Opinion No. (1997)

DANIEL E. LUNGREN Attorney General CLAYTON P. ROCHE Deputy Attorney General

THE HONORABLE DARRELL W. LARSEN, COUNTY COUNSEL, SUTTER COUNTY, has requested an opinion on the following question:

Must an appointee to a county mental health board take the oath of office prescribed by section 3 of article XX of the Constitution?

CONCLUSION

An appointee to a county mental health board must take the oath of office prescribed by section 3 of article XX of the Constitution.

ANALYSIS

Section 3 of article XX of the Constitution provides:

"Members of the Legislature, and all public officers and employees,…