Legal Opinion
Opinion No. (1999)
California Attorney General Reports
Decided July 30, 1999Published
1Opinion of the Court
BILL LOCKYER Attorney General CLAYTON P. ROCHE Deputy Attorney General
THE HONORABLE ROBERT M. BURNS, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, LASSEN COUNTY, has requested an opinion on the following question:
May a person who has been convicted of a felony serve as the fire chief of a community services district?
CONCLUSION
A person who has been convicted of a felony may serve as the fire chief of a community services district unless the powers and duties of a peace officer have been conferred upon him.
ANALYSIS
Under the Community Services District Law (Gov. Code, §§61000-61850; "Act"),1 a community services district…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- People v. MendezCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1991
- Service Employees International Union Local 715 v. City of Redwood CityCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1995
- Gauthier v. City of Red BluffCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1995