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2003 SESSION
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).
FULL TEXT
- 01/08/03 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 12/20/02 032849824 pdf
- 02/03/03 House: Printed as engrossed 032849824-E pdf
- 02/27/03 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1546ER) pdf
- 03/27/03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0694) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/08/03 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 12/20/02 032849824
- 01/08/03 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/09/03 House: Assigned to General Laws sub-committee: 2
- 01/30/03 House: Reported from General Laws with amds (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/03 House: Read first time
- 02/03/03 House: Read second time
- 02/03/03 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/03/03 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 02/03/03 House: Printed as engrossed 032849824-E
- 02/04/03 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/03 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/03 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/05/03 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/05/03 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 02/12/03 Senate: Reported from General Laws with amds (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/03 Senate: Const. reading disp., passed by for the day (37-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/03 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (37-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/03 Senate: Read third time
- 02/17/03 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/17/03 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/17/03 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/17/03 Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (37-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/03 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (37-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/03 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/19/03 House: Senate amendments agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/03 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/03 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1546ER)
- 03/05/03 House: Enrolled
- 03/05/03 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/06/03 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/19/03 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 694 (effective 7/1/03)
- 03/27/03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0694)