Of Crimes By And Against The Executive Power Of The State — California Penal Code — Bribery of ministerial office, employee, or appointee Date: 15 Sep 2016 TEXT PDF Current through the 2016 Legislative Session (a) Every person who gives or offers as a bribe to any ministerial officer, employee, or appointee of the State of California, county or city therein, or political subdivision thereof, any thing the theft of which would be petty theft is guilty of a misdemeanor. (b) If the theft of the thing given or offered would be grand theft the offense is a felony punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170. Ca. Pen. Code § 67.5 Amended by Stats 2011 ch 39 (AB 117),s 68, eff. 6/30/2011. Amended by Stats 2011 ch 15 (AB 109),s 234, eff. 4/4/2011, but operative no earlier than October 1, 2011, and only upon creation of a community corrections grant program to assist in implementing this act and upon an appropriation to fund the grant program.