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HB 1546 State and Local Conflict of Interest Act.

Introduced by: Robert G. Marshall | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

State and Local Conflict of Interest Act. Amends several provisions of the State and Local Conflict of Interest Act including (i) adding definitions of "parent-subsidiary" and "affiliated business entity" relationships (ii) providing that an option for ownership of a business or property and an employment contract with a governmental agency may also be a personal interest, (iii) requiring an officer to disclose that a party in a transaction is a client of his firm, (iv) authorizing localities to require their officers, appointees, and employees to disclose all gifts that they receive and to set a dollar limit on gifts that may be accepted, (vi) prohibiting attendance by an officer who has a personal interest in a transaction at any closed meeting where the transaction is discussed, and (v) clarifying that when an attorney for the Commonwealth provides a written opinion to a local government official under the Act, then such opinion is a public record that must be released upon request. The bill is the recommendation of the Joint Subcommittee Studying the State and Local Conflict of Interest Act, HJR 31, (2002).


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