California Government Code 9053.5 – (a) Every person who intentionally, maliciously, with knowledge …
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(a) Every person who intentionally, maliciously, with knowledge of the falsity, and with intent to defame a particular legislator, publishes or causes to be published any writing which purports to be a facsimile of an actual bill or resolution, or any part thereof, of the California Legislature, which is not an exact copy of a bill or resolution, or part thereof, which has been introduced in the Legislature, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(b) This section shall not apply to the print media, the electronic media, or to news services.
Terms Used In California Government Code 9053.5
- bill or resolution: includes a constitutional amendment. See California Government Code 9051.5
- Person: includes any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, limited liability company, business trust, corporation, or company. See California Government Code 17
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1134, Sec. 2.)