($500) or more in value provided or promised to, received by, the public official within 12 months prior to the time when the decision is made.
(d) Any business entity in which the public official is a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee, or holds any position of management.
(e) Any donor of, or any intermediary or agent for a donor of, a gift or gifts aggregating two hundred fifty dollars ($250) or more in value provided to, received by, or promised to the public official within 12 months prior to the time when the decision is made. The amount of the value of gifts specified by this subdivision shall be adjusted biennially by the commission to equal the same amount determined by the commission pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 89503.
For purposes of this section, indirect investment or interest means any investment or interest owned by the spouse or dependent child of a public official, by an agent on behalf of a public official, or by a business entity or trust in which the official, the official’s agents, spouse, and dependent children own directly, indirectly, or beneficially a 10-percent interest or greater.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 50, Sec. 195. (AB 378) Effective January 1, 2022. Note: This section was added on June 4, 1974, by initiative Prop. 9.
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Business and Professions Code
Food and Agricultural Code
- Food & Agr. Code, § 238Printed as Section 87103 of the Government Code
- Food & Agr. Code, § 901.5Printed as Section 87103 of the Government Code
- Food & Agr. Code, § 906Printed as Section 87103 of the Government Code
- Food & Agr. Code, § 5914Printed as Section 87103 of the Government Code
- Food & Agr. Code, § 6006.5Printed as Section 87103 of the Government Code
- Food & Agr. Code, § 6039.5Printed as Section 87103 of the Government Code
- Food & Agr. Code, § 6047.3Printed as Section 87103 of the Government Code
- Food & Agr. Code, § 6995Printed as Section 87103 of the Government Code
- Food & Agr. Code, § 7412Printed as Section 87103 of the Government Code
- Food & Agr. Code, § 12044Printed as Section 87103 of the Government Code
- Food & Agr. Code, § 14971.5Printed as Section 87103 of the Government Code
- Food & Agr. Code, § 20462.5Printed as Section 87103 of the Government Code
- Food & Agr. Code, § 24014Printed as Section 87103 of the Government Code
- Food & Agr. Code, § 27571.1Printed as Section 87103 of the Government Code
- Food & Agr. Code, § 29022Printed as Section 87103 of the Government Code
- Food & Agr. Code, § 40571.1Printed as Section 87103 of the Government Code
- Food & Agr. Code, § 41002Printed as Section 87103 of the Government Code
- Food & Agr. Code, § 41202Printed as Section 87103 of the Government Code
- Food & Agr. Code, § 52291.1Printed as Section 87103 of the Government Code
- Food & Agr. Code, § 56703Printed as Section 87103 of the Government Code
- Food & Agr. Code, § 58852Printed as Section 87103 of the Government Code
- Food & Agr. Code, § 59738Printed as Section 87103 of the Government Code
- Food & Agr. Code, § 62313Printed as Section 87103 of the Government Code
- Food & Agr. Code, § 62507Printed as Section 87103 of the Government Code
- Food & Agr. Code, § 62719.1Printed as Section 87103 of the Government Code
- Food & Agr. Code, § 64118Printed as Section 87103 of the Government Code
- Food & Agr. Code, § 64605Printed as Section 87103 of the Government Code
- Food & Agr. Code, § 65004Printed as Section 87103 of the Government Code
- Food & Agr. Code, § 65576Printed as Section 87103 of the Government Code
- Food & Agr. Code, § 71008Printed as Section 87103 of the Government Code
- Food & Agr. Code, § 74007Printed as Section 87103 of the Government Code
- Food & Agr. Code, § 74507Printed as Section 87103 of the Government Code
- Food & Agr. Code, § 74706Printed as Section 87103 of the Government Code
- Food & Agr. Code, § 74807Printed as Section 87103 of the Government Code
Government Code
Health and Safety Code
Public Resources Code
Public Utilities Code
Water Code
Welfare and Institutions Code
- Welf. & Inst. Code, § 4622Printed as Section 87103 of the Government Code
- Welf. & Inst. Code, § 4626Printed as Section 87103 of the Government Code
- Welf. & Inst. Code, § 4832Printed as Section 87103 of the Government Code
- Welf. & Inst. Code, § 5604Printed as Section 87103 of the Government Code
- Welf. & Inst. Code, § 14087.36Printed as Section 87103 of the Government Code
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