Legislature: former members: employment prohibition: state boards and commissions.

The California Constitution provides that a Senator is elected for a term of 4 years and may serve no more than 2 terms, and that a Member of the Assembly is elected for a term of 2 years and may serve no more than 3 terms. This bill would prohibit a Member of the Legislature, for a period of 4 years after leaving office, from serving for compensation in an appointed position on a state board, commission, or similar multimember body of the state. If a Member of the Legislature leaves office and is subsequently elected to either house of the Legislature, the bill would provide that a new 4-year period shall commence each time the Member leaves office. The bill would make these provisions inapplicable with regard to a state board, commission, or similar multimember body of the state that is established by the California Constitution or an initiative statute. The bill would make these provisions applicable only to Members of the Legislature who are elected to office on or after January 1, 2012.