CITY COUNCIL ADVISORY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
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Approved by: City Council
February 22, 2000
Revised: April 2, 2019, March 18, 2025, September 16, 2025
N. Criminal Convictions – No person shall be eligible to serve as a member of any advisory board or commission if he or she has been convicted of any state or federal felony offense or any crime of moral turpitude.
O. Other Grounds for Forfeiture of Office – A member shall be deemed to have automatically forfeited his or her office under the following circumstances: (a) a n adjudication pursuant to a quo warranto proceeding declaring that the member is physically or mentally incapacitated due to disease, illness, or accident, and that there is reasonable cause to believe that the member will not be able to perform the duties of his or her office for the remainder of his or her term; (b) the decision of a competent tribunal declaring void the members appointment; (c) the making of an order vacating the members office or declaring the office vacant when the member fails to furnish an additional or supplemental bond; (f) the member’s commitment to a hospital or sanitarium by a court of competent jurisdiction as a drug addict, dipsomaniac, inebriate, or stimulant addict.
V. Definitions.
A. Definitions and Descriptions– The following words, terms and phrases shall be subject to the following definitions and descriptions:
1. “Brown Act” shall mean the Ralph M. Brown Act, which governs open meetings for local government bodies , as contained in section 54950 et seq. of the California Government Code.
2. “Crimes of Moral Turpitude” include any category of crimes that involve either dishonesty or depraved conduct that is shocking to a reasonable person, including but not limited to murder, embezzlement, burglary, arson, robbery, perjury, aggravated assault, attempted lewd acts on a minor, child abuse, domestic violence, failure to register as a sex offender, felon in possession of a firearm, rape, voluntary manslaughter, and welfare fraud.
3. “Immediate family member” shall mean spouse, domestic partner, cohabitant, child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, mother -in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, grandparent, great grandparent, brother, sister, half -brother, half- sister, stepsibling, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, or first cousin.
4. “Oath of office” shall mean the oath of office specified in the California Constitution, as set forth in Article XX, section 3, abs ent the second paragraph, which has been 209
City of Moreno Valley Legislative Policy #1.10
CITY COUNCIL ADVISORY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
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Approved by: City Council
February 22, 2000
Revised: April 2, 2019, March 18, 2025, September 16, 2025 deemed invalid under United States Constitution.
5. “Office” shall mean membership on an advisory board of commission.
6. “Mandatory Ethics Training ” shall mean the mandatory ethics training require d of all local legislative bodies eligible to receive reimbursements as set forth in section 53234 through 53235.2 of the California Government Code.
7. “Presiding Officer” shall mean the member designated as chairperson who shall be responsible for administering the rules of conduct during a meeting of an advisory board or commission, subject to the advice of the staff liaison who shall serve as parliamentarian.
8. “Quorum” shall mean a majority of the current number of voting members on the respective advisory board or commission unless otherwise provided by ordinance .
An alternate may be counted toward establishing a quorum in the event the alternate is present at the respective meeting filling in for an absent commissioner.
9. “State law” shall include , but not limited to, the Constitution of the State of California, legislation enacted and codified into the California Codes, regulations set forth in the California Code of Regulations, and case law set forth in the published decisions of the California Supreme Court, California Courts of Appeal , and California Attorney General Opinions.
10. “Subject matter jurisdiction” shall mean those issues or matters that are within the scope of decision-making authority of the respective advisory board or commission, as set forth by ordinance, resolution or formal action adopted or imposed by the city council.
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