Cal. Constitution Article 20, § 3.- Members of the Legislature, and all public
officers and employees, executive, legislative, and
judicial, except such
inferior officers
and employees as may be by law exempted, shall, before they
enter upon the duties of their respective offices, take and subscribe the
following oath or affirmation:
“I, ___________________________, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will
support and defend the Constitution of the United States and the
Constitution
of the State
of California against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will
bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of the United States and the
Constitution of the State of California; that I take this obligation
freely,
without any mental reservation
or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and
faithfully discharge the duties upon which I am about to enter.
“And I do further swear (or affirm) that I do not advocate, nor am I a member
of any party or organization, political or other- wise, that now
advocates the
overthrow of the Government
of the United States or of the State of California
by force or violence or other unlawful means; that within the five years
immediately preceding the taking of this oath (or affirmation) I have not been
a member of any party or organization, political
or other-wise, that advocated
the overthrow
of the Government of the United States or of the State of
California by force or violence or other unlawful means except as follows:
(If no affiliations, write in the words “No Exceptions”) and
that during such
time as I hold the office
of ___________________________ I will not advocate
nor become (name of office) a member of any party or organization, political
or otherwise, that advocates the overthrow of the Government of the United
States or of the State of California by force or
violence or other unlawful
means.”
And no other oath, declaration, or test, shall be
required as a qualification for
any public
office or employment. “Public officer and employee” includes
every officer and employee of the State, including the University of California,
every county, city, city and county, district, and authority, including
any
department, division, bureau, board,
commission, agency, or instrumentality
of
any of the foregoing.”
Cal. Gov’t
Code § 1303. Every person who exercises any function of a public
office without taking the oath of office, or without giving the required bond, is
guilty of a misdemeanor.
