Towns

Requirement

Bloomfield

Most town officials, Economic Development Commission members, any insurance agent of record, and the town manager must, within 30 days of their appointment or election, file a statement with the town clerk disclosing (1) any Bloomfield real estate owned or held by the official or his spouse or dependent child living in his household, (2) the name of the official’s employer if that employer maintains a business or owns real estate in town, and (3) the names of businesses that employ the official or his spouse or dependent children living in the household or in which they have at least at least a 1% interest. The requirement does not apply to town clerks, council clerks, justices of the peace, or selectmen (Code § 2-20).

East Hartford

The mayor, each director, and all attorneys working for the city attorney must annually file with the town clerk, at a minimum, the same information the State Ethics Code requires state officials to disclose (Code § 15-17). *

Greenwich

Town officials, employees, agents, consultants, and members of any town board, department, commission, committee, legislative body, or other town agency with a substantial financial interest in any transaction with the town totaling $ 100 or more must, within 30 days after the end of each fiscal year, disclose their town positions, the nature of the interest, and the total amount received from the transaction during the year. “Substantial financial interest” means any direct or indirect financial interest that is (1) more than nominal and (2) not common to the interest of other citizens of the town (Code § 2-9).

Hartford

Municipal officials must file a statement of financial interest with the municipal ethics commission by May 1, annually. The statement includes financial interests maintained during the preceding calendar year by the official and his immediate family. The requirement applies to the mayor; city treasurer and his assistant; city manager and his assistants and deputies; directors of information services and human relations; executive director of redevelopment; school superintendent; registrars of voters; city clerk; corporation counsel and his deputy; department heads and their deputies and assistants; and members of the court of common council, board of education, redevelopment agency, zoning board of appeals, parking authority, economic development commission, board of assessment appeals, and ethics commission.

The statement must include the names of all employers and associated businesses and individuals; the existence of blind trusts and the names of the trustees; all real property located in the city and (1) owned or leased for at least five years or (2) held for the person’s benefit; and city leases or contracts held or entered into by the official or an associated business (Code § 2-464).

New Haven

All officers, employees, and officials (except members of the Board of Aldermen) must disclose the extent and nature of any direct or indirect financial or other interest in matters affecting the city (Code § 210).

Newington

All elected public officials; town manager; town attorney; and appointed members of the town plan and zoning commission, zoning board of appeals, development commission, standing insurance committee, and conservation commission must file with the town clerk within 30 days of election or appointment a list of real estate owned (even partially) and located at least partially within the town, and the identity of any business associations or interests which may impinge on town affairs. The public official or employee does not have to disclose his primary residence (Code § 2-50).

West Hartford

Every elected official, excluding justices of the peace and selectmen, must file with the town clerk annually, by January 1:

1. a list of all real estate (other than their primary residence) owned or leased for at least five years by the official or a business in which he has at least a 5% interest and located in the town;

2. the name of the official’s employer or business in which he has at least a 5% interest that sold or supplied the town with goods or services valued in excess of $ 10,000 per year during the two years immediately preceding the official’s election; and

3. any income, fees, salary, or wages the official received from the town or its political subdivisions during the two years immediately preceding his election.

Members of the Zoning Board of Appeals and the Town Plan and Zoning Commission must file the real estate information only by January 1, of each year (Code § 16-11 (B) and (C)).